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MT axe, MacInnes hammer, Chouinard book.

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 Thugitty Jugitty (user since 18/Jun/04) 01 Jun 2023
 TMM 01 Jun 2023
In reply to Thugitty Jugitty:

The first tool in your photo is a McInnes Peck hammer. It's going to be from the late '60's or early 70's.

It might well be worth something to someone so be careful giving it away, it could be worth a bit and then you can donate the money to a charity of your choice.

In reply to TMM:

Thanks. Good idea.

 leon 1 01 Jun 2023
In reply to Thugitty Jugitty: Scottish Mountain Heritage  don't seem to have a Peck hammer in their collection ?  Perhaps they'd be interested in it as a donation ?

http://www.smhc.co.uk/index.asp

http://www.smhc.co.uk/search.asp?db=1&cats=13

Post edited at 16:21
In reply to leon 1:

Thanks. I’ve emailed them to see. 

Edit. Email bounced - mailbox full. 

Post edited at 17:09
 Rob Parsons 01 Jun 2023
In reply to TMM:

> The first tool in your photo is a McInnes Peck hammer.

No, it's a MacInnes Terrordactyl hammer.

See e.g. http://www.smhc.co.uk/objects_item.asp?item_id=32141

Post edited at 17:24
 TMM 01 Jun 2023
In reply to Rob Parsons:

> It's a MacInnes Terrordactyl hammer.

It could be.

Looking online I think it looks more like this which is described as MacInnes Peck Hammer.

https://vintageclimbing.com/products/ice-axe-8

This is described as MacInnes Peck Terrordactyl

https://verticalarchaeology.com/2016/05/03/terrordactyl/

The OP's axe has three bolts through the shaft, like the Peck, rather than the two shown on the Terrordactyl.

I'm too young to know for sure, just working on some Google snooping.

 Rob Parsons 01 Jun 2023
In reply to TMM:

> It could be.

> Looking online I think it looks more like this which is described as MacInnes Peck Hammer.

That's described incorrectly: it's also a Terrordactyl.

 Jamie Hageman 01 Jun 2023
In reply to Rob Parsons:

> That's described incorrectly: it's also a Terrordactyl.

...made by MacInnes-Peck.  TMM is correct

 Rob Parsons 02 Jun 2023
In reply to Jamie Hageman:

> ...made by MacInnes-Peck.  TMM is correct

Point taken.

However we might have been at cross purposes here: anybody active at that time would refer to that tool as a 'Terrordactyl'  - full stop.

I think the confusion has arisen here on account of the additional reference to its designer/manufacturer as either 'MacInnes' or 'Macinnes-Peck.'

FWIW I used a Terror in my early days in Scottish winter climbing.

In reply to leon 1:

Thanks again for the suggestion - the hammer is now on its way to Scottish Mountain Heritage. 

Any genuine good causes for the axe, or is it too old to be useful but not old enough to be collectible?

 Linda Orritt 08 Jun 2023
In reply to Thugitty Jugitty:

Hi I buy and sell things to raise funds for Community Action Nepal. If I can’t sell the axe, I can give it as a raffle prize. Can I have it please? I can collect on Sunday probably. I’ll email you. 
met Hamish a number of times at his home. He had a box full of signed axes from the 1975 ascent of Everest. They have probably gone to the SMT, as most of his stuff was left to them. 


In reply to Thugitty Jugitty:

The axe went to Linda for Community Action Nepal.


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