Detail of the eyes of several vertical pitons clipped to a Stubai carabiner
Half Inch Ring Angle
Half Inch Ring Angle underside
Half Inch Ring Angle detail of the ring and striking surface
Half Inch Ring Angle
Half Inch Ring Angle
Half Inch Ring Angle with an early 1960s Stubai carabiner for scale
Fritsch & Company Pitons:
Top Row L to R: (2) spoon style short-thin horizontals, (3) long-thin horizontals, (2) long-medium ring wafers, (2) short-thick pointed horizontals, (1) half inch ring angle
Middle: ring tube ice piton
Bottom: ring dagger-style ice piton
Left to Right:
Short-thick with a pointed in (and a small crack at the tip)
Short-thick with a swiss cross marked on the blade
(2) Short-thin spoon-style
(3) Long-medium
Three horizontal pitons varying from five to five and a half inches long
The wavy blade is beautiful
Detail of the eye showing the mushroomed striking surface
Detail of the eye showing the mushroomed striking surface and the Fritsch & Co stamp
Detail of the eye. This piton says “made in Switzerland” instead of the earlier “Zurich”
Two Ring wafer pitons
Two ring wafer pitons with an early Stubai carabiner for scale
Ring wafer
Ring wafer
Ring wafer
Detail of the manufacturing stamp. “Fritsch Zurich”
Ring wafer
Spoon style blade
Detail of the neck
Detail of the Swiss cross
Detail of the Swiss cross marking. It isn’t stamped in, it’s raised.
One dozen Fritsch & Company vertical pitons.
There are thirteen shown but a Stubai vertical (top row second from right) snuck into the picture. I left it in because it clearly shows the difference in finish between the two types.
Vertical Pitons on a Stubai carabiner
Detail of the tips showing some deformation due to use
Detail of the eyes of several vertical pitons clipped to a Stubai carabiner
Fritsch & Company vertical pitons and Stubai carabiners
Top: Stubai oval
Bottom: Fritsch & Company vertical piton
Top: Stubai D carabiner
Bottom: Fritsch & Company vertical piton
