Piton hammer

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Piton hammer
Royal Marine Mountaineering Instructors on Ben Nevis in 1972. Mick Tighe is on the left in the front row.
Description
Chromed presentation piton hammer. Wooden shaft. Square hammer head, wedged pick. Leash hole in shaft.
Inscription description
On top of head rectangle with “AUSTRIA” inside. Diamond with “STUBAI” inside.
Acquisition Method:
Donated by Mick Tighe
Number of Objects:
1
Related Items:
Provenance:
Creator of the Scottish Mountain Heritage Collection, Mick Tighe, was a Royal Marine Commando from 1967-77 and for the latter part of that period he was an instructor in the Mountain and Arctic Warfare Cadre. It became a bit of a tradition in the ‘Cadre’ to give leaving instructors a chromed ice-axe or piton hammer as a momento, so this is Mick’s farewell present. It was mounted on a wooden plaque at one time, but that’s disappeared somewhere.
Object Production
Production Place:
Austria
Materials:
chrome, wood
Maker:
Stubai
Colour:
silver, brown
Dimensions:
Shaft 24(l) x 9(cir)cms. Head 15(l) cms.
Object Condition:
Condition Date Check:
28/04/2009
Administration
Accession Number:
312.2008.1
Creator:
Hermione Cooper
Accession Date:
11/11/2008
ID:
1
Category:

Rock Climbing
Snow & Ice Climbing
Location
Location:
Bohuntin
Current Location
Rules:
Spectrum : UK Museum documentation standard, V.3.1 2007