Dr Donald Duff (in white jumper) briefs Lochaber MRT. Bobby Corson is third from right.
Close up of Brades Ice Axe
Close up of inscription
Description
‘Brades’ ice axe, steel head, wooden shaft, adze, serrated pick. Metal ring around wooden shaft, wrist leash attached. Screw, in wooden shaft, to prevent metal ring coming away from axe. Pointed spike on ferrule.
Inscription description
Stamped on serrated blade “BRADES 1943 ?” Carved in wood “R CORSON”
Acquisition Method:
Number of Objects:
1
Related Items:
Provenance:
Bobby Corson donated this ice axe having used it for many years on the Lochaber mountains. He was an early member of Lochaber Mountaineering Club/ Rescue Team. The axe is ex WD(War Department) and Bobby bought it from Marshall and Pearsons shop in Fort William. The shop would get a consignment of old gear from time to time(circa 1950)which was eagerly awaited by the local mountaineering fraternity. The maker ‘Brades’ were, presumably, a firm that was contracted by the War Department to make axes during WWII.
