Description: Vintage Chouinard Northwall Hammer and Model Zero Ice Axe A hard to find set of tools. Chouinard Model Zero is the Rolls Royce of ice axes and 40 years after they were first produced folk still seek them out and pay a high price to own one. The only thing that stopped them becoming even more popular was technology, as they arrived just as wooden shafted axes were being replaced by stronger and more versatile metal versions. There were metal and some kind of glass fibre, shafted versions but they were not as iconic as the wooden version. The later zero's (as with the one we have here) had a laminated shaft to give more strength. Yvon Chounard's first factory was called the Great Pacific, Pacific Iron Works and the catalogue from 1978 tells the story. The Model Zero Axe and the North Wall Hammer are designed for complementary use in vertical ice climbing on waterfalls, in Eastern or Canadian water ice, or for solo or super fast ascents of alpine gullies. These are specialist's tools and are not meant to replace the standard Chouinard Piolet for general Alpine climbing. The main difference in design is in the pick, which has more curve and teeth all the way along its length for better anchorage in piolet traction, but not so much curve that an unnatural swing is required. Both models also have shorter spikes to avoid self-inflicted wounds while swinging in awkward or confined circumstances. Slight dings from knocking snow off crampons. If you have any questions or would like more pictures, please message me.
Price: 3000 USD
Location: Bowman, South Carolina
End Time: 2025-01-04T20:53:56.000Z
Shipping Cost: N/A USD
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All returns accepted: ReturnsNotAccepted
Brand: Chouinard
Type: Ice Axe And Hammer
Model: VINTAGE
MPN: NA
Country/Region of Manufacture: United States
