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ford4x4
May 21, 2009, 2:57 AM
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So does anyone still have these, and if yall do, do you use them? i have a number 6 and 7 that i use, kinda quirky but fun.
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acorneau
May 21, 2009, 9:19 PM
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They weren't mine, but we used a few for a top-rope anchor systems last month at an anchors class.
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ford4x4
May 21, 2009, 9:40 PM
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i justsh i could find more of them, i love em.
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rschap
May 22, 2009, 12:37 AM
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I think I know what you’re talking about but I’m not sure. Can you post a couple of pictures (I did a Google search and didn’t find any pictures)?
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chriss
May 22, 2009, 12:43 AM
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It's spelled with an I.
titons
I have some. They're OK. Not that stable.
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swoopee
May 22, 2009, 12:49 PM
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I think I still have a few Peck Crackers and some SMC Camlocks. Maybe I should start carrying them when I climb. 
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crankmas
May 22, 2009, 12:57 PM
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I have the 1-5 and a few of the largest sizes, I always found them to be useful and reliable.
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hansundfritz
May 22, 2009, 1:02 PM
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I've got a few left-over from days gone by. They never seemed to set solidly for me. The shape just doesn't give enough surface area. And having to use tied pieces of 1" webbing made them a bit of CF to rack -- compared to hexes on perlon, for example. After carrying them up about 20 pitches at the Gunks one year, they got relegated to the retired gear box.
There was one top-rope problem at the Hermitage in south-central PA that was made for Titons, though. But those bomber placements were rare.
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swoopee
May 22, 2009, 5:41 PM
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bill413 wrote: swoopee wrote: I think I still have a few Peck Crackers and some SMC Camlocks. Maybe I should start carrying them when I climb. I was never wild about the Camlocks. I had trouble with the placements turning out to be less secure than I thought they were.
They weren't really my favorites either. They worked OK in horizontal cracks if you used long enough runners that there was no chance of an upward pull on them.
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ford4x4
May 22, 2009, 5:41 PM
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to me the smc camloks look a little dubious, but it sure would be fun to get my hands on one
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swoopee
May 22, 2009, 5:45 PM
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ford4x4 wrote: to me the smc camloks look a little dubious, but it sure would be fun to get my hands on one
I'll see if I can find mine for you.
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sandstone
May 22, 2009, 5:51 PM
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still have them, but haven't used them since better things came on the market (and that was a looong time ago). they did work though.
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vegastradguy
May 22, 2009, 6:04 PM
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titons and dolt nuts still make up a majority of one of my friends rack...always fun to go climbing with him!
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bill413
May 22, 2009, 6:08 PM
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acorneau wrote: ford4x4 wrote: to me the smc camloks look a little dubious, but it sure would be fun to get my hands on one Here ya go! [image]http://i.ebayimg.com/15/!BSLW(vwBGk~$(KGrHgoOKjwEjlLmS!t7BKB2Srs8ug~~_1.JPG[/image] http://cgi.ebay.com/...A50#ebayphotohosting
OMG - the two bottom ones look like the same material that I had those sizes slung on...looks amazingly good for something that old.
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ford4x4
May 22, 2009, 10:57 PM
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sweet man ill look foreward to hearing from you!
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adatesman
May 22, 2009, 11:19 PM
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ford4x4
May 22, 2009, 11:28 PM
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man those things look like they would only be good in a hex placement, even then they just look weird to me
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adatesman
May 22, 2009, 11:42 PM
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ford4x4
May 22, 2009, 11:49 PM
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its pretty neat the things people come up with you know?
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adatesman
May 22, 2009, 11:52 PM
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ford4x4
May 23, 2009, 12:14 AM
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most deff, i love to tinker so it will be fun poking through that place...
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skinner
May 23, 2009, 12:29 AM
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I still have a set of smc camlocks (on the fireplace mantle), the wired ones sucked! You had to use a LA and a hammer to give them a few taps and lock them in place. More often then not, you'd be half way up a pitch, go to clear your rope, and they'd all fall out. The original self cleaning pro those were.
Titons.. ermmm another *attempt* at clean pro. carried a few for a while (waaaay back), the only one I placed is probably still there. I drove it into the intersection of a vertical/horizontal mud-filled crack. It was certainly bomber.. but there is no possible way to clean a placement like that. One good Titons, where all Titons should go.
If you want some vintage pro that still works and would be an asset to any modern rack, get your hands on some MOACs
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ford4x4
May 23, 2009, 12:47 AM
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I have no idea what MOacs are....
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bill413
May 23, 2009, 12:50 AM
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skinner wrote: I still have a set of smc camlocks (on the fireplace mantle), the wired ones sucked! You had to use a LA and a hammer to give them a few taps and lock them in place. More often then not, you'd be half way up a pitch, go to clear your rope, and they'd all fall out. The original self cleaning pro those were.
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ford4x4
May 23, 2009, 12:59 AM
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i dont have any of those, but i do have some old saddle wedges! talk about a pain to clean....
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salamanizer
May 23, 2009, 1:26 AM
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From my personal collection...
Forrest Titons # 1-10
Forrest nuts and copperheads.
A somewhat rare Forrest chimney chock.
Various hand forged (swiss) pitons and early versions of a carabiner.
Oldschool hooks, Clog & CMI
Camp saddlewedges.
10th mountain division U.S. military pitons.
Bivos Banditos (an early 80's version of a cam not long on the market)
Edited to add:
Almost forgot!
A MOAC nut.
That's enough for now...
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ford4x4
May 23, 2009, 2:32 AM
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im green with envy sal, i wish i had some of those to play around with!
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skinner
May 23, 2009, 5:33 AM
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salamanizer wrote: From my personal collection... Various hand forged (swiss) pitons and early versions of a carabiner.
Think I just saw these on ST ?
salamanizer wrote: Oldschool hooks, Clog & CMI
That hook on the left looks suspiciously like the Stubi that is still available today.
(looking at one in my hand right now)
salamanizer wrote: 10th mountain division U.S. military pitons.
I love these things and wish they still made them, I've left a ton of the old military ring pitons
(back when you could still buy them from the army surplus store) all over the Canadian Rockies
descending alpine routes. I saw a box of 400 of the vertical military pitons on Ebay, couldn't find
anyone who wanted to go in on them with me and figured the shipping would probably kill me.
salamanizer wrote: Edited to add: Almost forgot! A MOAC nut.
Ahhh... there it is, my favorite nut that I still use to this day. No idea what it is about these, but
you just toss them in the general direction of the rock and they stick. Awesome piece for anchors.
salamanizer wrote: That's enough for now...
Not really 
Nice collection salamanizer , I'm a gear whore myself, love picking up vintage gear when I can.
Hrmm.. spell check keeps wanting to change salamanize..
-salamander
-womanizer
-humanizer
-Americanize
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