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ryanb
climber
Seattle, WA
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Topic Author's Original Post - Apr 9, 2009 - 07:40pm PT
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What is this thing? Just bought it at Second Ascent in Seattle (awesome used and new gear store) and plan to use the sh#t out of it on new/less traveled routes in the cascades and olympics.
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Mungeclimber
Trad climber
sorry, just posting out loud.
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rad dirt digging tool
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Reilly
Mountain climber
Monrovia, CA
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"plan to use the sh#t out of it on new/less traveled routes in the cascades and olympics."
What, no trowel attachment?
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healyje
Trad climber
Portland, Oregon
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It's a Forrest Mjolnir alpine hammer with interchangeable picks - there are six different pics for it - three flat ice, one tubular ice, one rock cleaning, one short funkness hole tab.
EDIT: Never seen one with an angled grip base before - interesting. One with a flat grip base and a full complement of picks is going to be auctioned off at the benefit for Tarbuster later this month.
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Ghost
climber
A long way from where I started
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Yup, that's a gardening tool alright. Gets dirt out of NW cracks better than just about anything.
And the beer ain't bad either.
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steelmnkey
climber
Vision man...ya gotta have vision...
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Handle looks sorta weird. Haven't seen one before with the slanted end like that.
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ryanb
climber
Seattle, WA
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Topic Author's Reply - Apr 9, 2009 - 09:29pm PT
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Cool , thanks for the info everyone.
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Steve Grossman
Trad climber
Seattle, WA
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It might be a retro-fitted handle. Forrest was into sky blue for a surface color on most of his offerings.
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bhilden
Trad climber
Mountain View, CA
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Forest made several different handles for the Moljinor. He made a straight-handle grip which is what a nail hammer uses and also an axe-handle grip which is what you find on wood chopping axes. I believe the idea was that the straight-handle was better as a rock hammer for nailing while the axe-handle was better as an ice hammer.
This looks to be the axe-handle grip which has been modified to file down the "inside" to allow it to feel more like a straight-handle grip.
BTW, I once changed the handle on my Moljinor with instructions from Bill Forrest(I lived nearby). I used heat to loosen the epoxy that bonded the head to the handle then used fresh epoxy (well, duh) to attach a new handle. There are scallops in the slot in the hammer head to keep the head from flying off if the epoxy loosens.
Bruce
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johntp
Trad climber
socal
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Is that knott a mjoninor? My spelling may not be right, but I thought that was the name.
Edit: oops, bhilden is already there.
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Steve Grossman
Trad climber
Seattle, WA
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Apr 10, 2009 - 11:07am PT
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Same model that Thor used to swing!
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RDB
Trad climber
Iss WA
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Apr 10, 2009 - 11:21am PT
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Hatchett handle that has been cut down in front as the previous poster mentioned.
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Tarbuster
climber
right here, right now
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Apr 10, 2009 - 12:46pm PT
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In 1976 I had a blue straight handled version with a solid head and pick.
I'm certain on that date because I used it on an ice climbing trip where I "encountered" my 16th birthday, on a loop from Mendel to the Palisades.
The head and pick were chromed; non-interchangeable.
At the same time my buddy had the dark green handled version with hatchet handle and interchangeable picks.
Somehow I thought the hatchet handle superseded the straight handle;
But the sequence of the ads shows the reverse, meaning that the hatchet handle may have preceded the straight handles.
As my solid head/pick version has a straight blue handle, I figured the dark green handles with hatchet & interchangeable picks came later.
Not sure about it now.
From Mountain 58, November December 1977:
From Mountain 66 March April 1979:
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couchmaster
climber
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Apr 10, 2009 - 12:53pm PT
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Nice find Roy. Looks like you have a Mjollnir 2.
Sadie May, the trailer park floozie wants it too, seen here as the Guardian of all good things and the hammer collection too.
Wait: here's one.
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Tarbuster
climber
right here, right now
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Apr 10, 2009 - 01:34pm PT
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At some point, probably 1978, in Lee Vining we were exchanging tools to see how they worked and a buddy of mine broke the pick.
Subsequent to that I loaned it to another pal to climb Leaning Tower and he beat the hell out of the handle...
I've since placed many bolts with this,
Amended lots of old 1/4" belay stations with 5/16" & 3/8":
The long fiberglass handle gives a nice swing and provides good damping.
Head weight is a little light, but not too much so.
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middle joe
Trad climber
OC
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Nov 19, 2012 - 11:09pm PT
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Does anyone know the history of this Ice ace/tool? It's 55cm, with a fiberglass wrapped handle. I picked it up on ebay for $35. It looks great on my office wall now.
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Brian in SLC
Social climber
Salt Lake City, UT
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Nov 20, 2012 - 12:05am PT
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History of that Forrest axe? My bet is that it was NOT used on Trotsky..
Looks like a Lifetime Axe with a Vector II pick.
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healyje
Trad climber
Portland, Oregon
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Nov 20, 2012 - 12:19am PT
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That angled bottom one is really sweet, wish I had one.
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middle joe
Trad climber
OC
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Nov 20, 2012 - 12:20am PT
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It obviously hasn't see much use, maybe a climb or two. Looking more for Manufacturing dates, model name, and other fun facts.
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Clint Cummins
Trad climber
SF Bay area, CA
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Nov 20, 2012 - 03:31am PT
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If there's interest among hammer collectors in a hatchet handle version of the Mjollnir, I remembered my wife has one:
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