↑ 212: Sapporo Kadota Iron Works Nupuri

• Made in Japan [1970s–1980s].
• 760x285 mm.
• Weight: 800 g.
• Wood Handle.
• Shaft: 37x23 mm.
• Fixed Head with carabiner hole.
• Curved adze with straight edge.
• Adze: 80(l)x64(w)x0(curve) mm.
• Curved Alpine pick with a negative-clearance chisel tip.
• Pick: 155(l)x23(h)x7(t) mm.
• Triangular spike.
• Spike: 47(l)x13(w)x13(t) mm.
• This is a nicely balanced axe with a sturdy pick.
• Axes made of carbon steel were stamped SAPPORO BERGHEIL K.I.W.
• Napuri means "mountain" in the Ainu language.

↑ 235: Sapporo Kadota Iron Works Special

• Made in Japan [1960s].
• 820x30 mm.
• Weight: 815 g.
• Wood Handle.
• Shaft: 32x21 mm. (Grip: 33x22 mm.)
• Fixed Head with carabiner hole.
• Curved adze with curved edge.
• Adze: 75(l)x65(w)x4(curve) mm.
• Curved Alpine pick with a rounded tip and with 6 ventral teeth.
• Pick: 165(l)x27(h)x7(t) mm.
• Triangular spike.
• Spike: 59(l)x17(w)x9(t) mm.
• General purpose mountaineering axe with a sturdy pick that has a wider base.
• Shaft thickens toward the bottom
• Nice triangular spike gives support when bracing during traverses on moderately steep ice.