The Scottish Mountain Heritage Collection
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Homemade Ice Axe
28/03/2019
Hermione Cooper
28/03/2019
Home made all metal ice axe with serrated pick, small ferrule and bashed adze.
metal
Shaft 51(L) cms Head 25(L) cms
1
brown, red
Found on Ben Alder in the Highlands of Scotland, this fabulous, homemade ice axe has a story to tell - unfortunately, we don’t know it!
A friend of ours, Simon Munro, found it in the heather in 2010, kept it in his shed for a while before deciding to donate it to us.
Robustly constructed, it has obviously been made in someone’s workshop and though rather crude, it still fulfills the requirements of an iceaxe - cutting steps and ice axe breaking.
Maybe the owner will see it on our website one day. It remains a mystery meanwhile.
Donated by Simon Munro
28/03/2019
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Spectrum : UK Museum documentation standard, V.3.1 2007
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