↑ 199: Charlet Moser Mont Blanc

• Made in France [ca. 1963].
• 850x290 mm.
• Weight: 765 g.
• Ash shaft.
• Shaft: 35x23 mm.
• Fixed Head.
• Curved adze with a curved edge and a moderate arch.
• Adze: 75(l)x65(w)x5(arch) mm.
• Straight alpine pick with a negative-clearance chisel tip and with 5 ventral teeth.
• Pick: 180(l)x32(h)x8(t) mm.
• Round spike.
• Spike: 67(l)x12(d) mm.
• Glide ring is missing.
• Keyhole cutout in adze is for inseting the spike of another axe for use as a step. There was little chance of using it like that, but it was popular because of the novelty of the idea.
• An earlier version had an oval hole in the adze. if you tred making a ladder by inserting another axe, it would rotate. This design helps prevent that rotatoion.
• A later model (ca. 1970) changed the notch to a U shape, apparently for turning ice screws.

↑ 177: Charlet Moser #2 Special

• Made in France [1940s–1950s].
• 790x270 mm.
• Weight: 745 g.
• Ash shaft.
• Shaft: 35x22 mm.
• Fixed Head.
• Straight adze with a straight edge and a slight arch.
• Adze: 65(l)x60(w)x1(arch) mm.
• Straight alpine pick with a neutral-clearance chisel tip and with 3 ventral teeth.
• Pick: 155(l)x27(h)x8(t) mm.
• Round spike.
• Spike: 65(l)x12(d) mm.
• This is an older axe with a straight pick and a simple round spike.
• Charlet-Moser #2 and #3 axes were made in the 1940s and 1950s. The #2 was full-size, while the #3 had a shorter head intended for women.

↑ 122: Charlet Moser Super Conta

• Made in France [1972].
• 700x290 mm.
• Weight: 810 g.
• Ash shaft.
• Shaft: 35x23 mm.
• Fixed Head with carabiner hole.
• Straight adze with a curved edge and a moderate arch.
• Adze: 69(l)x57(w)x4(arch) mm.
• Straight alpine pick with a neutral-clearance chisel tip and with 4 ventral teeth.
• Pick: 155(l)x30(h)x6(t) mm.
• Round fluted spike.
• Spike: 59(l)x12(d) mm.
• This unusual design incorporates a carabiner hole and a belay notch.
• The 1972 REI catalog lists the available lengths as 75-95 cm., but this one is just under 70 cm. Long.

↑ 084: Charlet Moser Pulsar

• Made in France [1980s].
• 500x250 mm.
• Weight: 875 g.
• Aluminum Shaft with Rubber Grip.
• Shaft: 33x21 mm.
• Full modular head with carabiner hole.
• Drooped adze with curved edge.
• Adze: 64(l)x62(w)x5(arch) mm.
• Modular waterfall ice pick with a negative-clearance chisel tip and with six small tiip teeth, four large central teeth, and four notches near head.
• Pick: 135(l)x30(h)x4(t) mm.
• Double-pointed plate spike.
• Spike: 35(l)x27(w)x4(t) mm.
• Leash connected to hole in shaft.
• A nice and well-respected waterfal ice climbing tool equipped with an excellent Charlet Moser leash. Much heavier than many others, it provides a hefty swing weight well-suited for "haul off and whack" climbers. With my fine finesse style of climbing, I prefer a much lighter tool.

↑ 085: Charlet Moser Pulsar

• Made in France [1980s].
• 500x210 mm.
• Weight: 825 g.
• Aluminum Shaft with Rubber Grip.
• Shaft: 33x21 mm.
• Full modular head with carabiner hole.
• Hammer: 31(l)x25(w)x36(h) mm.
• Modular hammer head.
• Modular waterfall ice pick with a negative-clearance chisel tip and with six small tiip teeth, four large central teeth, and four notches near head.
• Pick: 135(l)x30(h)x4(t) mm.
• Double-pointed plate spike.
• Spike: 35(l)x27(w)x4(t) mm.
• Leash connected to hole in shaft.
• A nice and well-respected waterfal ice climbing tool equipped with an excellent Charlet Moser leash. Much heavier than many others, it provides a hefty swing weight well-suited for "haul off and whack" climbers. With my fine finesse style of climbing, I prefer a much lighter tool.