↑ 160: Grivel Courmayeur

• Made in Italy [ca. 1930s].
• 890x305 mm.
• Weight: 995 g.
• Wood Shaft.
• Shaft: 32x21 mm.
• Fixed Head with carabiner hole.
• Curved adze with curved edge.
• Adze: 85(l)x63(w)x5(curve) mm.
• Straight Alpine pick with a rounded tip.
• Pick: 160(l)x28(h)x9(t) mm.
• Square spike.
• Spike: 70(l)x11(w)x11(t) mm.
• Glide ring is missing but the stop is present.
• This axe is long by todays standards, even for my modest height (193 cm.).

↑ 035: Grivel Super Courmayeur

• Made in Italy [1980s].
• 480x250 mm.
• Weight: 795 g.
• Aluminum Shaft with Rubber Grip.
• Shaft: 31x21 mm. (Grip: 34x24 mm.)
• Full modular head with carabiner hole.
• Drooped adze with curved edge.
• Adze: 50(l)x41(w)x4(curve) mm.
• Modular waterfall ice pick with a neutral-clearance chisel tip and with 3 notches near tip, then 6 teeth, then 3 more notches.
• Pick: 130(l)x30(h)x4(t) mm.
• Barbed triangular spike.
• Spike: 35(l)x25(w)x13(t) mm.
• Equipped with an aftermarket Wild Things (USA) leash.
• A tool for waterfall ice. Stamped head. Stamped adze has a strong curve.
• In the early 1980s, Grivel developed the Super Courmayeur, a system of interchangeable blades and accessories on the shafts. The system included the first forged, banana-shaped, interchangeable blade.

↑ 224: Grivel Mont Blanc

• Made in Italy [1980s].
• 510x260 mm.
• Weight: 730 g.
• Aluminum Shaft with Rubber Grip.
• Shaft: 27x17 mm. (Grip: 35x22 mm.)
• Full modular head with carabiner hole.
• Drooped adze with curved edge.
• Adze: 55(l)x45(w)x4(curve) mm.
• Modular waterfall ice pick with a positive-clearance chisel tip and with 13 teeth, then 3 U-shaped notches.
• Pick: 130(l)x30(h)x4(t) mm.
• Barbed triangular spike.
• Spike: 23(l)x30(w)x3(t) mm.
• Equipped with an aftermarket Wild Things (USA) leash.
• A nice waterfal ice climbing tool equipped with an excellent Grivel leash.
• Similar to the Charlet Moser Pulsars, but lighter and with a lighter swing weight more suited to my finesse style.