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Clog Micro Pegs

Accession Number

1690.2022.1

Object Name

Clog Micro Pegs

Created

28/09/2022

Creator

Hermione Cooper

Accession Date

28/09/2022

Brief Description

Two Clog Micro Pegs with two holes

Materials

Molybdenum steel

Dimensions

3.5(L) x 2.5(W) cms

Number Of Objects

2

Inscription Description

"CLOG"in an elipse

Colour

black

Maker

Clog

Object Production Place

Wales

Provenance

Sometimes called Razor Blades and looking very similar to the American R.U.R.P ( Realised Ultimate Reality Piton ) these Clog Pitons first appeared around 1970 when Denny Moorehouse and his partner, Shirley Smith, were in the early stages of building their Clogwyn Climbing Gear empire in North Wales.
Artificial, or aid climbing, was still a popular activity then but British climbers had been using mostly imported pitons from the continent. Clog sought to rectify this with their own array of ‘pegs’ made from molybdenum steel.
These ones once belonged to our old pal, Smiler Cuthbertson, and it seems he acquired them when working at Clog in the 1970’s. Smiler went off to the big piton factory in the sky a while back and his wife, Clare, kindly passed them onto us.

Acquisition Method

Donated by Clare Cuthbertson

Acquisition Date

28/09/2022

Condition Check Date

28/09/2022

Rules

Spectrum : UK Museum documentation standard, V.3.1 2007

Modified

28/09/2022

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