↑ 019: Black Diamond Yosemite Hammer

• Made in USA [1995].
• 290x125 mm.
• Weight: 695 g.
• Wood Handle.
• Shaft: 25x16 mm. (Grip: 36x27 mm.)
• Fixed Head with a horizontal carabiner hole for attaching a funkness.
• Hammer: 30(l)x29(w)x29(h) mm.
• Piton pick.
• Pick: 40(l)x24(h)x21(t) mm.
• Sling webbing inserted in hole at bottom of handle, secured by a screw.
• Smaller handle than #300, with traditional steel wedge.
• Head retainers secured by a rivet.
• The Black Diamond Yosemite hammer and its Chouinard predecessor have long been the traditional piton hammer for North American big wall climbing.
• I used this one before switching to the A5.

↑ 300: Black Diamond Yosemite Hammer

• Made in USA [2000s].
• 295x125 mm.
• Weight: 740 g.
• Wood Handle.
• Shaft: 29x20 mm. (Grip: 36x27 mm.)
• Fixed Head with a horizontal carabiner hole for attaching a funkness.
• Hammer: 30(l)x28(w)x30(h) mm.
• Piton pick.
• Pick: 40(l)x24(h)x21(t) mm.
• Sling webbing inserted in hole at bottom of handle, secured by a screw.
• Slightly larger handle than #019, with safety ring wedge instead of traditional wedge.
• Head retainers secured by round-head Allen screws
• The Black Diamond Yosemite hammer and its Chouinard predecessor have long been the traditional piton hammer for North American big wall climbing.