↑ 160: Grivel Courmayeur

• Made in Italy [ca. 1930s].
• 890x305 mm.
• Weight: 995 g.
• Ash Shaft.
• Shaft: 32x21 mm.
• Fixed Head with carabiner hole.
• Curved adze with a curved edge and a moderate arch.
• Adze: 85(l)x63(w)x5(arch) 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.).

↑ 251: Grivel

• Made in Italy [1970s?].
• 745x280 mm.
• Weight: 850 g.
• Ash Shaft.
• Shaft: 33x23 mm.
• Fixed Head with carabiner hole.
• Curved adze with a curved edge and no arch.
• Adze: 80(l)x80(w)x0(arch) mm.
• Curved alpine pick with a negative-clearance chisel tip and with four teeth near tip and one near center of pick, three holes in pick.
• Pick: 145(l)x30(h)x7(t) mm.
• Triangular spike.
• Spike: 60(l)x25(w)x8(t) mm.
• Adze edge is straight in the center but the curves back slightly to meet rounded corners.
• Hole in adze allows stacking axes to form a rather unstable ladder.

↑ 252: Grivel Monte Bianco

• Made in Italy.
• 710x265 mm.
• Weight: 700 g.
• Ash Shaft.
• Shaft: 34x22 mm.
• Fixed Head.
• Curved adze with a curved edge and a strong arch.
• Adze: 70(l)x55(w)x6(arch) mm.
• Curved alpine pick with a neutral-clearance chisel tip and with 7 ventral teeth.
• Pick: 145(l)x27(h)x7(t) mm.
• Triangular spike.
• Spike: 62(l)x26(w)x8(t) mm.
• Grivel leash attached to pick.
• Rubber vibration damper between head and shaft collar.

↑ 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(arch) 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.