The Scottish Mountain Heritage Collection
265.2008.1
Charlet Moser Channel Piton
29/10/2008
Hermione Cooper
29/10/2008
Ring piton. P shaped 'channel' with hole at top for ring hanger. Wedged at end.
metal
Piton 17(l) x 2(w) x 2.5(d) cms. Ring 4.5(diameter) cms
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On back of channel reads "CHARLET- MOSER, CHAMONIX"
silver
CHARLET- MOSER
France
Any piton with a 'ring' like this one is normally quite old as pitons have been around since before karabiners were invented, to clip the rope to the piton, the idea being that you simply threaded the rope through the ring.
Made by Charlet Moser of Chamonix, this one isn't very old and probably dates from the late 1950's or early 1960's - it's one of the many items under the 'origin uncertain' category, and is one that Mick Tighe collected somewhere along the way.
29/10/2008
28/04/2009
Spectrum : UK Museum documentation standard, V.3.1 2007
28/04/2009