Mystery Cam - Anyone know???
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Found this cam in Sedona. |
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Looks like a homemade goody to me. |
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Doesn't look like a home made goodie to me, the stamp on the stem look like was machined in a quantity of more than one. Definitely looks like a friend style came, I've never seen anything like it but this might help in identification: |
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As I mentioned on the other thread, it looks a bit like titanium. It's got that same shifty look as the Ushba Ti ice screws. The webbing color scheme suggests something out of the late '80s. No idea other than that. |
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That webbing appears to be stitched by an individual rather than a company. The main thread concentration is at the center verses equally distributed about the width of the webbing. I have never seen a pattern like that used commercially and it appears somewhat sloppy (running over the edge, and the start of the zigzag up the center being bellow the zig zaging zig zag stitch). |
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Doesn't look Ti to me (I've got a set of Ti ones). |
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Hey guys, |
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Ask Marty Karabin...he may well know. |
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Thanks all. It is totally Titanium. |
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Greetings, |
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Stephane from the Nuts Museum in Corsica calls them "Russian Cams" from the 1990s. He has the same cam and one smaller. He too has found no further info on them. |
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Thanks Marty. |
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It's Russian, straight out of the tractor factory. |
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Hey Marty, while on the subject of weird cams - |
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I only have these two KoubA cams in the museum. |
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Hey Marty, |
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MichaelClimbs wrote:Hey Marty, What is the entrance fee to see the museum?My bet is you'd get unlimited access with a Chouinard '67 alpine hammer or a Climaxe with a externally riveted on head. |
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Cool Marty, the one I have is exactly the same as your upper (orange) one. |
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I know this post is old, but I just came across some more. I have some 2’s, 3’s, a 4,7 and an 8. They have the same stamping as the original post along with “UIAA ***” and then the number. Any ideas other than Russian and titanium? karabin museum wrote: Stephane from the Nuts Museum in Corsica calls them "Russian Cams" from the 1990s. He has the same cam and one smaller. He too has found no further info on them. So what we do know: -Titanium cams -very well crafted so not homemade -2 sizes known so far -from Russia -1990s possibly 1992 -both Marty and Stephane cams have no sling webbing. Hope this helps.........Marty |