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Darwin

Trad climber
Seattle, WA
Dec 29, 2017 - 10:57pm PT

No Porter nuts?
nutstory

climber
Ajaccio, Corsica, France
Dec 30, 2017 - 12:36am PT
Darwin, these chocks on your photo are the ones which I would love to add to the Nuts Museum... I am very fortunate to have the ones below...
Jaybro

Social climber
Wolf City, Wyoming
Dec 30, 2017 - 01:19am PT
Very cool Marty! There used to be a bookcase full of those beams in the basement of Rocky mtneering, in Laramie circa 1980. They weren't exactly selling like hot cakes.... I wonder whatever happened to them
healyje

Trad climber
Portland, Oregon
Dec 30, 2017 - 02:40am PT
Great, great stuff as always.
karabin museum

Trad climber
phoenix, az
Topic Author's Reply - Dec 30, 2017 - 12:00pm PT


Darwin - Yes there will be Porter items in the display!





karabin museum

Trad climber
phoenix, az
Topic Author's Reply - Dec 30, 2017 - 06:02pm PT




Ihateplastic

Trad climber
It ain't El Cap, Oregon
Jan 9, 2018 - 02:00pm PT
A rare thread where EVERY post and EVERY image is BRILLIANT!
Gnome Ofthe Diabase

climber
Out Of Bed
Jan 20, 2018 - 12:48am PT
well? given the comment above & the bold and glowing pix here, i'm sorry to post this fuzzy gunk, you would think these curved steel? peanuts? or P-nuts? Would be clearly represented.
I think i was told that they came in 3 sizes and date to 1977?
karabin museum

Trad climber
phoenix, az
Topic Author's Reply - Jan 23, 2018 - 07:29am PT



Ihateplastic - Thanks for the Props!








karabin museum

Trad climber
phoenix, az
Topic Author's Reply - Jan 23, 2018 - 07:33am PT

My Camp chocks are all over the place in this display. Adding another board to the display.





Gnome Ofthe Diabase

climber
Out Of Bed
Jan 23, 2018 - 07:35am PT
I'll bet that I saw that ad. I was A big fan of Forrest gear. Wore the tie on swami as my main harness with various leg loops and was noticed for it by Frog. ..
I've got a plate just like that one & I remember making my own nut pick from car antenna. I switched to shelf brackets, for the, wider strike zone on one end & re-enforced hooked on the other.
karabin museum

Trad climber
phoenix, az
Topic Author's Reply - Jan 23, 2018 - 07:36am PT




Does anybody know who manufactured these nuts? Presently being sold on ebay.



karabin museum

Trad climber
phoenix, az
Topic Author's Reply - Jan 25, 2018 - 11:51am PT





pennylaine

Social climber
Ventura, CA
Jan 25, 2018 - 04:04pm PT
Hey Marty - we are super stoked to receive your display in the archives. And hi to Jim Donini!!! It's been a long time. Come visit us!!! It will definitely be a trip down memory lane for you. Hope all's well.
karabin museum

Trad climber
phoenix, az
Topic Author's Reply - May 6, 2018 - 03:18pm PT



I am adding a few (qty 120) nut tools to the Mixed Nuts museum display at the AZ Hiking Shack. Y'all out there in Supertopo land can help me out with the editing.



Reilly

Mountain climber
The Other Monrovia- CA
May 6, 2018 - 06:20pm PT
Bet ya don’t have one of these! 😀


After a trip to the Soviet Union* I had a machinist friend, who did prototypes for Boeing, make this as a die cast. Greg Lowe beat me to the market though.

I have a set of OG Abalakovs. 😉
karabin museum

Trad climber
phoenix, az
Topic Author's Reply - May 30, 2018 - 11:18pm PT


Reilly - No I don't have one of those and it is beautiful. I like the brushed purple color.


karabin museum

Trad climber
phoenix, az
Topic Author's Reply - May 30, 2018 - 11:48pm PT



And a few months later........it is complete! Thats if it can ever be complete, but at least for now I can walk away from this art piece and put my energy into the next adventure! Mixed Nuts Display now showing at the AZ Hiking Shack, Phoenix AZ.

I edited all of the boards up to 6/1/18 and the entire updated display is shown on the first post of this thread. Overall the first post serves as a great history gear guide covering the majority of nuts/chocks that were created all over the world. For ongoing I am still looking for help on filling in the missing mystery gear names, mfg dates, etc.

The Mixed Nuts Display totally rocks!
Big THANKS to everybody who donated to the Karabin Climbing Museum.

The display is great to see on the internet, but seeing it in person delivers a more WOW feeling!





Roots

Mountain climber
Redmond, Oregon
May 31, 2018 - 09:14am PT
Looks great Marty!
karabin museum

Trad climber
phoenix, az
Topic Author's Reply - May 31, 2018 - 09:39am PT



Roots - Thanks for the props!
Have you been working on your photo project of your collection?
I am looking forward to seeing your climbing treasures.


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