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Leather Ice Axe Head Guard
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Leather Ice Axe Head Guard

Item # 676158

$8.00

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This leather guard covers the adze and pick of your axe, preventing them from doing damage.

  • Fits most ice axes
  • Hand-crafted in the USA

Made in USA.

Item 676158

Leather Ice Axe Head Guard Specs

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Weight28 grams
MaterialLeather

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Jan

30

2008

(1 of 1 customers found this review helpful)

 
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pick tip open and exposed!

By lightweight backpacker

from Japan

About Me Casual/ Recreational

Site Member

Pros

    Cons

    • Design flaw

    Best Uses

      Comments about Leather Ice Axe Head Guard:

      A sharpened ice pick tip is like a knife. A guard should cover that tip to reduce the chance of injury or impalement. This cover has an opening at the pick end, and so the pick tip protrudes. It would have been simple for the manufacturer to add a few extra stitches to close the tip, but they did not. I bought another brand and will return this defective design.

      Bottom Line No, I would not recommend this to a friend

      (1 of 1 customers found this review helpful)

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      Nov

      26

      2008

       
      1.0

      Piece of [*]

      By notaschmat

      from Here and there

      About Me Avid Climber

      Site Member

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            Comments about Leather Ice Axe Head Guard:

            Whoever made this thing obviously never bothered to try it out before bringing it to market.

            As all the other reviewers said, the tip of the pick protrudes through the end of the cover. Unfortunately, I was stuck with this thing for a 2 week trip and had to make do, so I stuffed some TP in the end to keep my pick from poking out.

            Also, the back end kept falling off of my adze (I was using a BD Raven Pro). No matter how much I tightened up the buckle, it kept slipping off.

            This item is worse than useless. You could do a better job with duct tape, toilet paper and 5 minutes of your time.

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            Bottom Line No, I would not recommend this to a friend

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            Nov

            17

            2008

             
            1.0

            Worthless

            By mountainsoloist

            from Iowa

            About Me Avid Climber

            Site Member

            Pros

              Cons

              • Tip of ice axe protrudes

              Best Uses

                Comments about Leather Ice Axe Head Guard:

                Just don't buy this product. It would be cheaper to find a better one than to get your parka fixed.

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                Bottom Line No, I would not recommend this to a friend

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                Sep

                30

                2008

                 
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                bad design

                By Juls

                from Fort Lee, NJ

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                      Comments about Leather Ice Axe Head Guard:

                      As the other reviewer said -- the tip of the axe, the sharpest part of it! is sticking out, defeating the whole purpose of the guard.
                      Look elsewhere.

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                      Bottom Line No, I would not recommend this to a friend

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