Grivel Mont Blanc

Grivel Mont Blanc

When Grivel invented and began making the world’s first modern crampons, based on the designs of Oskar Eckenstein, over 80 years ago they manufactured from the best quality steel that could be found; old rail road ties were cut up, reheated and forged by hand. Now manufacturing processes have been modernized and better quality steel is available.

Grivel Mont Blanc

Several years ago, Grivel “rediscovered” forging as a process of the manufacture of modern ice axes. Machines have taken the place of a blacksmith’s gnarled and powerful hands but the results are the same; the steel fibres are uniformly aligned to provide the maximum possible strength in a particular thickness, the heads consist of one piece of steel (rather than a multiple piece, welded head), and these tools are aesthetically very pleasing to see and use.

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