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Mark Force
Trad climber
Cave Creek, AZ
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Nov 16, 2013 - 06:38pm PT
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Ball nuts can be the ticket when nothing else works, but they often work so good that they're almost impossible to get out!
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miwuksurfer
Social climber
Mi-Wuk
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Feb 14, 2014 - 11:14pm PT
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Offset nuts changed my life.
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Steve Grossman
Trad climber
Seattle, WA
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Feb 15, 2014 - 01:44am PT
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Have you checked out the Wild Country Superlight Rocks?
Best design in recent years and they weigh nothing.
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nutstory
climber
Ajaccio, Corsica, France
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Feb 15, 2014 - 03:43am PT
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One more very rare nut reached the Nuts Museum last year! This "nest of nuts" was made by Grivel in the seventies. I would like to express here again my gratitude to Denis Pivot and Gioachino Gobbi for adding this treasure to the collection.
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SteveW
Trad climber
The state of confusion
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Feb 15, 2014 - 09:51am PT
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Pretty neat, Nutstory. Those could be used in the Gunks, where
horizontal cracks rule. Just bend them over to create a slip/nut!
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MisterE
climber
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Feb 15, 2014 - 09:55am PT
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I think my picture belongs here, as well:
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nutstory
climber
Ajaccio, Corsica, France
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Feb 15, 2014 - 10:06am PT
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Unfortunately, I missed these old and rare ones a few months ago:
And now, for the history buffs, the Tricam labels (from the oldest to the most recent ones):
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Banquo
climber
Amerricka
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Feb 15, 2014 - 11:26am PT
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Can anybody tell me about these? Extruded aluminum, galvanized cable, aluminum swages. No marks of any sort. The two cut faces appear to be milled. Surplus?
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Steve Grossman
Trad climber
Seattle, WA
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Feb 15, 2014 - 01:11pm PT
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Nice Grivel stacking nut! How many versions did they sell?
I saw some Laprade stackers in an auction recently.
Banquo- The swaging on those nuts is pretty sloppy with respect to the amount of exposed cable end so they might be one offs even though they used a good swager.
MSR sold cabled nuts but I have never seen a set to compare.
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Banquo
climber
Amerricka
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Feb 15, 2014 - 03:22pm PT
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They do have the look of a one off set except for the top, bottom and large faces are extruded surfaces. If somebody went to the trouble of having isosceles trapezoid extrusions made they surely made a number of them.
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Steve Grossman
Trad climber
Seattle, WA
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Feb 15, 2014 - 03:50pm PT
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That detail along with a power swager would certainly point to production.
MSR is still my best guess.
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Banquo
climber
Amerricka
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Feb 16, 2014 - 10:04am PT
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I didn't know MSR made nuts but they are pretty simple and anybody can. SMC made some I think.
I was hoping Stéphane might have a thought.
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Jaysen
Trad climber
NY
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Feb 16, 2014 - 10:33am PT
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whens the last time someones climbed el cap without cams? seems like an interesting challenge..
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nutstory
climber
Ajaccio, Corsica, France
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Feb 17, 2014 - 02:15am PT
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I am very sorry Banquo, but these nuts do not say anything to me. This time, I am sure that Maestro Grossman will be the man for a genuine expertise. They are not made by SMC.
Steve, I am not sure that the Grivel stacking nut was ever marketed, one more reason to make it so hard to find. The same week I received it from Denis Pivot, there was one sample on eBay.com. It was just incredible, as I had never seen such a nut on eBay before.
I too saw the Laprade Coinceurs Gigogne on eBay recently.
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tradmanclimbs
Ice climber
Pomfert VT
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Feb 17, 2014 - 10:20am PT
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Bunch of Hype. nuts are easier to place and offer way more protection possibilitys than pins. gaurenteed if nuts did not work so well we would still be pounding iron.....
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Steve Grossman
Trad climber
Seattle, WA
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May 26, 2014 - 03:46pm PT
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After Roland Paulick designed RPs the next big splash in nut design IMO came from the folks at Hugh Banner with HBs.
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SteveW
Trad climber
The state of confusion
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Jello Bump!!!!
Big time!
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