In reply to lizard-16-07:
I have a pair of BD Reactors which I use on everything from prodding snow in grade I gullies to grade V ice etc. I don't find the technical nature of the tool and the chunky handle impedes me slogging up snow slops (despite how over equipped I might look), but if I had a pair of walking axes they might impede my progress on grade V terrain.
My point being; don't limit yourself buy buying a pair of axes which aren't up to the steeper end of what your capable of. You're never going to regret not buying the Raptors or having the Raptor picks on the CMD Arete, but you might regret not having the Fly's (or even something better still) on "potentially harder stuff".