Good ol gear. Chouinard/leeper/etc. New/Lightly Used

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amockalypsenow

Trad climber

Los Angeles

Topic Author's Original Post - Mar 5, 2019 - 08:13am PT

I'm liquidating assets to trying to put some gas in the vehicle to get out to climbs. Anybody want any of this old junk before I put it in the landfill or even worse, ebay?

Seems like a lot of stuff made by some lady named Yvon!

Story is that some of this stuff got dragged up Denali a couple times back in the day by a fire captain named Tom Murphy.

Are the Rawl drills still interesting for those that want to drill fast button heads? I'm keeping the pins and the warthogs unless somebody offers their daughter for them.

Any of these chocks collectable?

Get in touch if you're interested. In the meantime I'll be out replacing anchors at your favorite sport crags with these horizontal logo smc hangers and inch and a quarter split drives. ;-P

johntp

Trad climber

Punter

Mar 5, 2019 - 08:31am PT

I'm interested in all the screws/drive ins and leepers. You have some nice ice tools there.

johntpenca at gmail dot com

amockalypsenow

Trad climber

Los Angeles

Topic Author's Reply - Mar 5, 2019 - 09:58am PT

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gmail

Roots

Mountain climber

Redmond, Oregon

Mar 5, 2019 - 10:52am PT

Not sure what's going on with the seller but this kit is advertised on MP too with plenty of people (including me) that responded in what they were interested in. However, no response from the seller has come my way.....

amockalypsenow

Trad climber

Los Angeles

Topic Author's Reply - Mar 5, 2019 - 11:01am PT

hey roots, did you lowball me an offer on MP? a few did and not all of them got a reply. whats your handle there?

So the wooden hammer is beautifully balanced. Great condition! Might be worth some coin. I put it on ebay for a princes ransom but Id take less.

Don't tell me if I’m being unrealistic... ;-P

flukes: $22 small, $26 big,

pickets: $18

ice tool/hammers - gosh what are they worth?

nut tools- I’ve gotten 8 emails about the leeper, a couple about the chouinard nut pick. I think they are pretty fun swag to have on your harness so I’m thinking $45 each for those. (expensive yes, but a new one is like what $35 and has nowhere near the cool factor.)

Roots

Mountain climber

Redmond, Oregon

Mar 5, 2019 - 12:38pm PT

haha...I don't (knowingly) low ball. Didn't even get a chance to make an offer but did express interest.

Roots is Roots..no matter where I am. I was the first to reply to your MP ad, but still no reply. That's ok, I am sure you're busy fielding a lot of inquiries and low ball offers!

$45 is an ok price for the Chouinard nut tool IMO. Those are kind of hard to find.

$10-15 Leeper nut tool

$80-100 for the wooden hammer is fair, not ~$200.

Anyways, good luck with the sales!!!

johntp

Trad climber

Punter

Mar 5, 2019 - 02:15pm PT

I'm in the process of buying some of his stuff at what I consider a reasonable price. Seems like an okay guy to me.

The ice tools are hard for me to figure a price on.

Gnome Ofthe Diabase

climber

Out Of Bed

Mar 5, 2019 - 02:25pm PT

Ziggy Chalkdust,
no sentiment ~ HOPE SOME wiggle room[Click to View YouTube Video]
A real hope
I had hoped she would keep the stash all together.
I sent 2 e-notes
& I'm sending this #3 to JohnnyTP

The Best thing is not to encourage by overpaying
but
I can't raise raisins from pruneZ !

If I saw these as plums
I would
"ZERO WALL HAMMER" 'Cause I've got its match; the "X" Axe

& the 'WOODEN "NUT HAMMER" CLIMBING TOOL"

I still need more than a HALF A WATER HEATER,

Over & OUT

HONEST-INJUN ~ HAZ YA HEARD THIS GURL BELT OUT A TUNE[Click to View YouTube Video]
"HELLO!"

amockalypsenow

Trad climber

Los Angeles

Topic Author's Reply - Mar 5, 2019 - 03:31pm PT

I like me a thoughtful mixtape forum message. "This is crazy... call me maybe?"

Gnome Ofthe Diabase

climber

Out Of Bed

Mar 5, 2019 - 03:37pm PT

BETTER CHECK:@ Greg Barnes. ~> OLD SMC 1/4 Inch Hangers? How to know what a death Hanger looks like!

I was all shook up when a stooge asked to take them all !
I was seriously scared by that request.

Your answer only left me half as distressed
Now I'm not happy. What do think?
you get what a quarter inch bolt is good for
Easy to place, for bailing . . . in an emergency .... &....
If SMC? Those hangers are no good for climbing at all

You keep on Keepin on &
Visit us On The Flames for that Mixed tape
you won't be disappropriated nor will anyone offer up their daughter, Come to think of it
You really shouldn't mention it!
Seriously !

Back Then[Click to View YouTube Video]
Its All good!

cmdickinson

Sport climber

Murrieta, CA.

Mar 5, 2019 - 04:07pm PT

I’ll take that Chouinard Nut tool, and those three Forrest(?) tee stoppers! cmdickinsonathotmail

amockalypsenow

Trad climber

Los Angeles

Topic Author's Reply - Mar 5, 2019 - 06:40pm PT

Chouinard Nut Pick tool, and tee stoppers sold to CM Dickinson.

Screws and one drive in sold pending funds to john

Zero tool sold to Jeff. (I said 'yes' before I saw your post gnome-meister).

Thank you kindly all.

Lets move the rest of it into good homes.

Myles Moser

climber

Lone Pine, Ca

Mar 6, 2019 - 07:53am PT

Blue handle alpine hammer price?
Got some projects!

Hangers and drill too?

amockalypsenow

Trad climber

Los Angeles

Topic Author's Reply - Mar 6, 2019 - 08:48am PT

Hey Miles. $40 plus shipping for the drills? I'm thinking of keeping the alpine hammer and the hangers for my own projects.

I met you a few years ago btw.

johntp

Trad climber

Punter

Mar 6, 2019 - 04:34pm PT

Screws and one drive in sold pending funds to john

I'll get the cash out tomorrow.

Pistol_Pete

Big Wall climber

Mar 7, 2019 - 07:23am PT

I’m interested in the two biggest pitons. Sent you an e-mail.

Thanks,

Pete

amockalypsenow

Trad climber

Los Angeles

Topic Author's Reply - Mar 8, 2019 - 12:06am PT

I think I’m going to hang on to the big pitons for obscure placements on obscurer routes. Thanks for your interest.

$129 for nuts and hexes (less than 6 bucks each) - there are a few half sizes in there and some of the hexes are the first gen symmetric ones.

crag hammer these are one of the collectable chouinard hammers. I just put it on ebay for $260 and have 6 watchers. I’d sell it for $185 for the homies.

alpine hanger: $79

chouinard t stakes $5 each.

amockalypsenow

Trad climber

Los Angeles

Topic Author's Reply - Mar 20, 2019 - 05:24pm PT

price drop on the wood handled alpine hammer: $159 plus shipping.

johntp

Trad climber

Punter

Mar 20, 2019 - 05:42pm PT

I'll vouch for the OP. But kinda lame to post up gear for sale that you don't want to sell. Thanks for the screws and wart hog.

karabin museum

Trad climber

phoenix, az

Mar 21, 2019 - 06:49am PT

Leeper nut tool still available?

JLP

Social climber

The internet

Mar 21, 2019 - 09:10am PT

Scrap Al is going for about $0.25/lb.

amockalypsenow

Trad climber

Los Angeles

Topic Author's Reply - Mar 21, 2019 - 09:12pm PT

Leeper nut tool still available? Yes.

healyje

Trad climber

Portland, Oregon

Mar 21, 2019 - 10:31pm PT

Forrests, Warthogs, and rare nut tools, oh my!

johntp

Trad climber

Punter

Mar 23, 2019 - 06:26pm PT

Leeper nut tool still available? Yes.

If he doesn't want it, I do.

karabin museum

Trad climber

phoenix, az

Mar 24, 2019 - 06:08am PT

My offer for the Leeper nut tool is $20. Its for the museum

Treezypoof

Trad climber

Cyberia

Mar 24, 2019 - 08:49am PT

As good a thread as any for this, and one of the experts is present,

So does anyone know if this is an old climbing implement?
There’s a similar looking tool on eBay listed as a “vintage military piton hammer”

Likely just a surveyors

hamie

Social climber

Thekoots

Mar 24, 2019 - 09:01am PT

If it was for climbing there would be a hole at the end of the handle for a sling.

But then you never know with the military! :) :)

Treezypoof

Trad climber

Cyberia

Mar 24, 2019 - 09:07am PT

Gud points! Thanks.

-yep, the one on ebay has a hole for leash and also has "tangs".

Tricouni

Mountain climber

Glenn Woodsworth, Vancouver BC

Mar 24, 2019 - 09:19am PT

That hammer a couple of posts up looks very much like the ones that were used by geologists of the Geological Survey of Canada well into the 1980s. We never used those steel-handled Estwing rock hammers, and I much preferred the wood-handle one. I have one somewhere with a hole I drilled in the end for a leash.

Treezypoof

Trad climber

Cyberia

Mar 24, 2019 - 09:37am PT

Nice. Thankyou.

As far as I can make out, the markings say EAF CAN. 24

Electric Arc Furnace?
Edmonton Alberta Foundry?
Eclectic Archeological Foundation?

johntp

Trad climber

Punter

Mar 24, 2019 - 10:02am PT

My offer for the Leeper nut tool is $20. Its for the museum

Marty-

If the OP doesn't post up, I've got his email addy. Let me know if you want it.

amockalypsenow

Trad climber

Los Angeles

Topic Author's Reply - Mar 24, 2019 - 04:12pm PT

Hey peeps, I'm beginning to wonder if the leeper jiggle-o is really a nut tool or actually just brass knuckles in disguise. $30 is a great deal for something that will protect you from baddies on the way to your car late at night. ;-D

karabin museum

Trad climber

phoenix, az

Mar 24, 2019 - 05:50pm PT

Thanks johntp - I have already talked to the guy through Mountain Project. I don't think he is selling anything and he does have knowledge of what he has. Not sure why he is posting silliness?

Steve Grossman

Trad climber

Seattle, WA

Mar 24, 2019 - 06:06pm PT

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thebravecowboy

climber

The Good Places

Mar 24, 2019 - 08:30pm PT

so what do folks believe fair market trade for those blue handled alpine ice hammers? Not sure if they are for sale here or not but I have a line on a couple in my part of the world, wondering what they are worth to folks interested and knowledgeable in actually selling/trading/buying them.

edit: sent you an electronic mail Cpt Moser.

Myles Moser

climber

Lone Pine, Ca

Mar 24, 2019 - 08:42pm PT

Brave Cowboy - shoot me an email if you got a hammer.
Mylesmoser At Hotmail dot com

Steve Grossman

Trad climber

Seattle, WA

Mar 25, 2019 - 08:46am PT

You can get a decent wood Yo hammer for $100 if you are patient and they are much easier on your hands for drilling and pounding. The plastic hammers don't absorb impact forces as well and are a bit harder to hold onto even with a layer of tape IMO. A MINT one is worth about $150 and $200 with the full pick set. A used one should be easy to find at $100 but they usually have only the Alpine ice pick.

thebravecowboy

climber

The Good Places

Mar 25, 2019 - 08:54am PT

I agree as to the Yose hammer. IMO $260 is highway robbery, even or especially on ebay and $185 is just a really bad buy. I checked on those blue plastic alpine picks/hammers Myles, but they are gone already (I think they were for sale at $40 apiece or less w partial pick sets/fasteners and moderate wear fwiw).

Roots

Mountain climber

Redmond, Oregon

Mar 25, 2019 - 12:40pm PT

...I tried to warn you about this seller...

johntp

Trad climber

Punter

Mar 25, 2019 - 03:34pm PT

...I tried to warn you about this seller...

The OP followed through on our deal. Ice screws and wart hog received at what I consider a reasonable price. Seems he is having some sellers remorse and re-thinking what he wants to sell. He seems like a good guy to me.

Gnome Ofthe Diabase

climber

Out Of Bed

Mar 25, 2019 - 04:19pm PT

The Leeper 7 hole or 5 hole were more dangerous to use than almost any other 'nut tool' short of a short shelf bracket.
Not Terrible at the job but you could certainly sustain serious finger injuries if you slipped or fell while "wearing" it: having a thumb or fingers through the holes.

If you tried to use a random rock to aggressively loosen a stuck nut, If secured with a biner, the tools' shortcomings became evident - the damage was not limited to the biner the result of any sustained pounding left scratches & notches on both the target stopper & the racking biner.
if secured with a cord the tool would inevitably get tangled up with other gear.

I will go see if I have more than one, it may take a day or 2. If I do It will be at the bottom of this closet

amockalypsenow

Trad climber

Los Angeles

Topic Author's Reply - Mar 25, 2019 - 10:21pm PT

Wow, supertopos finest here. Roots- I never got an email from you, so fall back dbag. Marty, I think its cool you have a collection, but I don't really feel obliged to accept whatever price you offer me because you call your collection a museum: The leeper tool, I set the price at $30 as is my choice. The crag hammer is awesome for new climbs, and if somebody wants it, its here. Somebody offered $180 for it on ebay, but I was in the sequoia climbing a new route and the offer expired.

I have shipped things within the same business day of receiving funds and provided tracking numbers.

Sold so far:
chouinard nut tool
chouinard stakes
rawl drills
smc 8
smc pickets
forrest t chocks
ice screws
warthog
chouinard zero hammer
chouinard alpine hammer

If anybody has felt I've been anything short of responsive, honest or professional, please post up. Thank you.

thebravecowboy

climber

The Good Places

Mar 26, 2019 - 07:04am PT

Gnome Ofthe Diabase

climber

Out Of Bed

Mar 26, 2019 - 07:23am PT

Good ole' PT Barnum a local from here. What are you implying right there?
I'm still In search of proofBut the historical society gives credit for 'Skulls' rock's "chiseled teeth" to Barnum. I've a route I named that I think is more fitting

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OH ! That was easy !I Took 1/2 an hour to check, finding these 2
$30 (shipped)~seems like a fair price.

Hey Roots !!
The Pre~Scepter ! at least 10 years before the real things started showing up
The Brave Cowboy !
Wow?! yes I agree!
Thanx for that clarification

Roots

Mountain climber

Redmond, Oregon

Mar 26, 2019 - 08:08am PT

Roots- I never got an email from you, so fall back dbag

I'm the d#@&%e...?

Myles Moser

climber

Lone Pine, Ca

Mar 26, 2019 - 08:09am PT

Thanks for trying.
Drills are sweet Cam, thanks bud

Steve Grossman

Trad climber

Seattle, WA

Mar 26, 2019 - 08:20am PT

Just saw a blue Inspector gadget hammer in good shape go for $48 on ebay.

johntp

Trad climber

Punter

Mar 26, 2019 - 03:28pm PT

Why do you folks want to bash this guy? He set an asking price. My dealings with him seemed reasonable. He was hesitant to let go of the wart hogs, so we negotiated a bit in a successful manner; he parted with one. He seems like an honest guy to me. It appears Myles had a similar experience.

$30 for a Leeper nut tool that is hard to find doesn't seem unreasonable.

thebravecowboy

climber

The Good Places

Mar 26, 2019 - 03:56pm PT

just because he is an honest guy and somebody saw a sucker born every minute does not make $260 for a yose hammer a reasonable or marginally fair deal. this is not just IMO, pretty sure

johntp

Trad climber

Punter

Mar 26, 2019 - 04:35pm PT

Cowboy, we have some history (tube chocks). There is a thing called negotiation. I don't think the OP was looking to rip anyone off. He set a price; doesn't mean he had bad intent. Just throwing something out there to see if it would stick.

thebravecowboy

climber

The Good Places

Mar 26, 2019 - 04:46pm PT

Agreed but it kinda sucks for folks that actually use old tools to see the market get all screwy. example: I love the old short handled stubai piton hammers (blue painted heads). the pick tip is just right for munge removal, mud sticking, the kinda junky new routing I do most of these days. I picked one up for $15 with two lost arrows, all mint. Another I paid $30 for, used, locally. There is, on the web, a site selling these same hammers mounted on a frame for wall hanging for well over $200. This is a waste of a great tool and it screws up access to the tool for those of us that actually still use and wear out the items in the manner for which they were built. Yes I rehandle them, but the tangs/shaft protectors snap off/wear out etc. I am just calling a spade a spade.

I have not gotten up on that Mancos mud tower yet to see about getting those tube chocks into play but will for sure post up when I do. Thanks again for your kind gifts John!

johntp

Trad climber

Punter

Mar 26, 2019 - 05:04pm PT

Agreed but it kinda sucks for folks that actually use old tools to see the market get all screwy.

The price/buying of vintage gear is in the eye of the beholder. I've over paid for some stuff. In the end, if it is worth it to the buyer for whatever reason, they want it. Like art.

thebravecowboy

climber

The Good Places

Mar 26, 2019 - 05:17pm PT

True. People will pay what people will pay. It is just a bit weird to see a 2.6x markup on a yose hammer. Sorta reminiscent of the 4.5x markup on my Epi-pens. Eminently predatory and arbitrary on both counts if you ask me.

If folks are that interested in Warthogs I know of more than a couple skeevy fixed anchors out there on top of towers in the desert that are worth as much or more than the nuke-proof ASCA 3/4" or 1" x 8" strike anchors that Lightner put in next to them. Shoot, I'da pulled one and traded it to you for your tube chocks, but for the fact that I might find use for Warthogs in actually climbing muck summits

johntp

Trad climber

Punter

Mar 26, 2019 - 05:24pm PT

I hear ya. On the other hand, the OP asked what the tools were worth.

I guess my point is he seems like a reasonable guy from my dealing with him. If one thinks he is gouging, make a counter offer. The OP is the seller and has the right to determine the price that makes it worthwhile for him to let the gear go.