↑ 275: Leningrad Experimental Shipyard of the VTsSPS

• Made in Russia [1984].
• 605x245 mm.
• Weight: 850 g.
• Aluminum Shaft with Rubber Grip.
• Shaft: 32x22 mm. (Grip: 35x25 mm.)
• Fixed head with carabiner hole.
• Straight adze with a concave edge and no arch.
• Adze: 60(l)x45(w)x0(arch) mm.
• Curved alpine pick with a positive-clearance chisel tip and with 5 ventral teeth.
• Pick: 130(l)x25(h)x6(t) mm.
• Triangular spike.
• Spike: 40(l)x22(w)x6(t) mm.
• Adjustable web sling tied through hole in shaft.
• A short lightweight axe suitable for occassional use.
• Adze blade is welded to pick. Resulting weldment is sandwiched between two side pieces to form head.
• Western equipment was difficult to obtain during the Soviet era, so cavers and climbers at the Leningrad shipyard made many items for their use.