Classic ice axes and wood ice tools

I do wonder about the whole Chounrd/Frost vs. MacInnes Terrordactyl story. One of the sources I used is the book Glace published by Blue Ice, widely available in Chamonix. they have some neat history about hard mixed climbing in the UK in the 1950's and 1960's, and talk about the Terrordactyl being used in 1964,

Apart from head-torches, the main equipment changes were the slater's hammer and long ropes. The normal ice-axe had a 33-inch shaft. The wrist strain of prolonged, one-handed cutting above the head was severe, and a slater's pick with a 14-inch shaft eased it greatly — the climbing time on a pitch could be almost halved. I reckoned that the ten shillings I paid to an ironmonger for my first pick was the best-spent money I ever laid down on a counter. I have rarely enjoyed anything in life more than cutting up a long, high-angled ice-pitch where the balance was delicate. The craft used had to vary with the quality of the ice: white, green, blue, black, brittle, and watery, each had a quirk of its own, which had to be learned until one could tell them apart at a glance and cut accordingly.