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Charlet Piton/ice hammer

Accession Number

311.2008.1

Object Name

Charlet Piton/ice hammer

Created

11/11/2008

Creator

Hermione Cooper

Accession Date

11/11/2008

Brief Description

Charlet Piton/ice hammer. Wooden shaft. Square hammer head, serrated pick. Leash attached through hole in shaft.

Materials

metal, wood , nylon

Dimensions

Shaft 24(l) x 9(cir)cms. Head 17(l) cms.

Number Of Objects

1

Inscription Description

Inscription on head reads " CHARLET CHAMONIX "

Colour

silver, brown

Maker

Charlet

Object Production Place

France

Provenance

Frenchman, J Charlet, started making ice axes in Chamonix, in the shadow of Mont Blanc, in 1880, catering for the Golden Era of mountaineering. The business went from father to son and at some point..we are not sure when... they were joined by Gerard Moser and the comapnay became Charlet Moser. Forward to the year 2000 and another French company, Petzl, bought them out - the end of another dynasty!
The little hammer we have here in the collection appears to go back beypond the Gerard Moser days as only Charlet appears on the pick so an educated guess takes us back to 1950 or earlier. Beautifully crafted and in mint condition, our founder, Mick Tighe, bought this one for a few dollars in a Canadian Army Surplus Store during a climbing trip to the Rocky mountains in the 1990's.

Acquisition Method

Donated by Mick Tighe

Acquisition Date

11/11/2008

Condition

Mint

Condition Check Date

28/04/2009

Rules

Spectrum : UK Museum documentation standard, V.3.1 2007

Modified

28/04/2009

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