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Stubai (Early version) Karabiners

Accession Number

1696.2022.1

Object Name

Stubai (Early version) Karabiners

Created

08/12/2022

Creator

Hermione Cooper

Accession Date

08/12/2022

Brief Description

Two Stubai Karabiners with snap locks

Materials

steel

Dimensions

9.5(L) x5(W) cms

Number Of Objects

2

Inscription Description

"STUBAI " "MADE IN AUSTRIA"

Colour

silver

Maker

Stubai

Object Production Place

Austria

Provenance

Karabiner is the short version of a German word karabinerhaken which translates as karbine or rifle hook and refers to the little hook that attached the rifle sling to the rifle itself.
Legend has it that some members of the Munich Fire Brigade were the first to realise the potential for the hooks to be used for mountaineering and presumably fire rescue.
The Austrian company, Stubai, were one of the first to produce karabiners, specifically for mountaineering, in the 1930’s.
The two fine examples we have here in the collection are probably from a little bit later, circa 1950, and were soon to be superceded by the better designed, oval shaped karabiner that we know today (2022).
Two excellent examples of karabiners on the evolutionary scale.

Acquisition Date

08/12/2022

Condition Check Date

08/12/2022

Rules

Spectrum : UK Museum documentation standard, V.3.1 2007

Modified

08/12/2022

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