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JLP
Social climber
The internet
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Mar 21, 2019 - 09:10am PT
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Scrap Al is going for about $0.25/lb.
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amockalypsenow
Trad climber
Los Angeles
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Topic Author's Reply - Mar 21, 2019 - 09:12pm PT
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Leeper nut tool still available? Yes.
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healyje
Trad climber
Portland, Oregon
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Mar 21, 2019 - 10:31pm PT
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Forrests, Warthogs, and rare nut tools, oh my!
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johntp
Trad climber
Punter
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Mar 23, 2019 - 06:26pm PT
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Leeper nut tool still available? Yes.
If he doesn't want it, I do.
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karabin museum
Trad climber
phoenix, az
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Mar 24, 2019 - 06:08am PT
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My offer for the Leeper nut tool is $20. Its for the museum
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Treezypoof
Trad climber
Cyberia
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Mar 24, 2019 - 08:49am PT
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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
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hamie
Social climber
Thekoots
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Mar 24, 2019 - 09:01am PT
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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! :) :)
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Treezypoof
Trad climber
Cyberia
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Mar 24, 2019 - 09:07am PT
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Gud points! Thanks.
-yep, the one on ebay has a hole for leash and also has "tangs".
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Tricouni
Mountain climber
Glenn Woodsworth, Vancouver BC
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Mar 24, 2019 - 09:19am PT
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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.
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Treezypoof
Trad climber
Cyberia
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Mar 24, 2019 - 09:37am PT
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Nice. Thankyou.
As far as I can make out, the markings say EAF CAN. 24
Electric Arc Furnace?
Edmonton Alberta Foundry?
Eclectic Archeological Foundation?
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johntp
Trad climber
Punter
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Mar 24, 2019 - 10:02am PT
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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.
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amockalypsenow
Trad climber
Los Angeles
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Topic Author's Reply - Mar 24, 2019 - 04:12pm PT
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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
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karabin museum
Trad climber
phoenix, az
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Mar 24, 2019 - 05:50pm PT
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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?
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thebravecowboy
climber
The Good Places
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Mar 24, 2019 - 08:30pm PT
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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.
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Myles Moser
climber
Lone Pine, Ca
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Mar 24, 2019 - 08:42pm PT
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Brave Cowboy - shoot me an email if you got a hammer.
Mylesmoser At Hotmail dot com
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Steve Grossman
Trad climber
Seattle, WA
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Mar 25, 2019 - 08:46am PT
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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.
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thebravecowboy
climber
The Good Places
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Mar 25, 2019 - 08:54am PT
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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).
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Roots
Mountain climber
Redmond, Oregon
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Mar 25, 2019 - 12:40pm PT
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...I tried to warn you about this seller...
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johntp
Trad climber
Punter
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Mar 25, 2019 - 03:34pm PT
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...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.
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