↑ 166: Hope Tokyo Alpinist

• Made in Japan [ca. 1960].
• 77x29 cm.
• Wood Shaft.
• Fixed head.
• Straight adze with straight edge.
• Straight Alpine pick with a pointed tip.
• Triangular spike.
• This axe has a small, lightweight hand-forged head with a narrow adze.

↑ 126: Hope Alpinist

• Made in Japan [mid–1970s].
• 89x25 cm.
• Wood Shaft.
• Fixed Head.
• Straight adze with straight edge.
• Straight Alpine pick with a rounded tip.
• Square spike.
• This axe has a small, lightweight head with a narrow adze.
• The original owner added fiberglass to improve the strength of the wood shaft.
• To restore the axe, I removed the fiberglass with a heat gun. Some resin penetrated the wood too deeply to be removed.