↑ 160: Grivel Courmayeur

• Made in Italy [ca. 1930s].
• 89x30 cm.
• Wood Shaft.
• Fixed Head with carabiner hole.
• Curved adze with curved edge.
• Straight Alpine pick with a rounded tip.
• Square spike.
• Glide ring is missing but the stop is present.
• This axe is long by todays standards, even for my modest height (193 cm.).

↑ 035: Grivel Super Courmayeur

• Made in Italy [1980s].
• 48x25 cm.
• Aluminum Shaft with Rubber Grip.
• Full modular head with carabiner hole.
• Drooped adze with curved edge.
• Modular waterfall ice pick with a neutral-clearance chisel tip and with 3 notches near tip, then 6 teeth, then 3 more notches.
• Barbed triangular spike.
• Equipped with an aftermarket Wild Things (USA) leash.
• A tool for waterfall ice. Stamped head. Stamped adze has a strong curve.
• In the early 1980s, Grivel developed the Super Courmayeur, a system of interchangeable blades and accessories on the shafts. The system included the first forged, banana-shaped, interchangeable blade.