↑ 286: Fritsch & Co.

• Made in Switzerland [1930s].
• 845x280 mm.
• Weight: 910 g.
• Wood Shaft.
• Shaft: 33x23 mm. (Grip: 32x21 mm.)
• Fixed head.
• Curved adze with a curved edge and a moderate arch.
• Adze: 75(l)x65(w)x5(arch) mm.
• Straight alpine pick with a negative-clearance chisel tip and with 5 ventral teeth.
• Pick: 170(l)x22(h)x7(t) mm.
• Square spike.
• Spike: 46(l)x12w)x12(t) mm.
• Glide ring with leather leash.
• Smaller head than my other Fritsch & Co. axes.
• Adze edge has well-rounded corners
• Pick tip is only 5.5 mm. high, making it nearly a point.
• Shaft labeled "DON MITCHELL" by a previous owner.
• This axe seems to have been supplied by Andenmatten.

↑ 282: Fritsch & Co.

• Made in Switzerland [ca. 1940].
• 950x320 mm.
• Weight: 1035 g.
• Wood Shaft.
• Shaft: 34x24 mm. (Grip: 31x22 mm.)
• Fixed head.
• Curved adze with a curved edge and a strong arch.
• Adze: 85(l)x77(w)x6(arch) mm.
• Straight alpine pick with a rounded tip and with 6 ventral teeth.
• Pick: 170(l)x25(h)x7(t) mm.
• Square spike.
• Spike: 47(l)x11w)x11(t) mm.
• Glide ring with adjustable web leash.
• Adze edge has well–rounded corners.
• Pick and spike are worn.

↑ 408: Fritsch & Cie.

• Made in Switzerland [1970s].
• 885x300 mm.
• Weight: 970 g.
• Wood Shaft.
• Shaft: 34x22 mm.
• Fixed Head.
• Curved adze with a curved edge and a very strong arch.
• Adze: 85(l)x62(w)x13(arch) mm.
• Angled alpine pick with a diamond-point tip and with 18 ventral teeth.
• Pick: 165(l)x20(h)x9(t) mm.
• Square spike.
• Spike: 657(l)x13(w)x12(t) mm.
• Glide ring with tied webbing loop.
• A heavy, long–headed axe with a concave adze and classical Aschenbrenner diamond–pointed pick.
• This axe strongly resembles Stubai's Aschenbrenner Führerpickel.
  Although stamped "Made in Switzerland," I suspect that Stubai supplied this axe to Fritsch & Cie. If so, the axe would be Austrian.
• The glide ring and glide ring stop (stacked washers) appear to be homemade.

↑ 208: Fritsch & Co.

• Made in Switzerland [1970s].
• 890x295 mm.
• Weight: 850 g.
• Wood Shaft.
• Shaft: 32x23 mm. (Grip: 30x23 mm.)
• Fixed head with carabiner hole.
• Curved adze with a curved edge and a slight arch.
• Adze: 90(l)x62(w)x2(arch) mm.
• Straight alpine pick with a negative-clearance chisel tip and with 6 ventral teeth.
• Pick: 160(l)x25(h)x8(t) mm.
• Square spike.
• Spike: 53(l)x10w)x10(t) mm.
• Brass glide ring with homemade hand-sewn leash.
• Pick tip is only 5.5 mm. high, making it nearly a point.
• The teeth are irregular and angled opposite the holding direction, suggesting that they were added (filed) by a previous user rather than being original.
• There are no makings on ths axe. Previous owner identified it as a Fritsch & Co. axe by a side-by-side comparison.