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healyje
Trad climber
Portland, Oregon
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Topic Author's Original Post - Apr 15, 2009 - 03:53am PT
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Anyone have one of these (top unit in the photo below) they'd be willing to part with? This one will be going to the Nut Museum, but we are still looking for another for Marty Karabin's collection as well.
I personally don't have the discipline, obsession, or room in my basement to collect this stuff, but do, along with many others, pick things up when I can and variously steer them to the four big collectors out there (Marty, Stephane, Ken, and Gary) as a contribution to seeing our metallic legacy survive in as complete and researched a manner as possible.
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climbrunride
Trad climber
Durango, CO
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Apr 15, 2009 - 04:10am PT
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What about MY collection? I want one too. :-(
But I agree that the Yosemite Archives (or whatever it is called) needs one more than I do. And Marty and Stephane can spend a whole lot more than I can on those goodies. But if there are FIVE of them out there, can I get one?????
-The Other Marty
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healyje
Trad climber
Portland, Oregon
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Topic Author's Reply - Apr 15, 2009 - 04:59am PT
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Zombi, if you do and aren't attached to it that would be great - I know Marty would be most appreciative...
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healyje
Trad climber
Portland, Oregon
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Topic Author's Reply - Apr 15, 2009 - 05:33am PT
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I should note this auction was congenially split by Stephane and Marty with the bottom two tools going to Marty. Both now have the middle tool and so each is looking for the other top & bottom tool - Marty is looking for a BAM tool (top) and Stephane one of the Salewa Leeper knock-offs (bottom).
If you have and can part with either please let me know, thanks...
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Gunkie
climber
East Coast US
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Apr 15, 2009 - 07:15am PT
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That is like the best nut tool ever! A reasonable proxy is the Pika nut tool with that mini hammer. Although, I could never get that thing to hang off my harness very well.
I never understood the holes in the Salewa nut tool. What is that suppose to double for? Brass knuckles?
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healyje
Trad climber
Portland, Oregon
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Topic Author's Reply - Apr 16, 2009 - 09:09pm PT
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Buuummmmpppppity...
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RRK
Trad climber
Talladega, Al
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Apr 16, 2009 - 09:53pm PT
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Dirtineye's got mine - you should hit him up for it. I saw it in what's left of his gear box a couple of weeks ago. (I swapped him for one of those Russian titanium do-hickies and definitely got the better end of the bargain.) I had all sorts of trouble using the bam nut. I like to whop the end of the nut tool with the heel of my hand (finesse is for wimps) but was not able to use the bam nut in this manner because of the clip-in ring sticking out above the hammer head. Though you could drive a pin or two in a pinch, it's not much of a hammer really, and the head mushroomed if you really wailed on it. It was heavy... blah, blah, blah I could go on for quite awhile. BUT - it had a certain "gizmo" appeal that was irresistable to ol' Dirt - so I wound up with a space-age titanium gear-crusher for the price of an old Bam Nut. What a great country.
RRK
PS I did slide it deep into a horizontal crack and clip the head once - it worked fine as a hand-placed pin.
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Salamanizer
Trad climber
Vacaville Ca,
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Apr 16, 2009 - 10:10pm PT
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Hrmmm...
Maybe we should have an ebay nut museum thread going, or at least some personal correspondence. I like to collect also and I'm certain I've bid against you or jacked up your winning bid quite substantially on a few occasions.
I nearly put a size-able bid on said nut tools. I passed on the Dolt nuts too much to my regret.
I'd hate to bid against you for something that's going to the Yosemite Museum. My stuffs probably going there eventually anyway and it just seems like kind of a waste.
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healyje
Trad climber
Portland, Oregon
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Topic Author's Reply - Apr 17, 2009 - 12:03am PT
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Salamanizer,
Sent you an email. It's entirely possible we've both bid on things. I got the Dolt nuts today. I was getting them for Larry DeAngelo who still uses all the single hole Dolt and Clog gear fairly exclusively in his climbing. But it turns out Stephane has some big gaps in his Dolt collection so they're probably going his way instead. Marty apparently has them covered, though both he and Stephane appear to covet the non-anodized ones for some reason I don't get, but that's the reason they're the collectors and I'm not. Probably need to work that out between them as well.
Seems like pretty much everything, but Dolt Cobra hooks come through ebay if you wait long enough. These guys will have the holes in their collections filled sometime and things will be a lot easier on everyone else once they ease up.
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healyje
Trad climber
Portland, Oregon
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Topic Author's Reply - Apr 17, 2009 - 01:27am PT
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RRK - thanks for the heads up, I'll give him a shout...
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healyje
Trad climber
Portland, Oregon
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Topic Author's Reply - Apr 17, 2009 - 06:25pm PT
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Got the Chouinard Bashies covered, still after one of these babies...
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Slabby D
Trad climber
B'ham WA
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Apr 18, 2009 - 01:36am PT
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I got one. But I kinda like it, and actually use it. What's it worth to this collector guy?
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healyje
Trad climber
Portland, Oregon
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Topic Author's Reply - Apr 18, 2009 - 04:36am PT
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Slabby - Well, I personally wouldn't ever ask someone to part with a piece of gear they are actually using. Sort of how Stephane, Marty, and Ken cherish Dolt Trunuts and single hole Clogs and think no one should be scratching them up by using them. But I try to get out with Larry DeAngelo whenever I manage to get to RR and he still uses them almost exclusively and nothing gives me more absolute delight than seeing him on a new line with them - screw the scratches, full speed ahead (ok,so we're old - all ahead 2/3s). So unless you're really interested seeing having it preserved in one of these collections and aren't so attached to it as to have a hard time parting with it, then I'd say keep it.
If you are willing to part with it a donation would be great, but I will also check and see what can be offered for it. Stephane and Marty are just regular family guys financially, but with what I would guess are incredibly tolerant wives and a bad case of OCD. Me, I'm in the same boat, but incompetent to be a collector.
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karabin museum
Trad climber
phoenix, az
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May 21, 2009 - 12:30am PT
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SlabbyD, You throw the candy out there like that, and then ask what its worth to the collector guy. It's worth the world, or until ebay lists another one. I have over 100 different nut tools and still seek the Forrest Bam nut tool. Even though I send a Xmas card every year to Bill, Rosa (his wife) holds the candy out in front of me as well and says "someday." GREAT! JUST GREAT!!
What is the nut tool worth to you is the question?
Marty
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Brian in SLC
Social climber
Salt Lake City, UT
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May 21, 2009 - 01:17pm PT
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Marty...
I think maybe you're a nut tool.
Ha!
Cheers,
-Brian in SLC
(dang, never did get to see the nut museum over in Corsica)
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healyje
Trad climber
Portland, Oregon
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Topic Author's Reply - Jun 17, 2009 - 02:51pm PT
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Bump for Marty's collection...anyone?
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Slabby D
Trad climber
B'ham WA
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Jun 18, 2009 - 12:51pm PT
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e-mail sent to Marty
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healyje
Trad climber
Portland, Oregon
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Topic Author's Reply - Jun 18, 2009 - 01:19pm PT
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Slabby, that's very kind of you and much appreciated...
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Roots
Mountain climber
SoCal
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Feb 15, 2013 - 12:35pm PT
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Sorry to dig up an old thread but can someone (re)post a picture of one of these?
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Steve Grossman
Trad climber
Seattle, WA
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Feb 15, 2013 - 12:40pm PT
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Go to the nutstory website.
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couchmaster
climber
pdx
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Feb 15, 2013 - 01:00pm PT
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Not to confuse the herd but to add to the mix of well deserving collectors: Jeff Thomas, as the archivist for the Mazamas, is actively trying to add items to their museum. He says it's public and anyone can go and perv on it, although I have yet to see it. Of particular interest is things which may have a historical attachment, ie, this ice ace was used by climber X on the first ascent of climb Y.....that kind of thing.
The Mazamas are a climbing club that's been doing it for 118 years and is open to all. BTW, I have seen the new climbing wall in their auditorium and it's the sweet total schitt. Stop by and perv on that....wow. Great hand and finger cracks.
http://www.mazamas.org/
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Gunkie
Trad climber
East Coast US
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Feb 15, 2013 - 01:32pm PT
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At my local rock gym someone donated a bam-nut tool to the a shadow box display. How lame is that? I'm breaking in soon... I'll replace it with an old slinged shelf bracket that I used to clean nuts with.
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Roots
Mountain climber
SoCal
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Feb 15, 2013 - 01:56pm PT
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Thanks - I found it on their site. Confirmed..I have (2) of them ; )
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nutstory
climber
Ajaccio, Corsica, France
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Feb 21, 2013 - 11:41am PT
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Roots
Mountain climber
SoCal
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Feb 21, 2013 - 11:49am PT
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Very nice - I have (2) of the one that is in the middle.
Curious; is the swaged one the oldest of the three that you have there?
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nutstory
climber
Ajaccio, Corsica, France
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Feb 21, 2013 - 12:26pm PT
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The Forrest Mountaineering Wire Nut Tool is the most recent nut tool made by Bill Forrest. It hit the market in 1983.
It took fifteen years to me to complete this collection. Thank you Joseph, thank you Bill...
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schwortz
Social climber
"close to everything = not at anything", ca
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Dec 12, 2018 - 04:35pm PT
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I don't really know what this is worth but if anyone here has any particular interest in a Forrest nut tool let me know:
https://www.ebay.com/itm/302994478422
I'd be happy to send it to a 'good' home for a 'fair' price.
Thanks
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johntp
Trad climber
Little Rock and Loving It
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Dec 12, 2018 - 10:58pm PT
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I'd be happy to send it to a 'good' home for a 'fair' price.
Looks like it is sold. If not, I'd be interested.
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