Old Nuts

[Blake]

 

tube

 

 

Tube chock (# 6 for reference)... I have 5 of these in various sizes. The good for alpine offwidths... leave big green at home. I have no idea how old these are but I would guess older than me. Some one needs to start making these again... Fern?

 

 

How did they get the cord to go through those holes? is there a knot inside the thing?

[John Frieh]

How did they get the cord to go through those holes? is there a knot inside the thing?

 

Yes... slung just like a large hex.

[Bogen]

A buddy in the army gave me a set of these almost 20 years ago. I don't know if the army used them, the ones he gave me look unused. I carry some of them around, but rarely use them.

 

SMC cam lock

[chirp]

If this has already been linked, sorry but it has some neat pics and info!

Cool old nuts page

[Bogen]

Nuts' museum

 

Cool find!

[gosolo]

Nice pics but they are too shiny! I still have 80's era WC Rocks and Chouinard (you know b4 they became BD) curved stoppers. Got rid of my SMC Camlocks and Titons, well I always thought they sucked. The coolest thing I remember was a Clog nut. I think there is a company now that stole the design of those things and is marketing a similar nut today. Of course I also have some hexes and 80's era friends and some of those great sliders. I think the early sliders were made by the folks that started Metolius. I remember aiding on sliders in Zions and I learned why they call them sliders.....they also are a bitch to get out after weighting the damn things.

[gosolo]

I forgot. the weirdest piece I used was a friends "I" beam chocks for wide cracks. 20 years ago there was shitty and I do mean shitty pro for wide cracks. These babys didnt work well either and were an anodized blue color. Wish I would have kept all of that old stuff.