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Piton Ring & Pitons

Accession Number

1408.2017.1

Object Name

Piton Ring & Pitons

Created

19/10/2017

Creator

Hermione Cooper

Accession Date

19/10/2017

Brief Description

One piton ring with 9 attached pitons of various makes and sizes

Materials

metal

Dimensions

Piton Ring 14.5(diameter) cms

Number Of Objects

10

Inscription Description

"MADE IN AUSTRIA STUBAI" on two pitons.
"CASSIN ITALY" on two pitons.
"R CASSIN MADE IN ITALY " on one piton.
"CASSIN" on one piton.
"CHARLET MOSER CHAMONIX" on one piton

Colour

silver, rusty brown

Provenance

We’ve a lot of pitons listed individually in the collection so thought we’d keep this little bunch together on the ring which is how they came, kindly donated by our good friend and retired mountain guide, John Cheesmond.
As we write -in 2017 - pitons are pretty much a thing of the past though some winter climbers tend to carry the odd one to bang into an icy crack. The oldest one here is one of the ring pitons, probably from the 1930’s. There are also some homemades and a variety of ‘continentals’. Very few pitons were produced commercially in the UK until Clog started making them in North Wales in the 1970’s.
Shown in the picture opposite:-
1. Cassin ring pitons - rope can be threaded through this ring for abseiling.
2. Cassin blades - nicknamed Ace of Hearts.
3. Charlet Moser offset.
4. Stubai blades.
5. Cassin ‘Peg’ Inside the ring.

Acquisition Method

Donated by John Cheesmond

Acquisition Date

19/10/2017

Condition Check Date

19/10/2017

Rules

Spectrum : UK Museum documentation standard, V.3.1 2007

Modified

19/10/2017

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