↑ 126: Hope Alpinist

• Made in Japan [mid–1970s].
• 890x255 mm.
• Weight: 720 g.
• Wood Shaft.
• Shaft: 31x22 mm.
• Fixed Head.
• Straight adze with straight edge.
• Adze: 80(l)x48(w)x0(arch) mm.
• Straight Alpine pick with a rounded tip.
• Pick: 85(l)x21(h)x8(t) mm.
• Square spike.
• Spike: 54(l)x12(w)x12(t) mm.
• 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.

↑ 166: Hope Tokyo Alpinist

• Made in Japan [ca. 1960].
• 770x295 mm.
• Weight: 755 g.
• Wood Shaft.
• Shaft: 31x22 mm.
• Fixed head.
• Straight adze with straight edge.
• Adze: 75(l)x57(w)x0(arch) mm.
• Straight Alpine pick with a pointed tip.
• Pick: 160(l)x23(h)x9(t) mm.
• Triangular spike.
• Spike: 62(l)x13(w)x10(t) mm.
• This axe has a small, lightweight hand-forged head with a narrow adze.

↑ 241: Hope Manaslu

• Made in Japan [1960s].
• 820x290 mm.
• Weight: 765 g.
• Ash Shaft.
• Shaft: 34x21 mm.
• Fixed head.
• Curved adze with a curved edge and no arch.
• Adze: 90(l)x62(w)x0(arch) mm.
• Straight alpine pick with a pointed tip.
• Pick: 145(l)x22(h)x6(t) mm.
• Square spike.
• Spike: 50(l)x12(w)x12(t) mm.
• A thin straight-sided adze with a curved edge and rounded corners.
• Thin shaft feels too light in my hands.
• Made from carbon steel.
• Although the inscription has almost completely disappeared, we have determined that it is a manaslu ice axe made by HOPE based on the remaining inscription, the shape of the head, and the shape of the ferrule.