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nutstory
climber
Ajaccio, Corsica, France
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Banquo,
I have seen these nuts on ebay a few times but never knew who the manufacturer was. Yes I will love to have the set of nuts for the Nuts Museum. I have seen these nuts numbered 1-5 as well.
Marty, forgive this joke... and Banquo, thank you very much for your kind attention. Anyway, it will be much cheaper for you to give them to Marty than to post them to Corsica.
Edit: this morning, after twenty five years of research, I finally completed the Troll Tee Chock collection, so I feel very generous today :-)
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Banquo
climber
Amerricka
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They are on their way to Marty although I would have been happy to send them to Corsica. Marty answered first so that's it.
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nutstory
climber
Ajaccio, Corsica, France
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Banquo, I was probably sleeping when Marty posted on this thread... ;-)
Anyway, again, I thank you very much for thinking to me regarding this most interesting set.
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karabin museum
Trad climber
phoenix, az
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Feb 10, 2016 - 08:44pm PT
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Banquo - The set of nuts have arrived and are now in the Karabin Climbing Museum. Thank you so much for your support and donations to the museum! The nuts are crude with wire ends sticking out from the swags and the edges of the nuts are sharp. The wire holes drilled through the nut is the same size as the braided wires so I am sure assembly was tedious. Don't get me wrong I love these nuts! Yet they still lack a manufactures name and history.
Stephane: I read Banquos message about the set of nuts and for no reason, except for my Leo smile, I let you have first crack at them by not responding for 24 hours. I woke up early in the morning and rechecked the post and nobody else had replied. Not Stephane or anybody else! WoW! So Banquo can be proud that his nuts are preserved in the Karabin Museum!
Stephane congrats on the Troll Tee collection. Please share some pictures.....I only have two.........
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Banquo
climber
Amerricka
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Feb 11, 2016 - 07:49am PT
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Glad they got there Marty. Although unfinished, they look pretty solid. They seem to be cut from extrusions so whoever made them must have made enough to bother with getting the extrusions made.
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karabin museum
Trad climber
phoenix, az
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Feb 15, 2016 - 08:49pm PT
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Banquo - If these nuts are military I bet a lot of these nuts were made especially for use in training. During action the nuts are probably placed and left there like ladders. John Yates told me "when it comes to action you leave the sh#t behind and you get in there and you clean house!" Good times!
Banquo once again thanks!
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Gunks Jesse
Trad climber
Shawangunk, NY
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Feb 16, 2016 - 02:06pm PT
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I've searched everywhere and can't find anything like this tiny piton. I'm now suspecting it was sheared out of scrap steel at somebody's fab shop for a specific route and placement and then never used. Workmanship is better than somebody hacking something together would typically put into a quick little pin like this though. Anybody ever seen one like it or know what it is?
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Batrock
Trad climber
Burbank
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Feb 16, 2016 - 04:48pm PT
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That little "piton" is actually a pin used to remove a drill bit from the drill holder. I have a few and I think Leeper was one of the distributors at the time.
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Brian in SLC
Social climber
Salt Lake City, UT
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Feb 16, 2016 - 08:18pm PT
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Yep...drift pin. Useful if you need to swap out a busted bit.
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Jaybro
Social climber
Wolf City, Wyoming
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Feb 16, 2016 - 08:55pm PT
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I'm gonna sling my drift pins, that's a good idea
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Roots
Mountain climber
Tustin, CA
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Feb 17, 2016 - 08:15am PT
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How about this MSR tool? The pick angle is so steep I can't imagine that it would work very well on ice. Kind of reminds me of a (forest) fire fighter's axe?
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H
Mountain climber
there and back again
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Feb 17, 2016 - 01:45pm PT
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Going through my stuff to sell off and thought I would start here with belay devices I have collected over the years before posting it to the general public.
I wish I could afford to give them to the many worthy museums, but work is slow etc. If your interested let me know what it is worth to you. And if you'd care to comment on or identify that would be cool too.
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H
Mountain climber
there and back again
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Feb 17, 2016 - 10:11pm PT
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Here is another odd belay device
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Gnome Ofthe Diabase
climber
Out Of Bed
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Feb 17, 2016 - 10:36pm PT
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Hey H what I love besides the whole stash is the colors of the two cords
Leave them and tell buyers not to discard them. The red and green and black flecked with green & pink - decades old but holding fond memories I wish I knew with certainty
Great share though, placed under a Roots share too
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Stephen McCabe
Trad climber
near Santa Cruz, CA
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Feb 18, 2016 - 01:26am PT
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By upper right you must not mean the 9 11mm Salewa Sticht plate with the red rope.
I don't know that other one, but my sticht plate looks identical and has the same red rope with blue,
so the rope seems like it must be the original that came with it.
Stephen
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Steve Grossman
Trad climber
Seattle, WA
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Feb 18, 2016 - 08:07am PT
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I would be interested in the gold ring and the three hole device (two small, one big left of the top figure 8) if it has some sort of stamp on it.
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H
Mountain climber
there and back again
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Feb 18, 2016 - 09:43am PT
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Thanks Gnome for the nice feedback.
Alright Cosmic. Thanks for the Kong info. I have Couinard, wild country, Cmi, SMC, BD, and two uknown.
Nutstory, Gary is an incredible resource. Thanks
Stephen, no I mean the one to the right of the stitch plate, above the gold ring.
Steve I think the gold ring is sold. The 3 holed device your asking about is an Edelrid.
Here are a couple more interesting peices:
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Steve Grossman
Trad climber
Seattle, WA
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Feb 18, 2016 - 10:14am PT
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The nut on purple perlon is a Moac.
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