Ibex Posted January 31, 2002 Share Posted January 31, 2002 Does anybody out there have one you want to sell? New/used/etc...? Send me an email Shawn sdhigbee@iastate.edu Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Colin Posted January 31, 2002 Share Posted January 31, 2002 I'll pay more. colinhaley@attbi.com Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Retrosaurus Posted January 31, 2002 Share Posted January 31, 2002 No, I'll pay more!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ibex Posted January 31, 2002 Author Share Posted January 31, 2002 I promise bj from both retro and colin Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lambone Posted January 31, 2002 Share Posted January 31, 2002 I have a set up for bid. Retail price was $140 for the pair, so we'll start there. One of them is a little bent, but still works fine. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Colin Posted February 1, 2002 Share Posted February 1, 2002 What do you mean by "a little bent?" I've never bent a normal pick - How'd you bend an aermet pick? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lambone Posted February 1, 2002 Share Posted February 1, 2002 Yeah, I don't know how it happened, but one of them just ain't straight...I guess they arn't as bomber as thet say. I mostly like them because they are very resistant to getting dull. I was just kidding though, they aren't for sale. I would go on a hunt through all the gear shops "spare ice climbing parts bin." You may come across one buried somewhere. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dan_e Posted February 2, 2002 Share Posted February 2, 2002 Careful BD has recalled some of these in the past, besides the normal Stinger and Cobra picks are plenty strong, another reason why the probably stopped making them. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ade Posted February 3, 2002 Share Posted February 3, 2002 These things are like gold dust. The normal picks are super strong but the nice thing about the Aermets was that they we thinner and didn't blunt easily. Rumour has it BD are working on a replacement. As for bending a normal pick a friend of mine lent his tools to another aquantience who proceeded to climb "funny ice" with them... you know the sort that most people call "granite". The moral of the tail if you swing hard enough you can bend pretty much anything. I saw one of the pick afterwards, had a 25 degree kink in it! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lambone Posted February 3, 2002 Share Posted February 3, 2002 Yeah, low profile and dull resistant are two key features of the Aermet. I think I bent mine while camming it in a crack...not by swinging into rock, oh well. A friend of mine snapped the tip right off a stinger pick while soloing grade 3 ice Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dan_e Posted February 3, 2002 Share Posted February 3, 2002 10 years on ice using only BD picks and I have not broken one yet. I am not saying it can't happen, but...and yes I am knocking on wood as I type! Dan E. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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