The Scottish Mountain Heritage Collection
317.2008.1
Piton hammer
11/11/2008
Hermione Cooper
11/11/2008
Interalp piton hammer. Wooden shaft. Square hammer head, pyramid shaped at other end. Hole in shaft for leash.
wood, steel
Shaft 26(l) x 10(cir)cms. Head 10(l) cms.
1
A stuck on label reads "HIGH GRADE STEEL" Mountain logo and two crossed axes inside a circle. Letters below read "INTERALP". A diamond with "CAMP" inside and the letters "D CN FD &" at each point. At the bottom "LAVAREDO" On head a mountain logo inside a circle. Letters stamped inside read "INTERALP". On metal parts of shaft "MADE IN ITALY" and a diamond with "CAMP" inside and the letters "D CN FD &" at each point.
brown
Interalp
Italy
CAMP is basically a large mountaineering equipment manufacturing company who make their own brand and other people's on licence. Not sure what 'D CN FD &' on the label means but 'Lavaredo' is the 'model' named after an area in the Dolomites. This particular hammer is one that Mick Tighe collected somewhere along the way.
11/11/2008
28/04/2009
Bohuntin
Bohuntin
Spectrum : UK Museum documentation standard, V.3.1 2007
28/04/2009