Italian Ice Axe

Italian Ice Axe

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Mountaineering Ice Axe, Chouinard.
A good 'CHOUINARD' ice axe, the handle is made from ash with a good serrated steel pick and with a good wide adze. This is a fine quality ice pick with a hole in the head for a securing leash, a pointed flat spike and a metal ferrule. The head is stamped 'Chouinard - Frost' with a C within a diamond, on the other side 'MADE IN ITALY, PREMANA ', a square with a mountain outline and the word 'CAMP' there is also a circle with a mountain outline and the word 'INTERALP'. A very good vintage ice pick in good condition.
Ice axes are multipurpose tools used by mountaineers in both the ascent and descent of routes in frozen conditions.

Dimensions:

Height 55 cm / 21 "
Width 28 cm / 11 "
Depth 6.5 cm / 2 34"
Medium

Steel & ash

Country

Italy

Signed

Chouinard - Frost

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