Tool head weights

6 years, and I find myself using less blade over time as I do more mixed climbing, and get used to pulling on sketchiness and thin holds. Of course, blade use varies depending on the situation.

The DMM weights sound like the best compromise for your use.

Steven Kovalenko wrote: The DMM weights sound like the best compromise for your use.

Gonna file it down to ma a custom job, Ill post here when done ( still sucks to drill throught a 100$ blade hahah )

Looks like more than enough pick left over to me. Rough guess would be that 95% of my sticks don't go past 2 inches from the tip.

That being said, I stopped using head weights on my tools a few years ago on my BD fusions. It didn't make enough difference to me on those tools to matter. That being said, I also bought a pair of x-dreams last year, so I can now relegate the fusions to scrappy beater mixed which I wouldn't use weights on anyway, while using the x-dreams for delicate/hard ice.

Theriault wrote: Gonna file it down to ma a custom job, Ill post here when done ( still sucks to drill throught a 100$ blade hahah )

Those picks are $100?????????

shoo wrote: Those picks are $100?????????

sadly plus they are almost impossible to find.... kinda bad on Grivel`s and Liberty Mountain`s part.... been emailing Liberty Mtn for months now about Master Carbon blades ( Because the carbon and Alloy tools use diffrent blades ) and they just dont`t asnwer... anyways getting off topic here just blowing off some steam on Grivel/Lib Mtn hahah

Steven Kovalenko wrote:6 years, and I find myself using less blade over time as I do more mixed climbing, and get used to pulling on sketchiness and thin holds. Of course, blade use varies depending on the situation. The DMM weights sound like the best compromise for your use.

Same here. I installed Petzl weights on my X Dreams. The weights, over time loosen and drop down covering teeth. At first I was determined to fix this but after thinking it didn't affect anything I left it alone. I've found that as long as you pull straight down on the shaft of the tool you can use tiny holds. I did notice a problem when camming the pick into a crack. Now I leave the weights off and use the Dreams for ice and Fusions for mixed. The BD Fusions need more weight like I had need more weights!

Bill Kirby wrote:Now I leave the weights off and use the Dreams for ice and Fusions for mixed. The BD Fusions need more weight like I had need more weights!

shoo wrote:I also bought a pair of x-dreams last year, so I can now relegate the fusions to scrappy beater mixed which I wouldn't use weights on anyway, while using the x-dreams for delicate/hard ice.

You have excellent taste in ice tools, good sir.

shoo wrote: You have excellent taste in ice tools, good sir.

I second this! my maine pure ice tools are X-Dreams! by far the best pure Ice machine out there!

shoo wrote: You have excellent taste in ice tools, good sir.

Wish my taste in crampons were just as excellent. My Bladerunners won't be ready til December 15th-ish... Boo!!!