Traditional Austrian Wooden Ice Axe – Pre-War Craftsmanship

Description

Vintage Austrian Ice Axe 
Marked Nanga Parbat
c. 1940’s-1950s, 20th century
Wood, Metal
38″l x 14″w x “h
© Vintage Winter

An early Stubai ice axe made in Austria. This ice axe features its original cotton wrist leash, neutral tip clearance pick, solid wooden shaft, scalloped adze edge and traditional shaped spike.  A stunning old wooden ice axe.

Nanga Parbat, translates ‘naked-mountain’, also known locally as Diamer, is the ninth-highest mountain in the world at 8,126 metres above sea level. Located in the Diamer District of Gilgit-Baltistan, Pakistan, Nanga Parbat is the western anchor of the Himalayas.  (source:  Wikipedia)

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