Crag Hammers
The Crag Hammer is made specifically for use in free climbing for removing chocks, fixed pegs, and placing rappel pitons. It has a long thin blunt pick that functions well for extracting nuts and cleaning dirt and vegetation from prospective nut placement cracks. It’s a very handy hammer in Yosemite where it is used along with a whisk broom for cleaning out dirty jam cracks. The Crag Hammer is extra light in weight and has a lightening notch under the anvil which helps the hammer to cruise securely in the holster. ("The Great Pacific Iron Works Catalogue," 1978)
↑ 108: Chouinard Crag Hammer
- Made in USA [1972].
- 300x160 mm.
- Weight: 690 g.
- Wood Handle.
- Shaft: 27x17 mm. (Grip: 36x25 mm.)
- Fixed Head.
- Hammer: 31(l)x25(w)x29(h) mm.
- Crag pick.
- Pick: 55(l)x18(h)x7(t) mm.
- Sling webbing inserted in hole at bottom of handle, secured by a screw.
- This hammer has a 100 pick. A 75 mm. version was also available.
↑ 109: Chouinard Crag Hammer
- Made in USA [1975].
- 300x160 mm.
- Weight: 595 g.
- Wood Handle.
- Shaft: 28x18 mm. (Grip: 37x26 mm.)
- Fixed Head.
- Hammer: 26(l)x22(w)x29(h) mm.
- Crag pick.
- Pick: 65(l)x22(h)x8(t) mm.
- Sling webbing inserted in hole at bottom of handle, secured by a screw.
- This hammer has a 100 mm. pick. A 75 mm. version was also available.
- The front underside notch was added in 1973-74..
Alpine Hammers
Chouinard Alpine Hammers
↑ 050: Chouinard Alpine Hammer
- Made in USA [1968].
- 290x180 mm.
- Weight: 725 g.
- Wood Handle.
- Shaft: 27x17 mm. (Grip: 36x26 mm.)
- Fixed Head.
- Hammer: 27(l)x25(w)x30(h) mm.
- Curved Alpine pick with a negative-clearance chisel tip and with 4 ventral teeth.
- Pick: 80(l)x21(h)x12(t) mm.
- Sling webbing inserted in hole at bottom of handle, secured by a screw.
- Early Chouinard Alpine Hammer with shorter handle.
- Various underpick tooth patterns facilitate dating Chouinard Alpine hammers.
↑ 161: Chouinard Alpine Hammer
- Made in USA [1968].
- 295x185 mm.
- Weight: 785 g.
- Wood Handle.
- Shaft: 26x17 mm. (Grip: 35x26 mm.)
- Fixed Head.
- Hammer: 28(l)x25(w)x31(h) mm.
- Curved Alpine pick with a negative-clearance chisel tip and with 4 ventral teeth.
- Pick: 30(l)x22(h)x10(t) mm.
- Sling webbing inserted in hole at bottom of handle, secured by a screw.
- This is my second hammer of this version. It is unique in that the Diamond-"C" logo and Chouinard name were double-stamped on the handle.
↑ 184: Chouinard Alpine Hammer
- Made in USA [1975].
- 295x165 mm.
- Weight: 550 g.
- Wood Handle.
- Shaft: 28x17 mm. (Grip: 37x26 mm.)
- Fixed Head.
- Hammer: 26(l)x25(w)x29(h) mm.
- Curved Alpine pick with a negative-clearance chisel tip and with 6 teeth, a space, and then 5 more teeth.
- Pick: 100(l)x24(h)x13(t) mm.
- Sling webbing inserted in hole at bottom of handle, secured by a screw.
- Short-handle version.
- Previous owner had screwed an extra hand strap to the handle, later removed.
- The front underside notch was added in 1973-74.
- Short handle used through 1974.
↑ 110: Chouinard Alpine Hammer
- Made in USA [1975].
- 330x165 mm.
- Weight: 535 g.
- Wood Handle.
- Shaft: 27x17 mm. (Grip: 36x25 mm.)
- Fixed Head.
- Hammer: 25(l)x23(w)x29(h) mm.
- Curved Alpine pick with a negative-clearance chisel tip and with 6 teeth, a space, and then 5 more teeth.
- Pick: 95(l)x24(h)x15(t) mm.
- Sling webbing inserted in hole at bottom of handle, secured by a screw.
- Long-handle version.
- The front underside notch was added in 1973-74.
- Long handle introduced in 1975.
↑ 185: Chouinard Alpine Hammer
- Made in USA [1977].
- 330x160 mm.
- Weight: 580 g.
- Wood Handle.
- Shaft: 27x17 mm. (Grip: 36x25 mm.)
- Fixed Head.
- Hammer: 26(l)x23(w)x29(h) mm.
- Curved Alpine pick with a neutral-clearance chisel tip and with 12 ventral teeth.
- Pick: 95(l)x24(h)x13(t) mm.
- Sling webbing inserted in hole at bottom of handle, secured by a screw.
- Long-handle version, red ink.
- Previous owner filed the tip of the pick to a more aggressive neutral clearance.
↑ 051: Chouinard Alpine Hammer
- Made in USA [1977].
- 290x165 mm.
- Weight: 645 g.
- Wood Handle.
- Shaft: 28x18 mm. (Grip: 37x25 mm.)
- Fixed Head.
- Hammer: 25(l)x23(w)x28(h) mm.
- Curved Alpine pick with a negative-clearance chisel tip and with 12 ventral teeth.
- Pick: 90(l)x24(h)x12(t) mm.
- Sling webbing inserted in hole at bottom of handle, secured by a screw.
- Short-handle version.
Chouinard/C.A.M.P.†/Interalp Alpine Hammers
(†Concezione Articoli Montagna Premana)
Denis Pivot of C.A.M.P. provided the following information on C.A.M.P.'s relationships with other manufacturers:
CAMP - Chouinard
In 1968, during a trip to Italy to participate in the Trento Mountain Film Festival, Yvon Chouinard visited the CAMP factory in Premana with Hermann Huber (Salewa). Following this visit, an agreement was reached for CAMP to manufacture ice axes, pitons, Hexentrics and Stoppers for Chouinard (later Black Diamond). This equipment was sold by CAMP with the double marking of the logos CHOUINARD and CAMP and the addition of the logo of the INTERALP sales agent. All Chouinard equipment marked "Made in Italy" or "Italy" was manufactured by CAMP.
↑ 171: Chouinard/C.A.M.P./Interalp
- Made in Italy [1983].
- 340x165 mm.
- Weight: 600 g.
- Steel Shaft with Rubber Grip.
- Shaft: 17(d) mm. (Grip: 32x24 mm.)
- Fixed head.
- Hammer: 28(l)x22(w)x30(h) mm.
- Curved Alpine pick with a negative-clearance chisel tip and with 5 ventral teeth.
- Pick: 95x(l)x17x(h)x5(t) mm.
- Steel hammer with the steel shaft does not have as nice a feel as hickory provides.
- Sold only in Europe.
