The Scottish Mountain Heritage Collection
1388.2017.1
Piton Hammer (homemade)
23/02/2017
Hermione Cooper
23/02/2017
Very heavy homemade Piton hammer with plastic hand grip and 4 holes on head.
metal. plastic
31(L) x10.5(L of head) cms
1
silver, blue
Brian Fuller
Everybody carried pitons when they went climbing in the good old days before we had fancy camming devices, hexcentrics, stoppers, wire and the like. Find a good crack, a suitable piton to fit and whack it in with your piton hammer.
It follows that everyone had a piton hammer and they did. Stubai were the most common with Salewa not far behind.
Some folk made their own and we have a very fine example here made by Brian Fuller in the 1960's. It's beautifully made and seems to be based on the design of a Salewa ( see picture opposite) though this one is chunkier and heavier.
Brian made the hammer for mountain guide, Dave Cheesmond, who eventually passed it on to us - thanks Dave and Brian
Donated by Dave Cheesmond
23/02/2017
23/02/2017
Spectrum : UK Museum documentation standard, V.3.1 2007
23/02/2017