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karabin museum

Trad climber

phoenix, az

Mar 11, 2017 - 12:35pm PT

Clog single hole wedges! The HalHammer collection added a few new ones to the museum. I have a full set of 6 sizes but for collectors info there are three full sets to collect by the way the nuts are stamped. The earliest Clog single hole wedges I have seen have rough unfinished hole edges and have no oval in the stamp.

Three stamp versions, 6 sizes in each set:
“CLOG” and #
“CLOG” in oval, # outside oval
“CLOG” and # in oval

Is the official name: Clog single hole wedges, or Clog single hole nuts?

Marlow

Sport climber

OSLO

Mar 19, 2017 - 12:37pm PT

Great information, Marty.

Does anybody know the official name? Clog single hole wedges, or Clog single hole nuts?

I believe the Clog single hole nuts/wedges are from two generations: One generation without the ellipse around the name Clog, and one generation with the ellipse around the name.

Steve Grossman

Trad climber

Seattle, WA

Mar 19, 2017 - 12:59pm PT

The original single transverse hole wedge nuts were called "Spuds" so I like to use that name with these nuts. They did have a commercial name as a Clog product different than that. Maestro Pennequin can likely provide the original name for the Clog versions. Your distinction on the Clog stamps is correct, Marlow. Simple "CLOG" followed by the elliptically stamped version in later equipment.

More on the glorious Spud here on post #50.
http://www.supertopo.com/climbers-forum/1220704/Nuts-To-You-Royal-Robbins-Clean-Climbing-Intro-Summit-1967

Fritz

Social climber

Choss Creek, ID

Mar 19, 2017 - 04:12pm PT

I can't recall who here first posted this 1977 Clog Cogs ad, but my thanks to them, & it seems to belong here too.

Steve Grossman

Trad climber

Seattle, WA

Mar 19, 2017 - 06:31pm PT

The funny thing about Spuds is that it took forever for someone to realize that the design could easily be a dual attitude nut if a second taper was added. I have one that was made and sold that way at long last.