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Snowdon Mouldings- Curver-Ice hammer

Accession Number

1645.2022.1

Object Name

Snowdon Mouldings- Curver-Ice hammer

Created

03/02/2022

Creator

Hermione Cooper

Accession Date

03/02/2022

Brief Description

Ice hammer with pointed ferrule, serrated pick and blue wrist leash.

Materials

Metal, glass fibre

Dimensions

Head- 25(L)cms. Shaft - 43(L) cms

Number Of Objects

1

Inscription Description

“CURVER. SNOWDON MOULDINGS”

Colour

Red, silver

Maker

Snowdon Mouldings

Object Production Place

Wales

Provenance

Mo Anthoine was one of many colourful characters to dance across the North Wales climbing scene in the 1960’s, and like many others before him he decided to try and make a living from his beloved sport by creating a small business(circa 1970) which he called Snowdon Mouldings.
Along with his pal, Joe Brown, who already had a climbing shop in Capel Curig, they created the Joe Brown helmet, which became almost universal at the time, and various other items which could be sold in Joe’s shops and elsewhere.
Blacksmith and Mountain Guide, John Brailsford, was very active on the scene too, in more ways than one. He had already invented the first commercial nuts for rock climbing, the Acorn and MOAC, meanwhile charging 4/6d (25p) to droop the picks of conventional ice axes..... so who better then, than John, to help Mo create his new ice axe, the Curver.
It appeared in 1971 to universal acclaim, with the added advantage that it was made in the UK, sitting alongside Hamish MacInnes’s Terrordactyls which appeared about the same time.
The hammer version of this early, glass fibred shafted tools are considerably rarer than the ice axe variety so we are delighted to have this fine example in the collection, kindly donated by Ian Sykes.

Acquisition Method

Donated by Ian Sykes

Acquisition Date

03/02/2022

Condition Check Date

03/02/2022

Rules

Spectrum : UK Museum documentation standard, V.3.1 2007

Modified

03/02/2022

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