The Scottish Mountain Heritage Collection
638.2008.1
Stubai Instep Crampons
10/12/2008
Hermione Cooper
10/12/2008
1 pair of Stubai instep crampons on a piece of nylon string. Two points and one ring on each. One part is 'Stubai' and has two holes in the plates. The other part has three holes. The plates are not joined and the screws are missing.
metal
7(l) x 8(w) x 3.5(h) cms.
1 pair
On one pair "STUBAI AUSTRIA"
brown
Stubai
Austria
We are not sure if they actually mined the ore there, but we do know that the good folk of Fulpmes in the Stubai area of Austria have been working with iron since the Middle Ages. In 1897 a group of local blacksmiths got together to form a co-operative to market their products which, at this time were mainly tools and implements for farming. The co-operative, which became known as Stubai, soon branched out into mountaineering products to cater for the boom in the sport during what has become known as the Golden Age - 1860..ish to the outbreak of World War 1. Crampons, ice axes and later, karabiners, were their staple products in the early days and remain pretty much so over a hundred years later since Stubai is still going strong in 2013.
Dating from the 1960's, this pair of instep crampons were popular with tourists in the Alps for Glacier walking.
10/12/2008
rusty
28/04/2009
Spectrum : UK Museum documentation standard, V.3.1 2007
28/04/2009