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oldskool ice pitons on Ebay


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I believe that these are actually US Army (military) issue "ice pitons" from the 1960s. They are pound in but have no thread and the hanger does swivel.

 

I 'kind of' collect old climbing shit and I have one of these. They were dumped "in masse" onto the market in the mid 1990s with a bunch of old regular rock pitons, also GI issue. US Gov't was cleaning house then. End of cold war.

 

I am not so sure they are "snargs" as made by Camp/Lowe. Most of these were made by a company in Wyoming that is now out of business...that is my understanding anyway. Could be wrong.

 

They are strictly a collector item as far as I am concerned. [big Drink]

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