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Steve Grossman
Trad climber
Seattle, WA
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Aug 17, 2012 - 09:01pm PT
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Old funk bump...
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Ken
Trad climber
Arroyo Grande
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Aug 17, 2012 - 09:54pm PT
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2 more photos
I couldn't tell you individually where I got this stuff from, just always stashed curious stuff I found on routes in a box that followed me around. Sierra, Japan, Nepal, friends....
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Steve Grossman
Trad climber
Seattle, WA
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Aug 17, 2012 - 10:19pm PT
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If you want to see the marks on these older pitons and carabiners, try a medium grit Scotchbrite pad. It will gradually take off the rust without scratching the patina or underlying metal.
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Scrubber
climber
Straight outta Squampton
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Aug 17, 2012 - 11:09pm PT
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Those old Stubai Marwa ice screws (middle of last photo, red paint) make a good conversation-piece as a corkscrew. If you file the top of the clip-in hole just right too,you get the combo bottle opener and corkscrew!
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Steve Grossman
Trad climber
Seattle, WA
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Aug 17, 2012 - 11:18pm PT
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The tiny Marwas actually work as a corkscrew the ones shown work as a cork remover! LOL
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Scrubber
climber
Straight outta Squampton
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Aug 17, 2012 - 11:45pm PT
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Yeah, they were a bit of a cork auger. They work pretty well on those synthetic foam corks. The one I have is shorter, but looks the same diameter (no phallic references you jokers), was there a mini version of it too?
Hell, I put it on the counter with a gallon box of Franzia just to get the chatter going.
K
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BooDawg
Social climber
Butterfly Town
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Aug 18, 2012 - 04:11pm PT
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The lower left biner in the 2nd pic in the thread was almost certainly made by Cassin, similar to those shown below which my dad acquired about 1960. I still have these two and the gates are exactly the same.
Guido's right about finger damage tho fingers that got caught in the gate would end up bleeding badly...
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Steve Grossman
Trad climber
Seattle, WA
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Aug 18, 2012 - 07:01pm PT
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A couple of Marwa shots for fun.
The daintiest Marwas shown here actually work as a proper corkscrew. As reliable pro...not so much! LOL
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Scrubber
climber
Straight outta Squampton
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Aug 19, 2012 - 12:16pm PT
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What's the diameter of the steel rod used on the two different sizes of the Marwa? I think mine is the shorter thick version at about 6mm (1/4" ish)
I presume these would have been in metric sizes being from mainland Europe?
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mouse from merced
Trad climber
merced, california
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Aug 19, 2012 - 01:07pm PT
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Batrock, nice little collection there.
I don't have a single old style anything left. At one time I had "collected" over ten of those old ring angles, the real "standard" having been raised to the Chouinard 3/4" angle (thanks, Yvon and Tom).
I usually "traded" for newer hardware when absconding from places like La Cosita's rap station, some slab routes on Glacier Pt. apron, and other YV climbs. Mostly they were anchors. I know nobody likes ring angles as single anchors. I have used single anchors lots if I had to, but lack trust in the rings, natch. So I replaced several over time.
Old pins that are not too trashed are going to be hard to find, so keep these puppies in a dry place, take them out to look at, or place them on your den wall in a frame. It's all they are good for now, like your old church key. (Who doesn't know what a church key is?)
One thing I kept until recently was a steelie that looked exactly like the bottom carabiner in the second photo. I used it mercilessly as my cleaning biner on many climbs; the gate still worked fine as frog hair, but I can't remember the brand.
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