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Leather Ice Axe Head Guard

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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

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Leather Ice Axe Head Guard Customer Reviews

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Leather Ice Axe Head Guard

1.7

(based on 6 reviews)

17%

of respondents would recommend this to a friend.

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Nov

2008

(3 of 3 customers found this review helpful)

1.0

Piece of [*]

By notaschmat

from Here and there

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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.

Jan

2008

(3 of 3 customers found this review helpful)

1.0

pick tip open and exposed!

By lightweight backpacker

from Japan

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Design flaw

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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.

Apr

2010

(1 of 1 customers found this review helpful)

1.0

Terrible!

By jooonas

from SEATTLE, WA

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Flimsy

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Comments about Leather Ice Axe Head Guard:

I agree with the other reviewers, it is a poor design. It keeps falling off and when I tried to make more holes to make is stay put the axe pick exits through the protector. Go for the Black Diamond Axe protector, it is worth the extra buck!

Nov

2008

(1 of 1 customers found this review helpful)

1.0

Worthless

By mountainsoloist

from Iowa

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Tip of ice axe protrudes

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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.

Sep

2008

(1 of 1 customers found this review helpful)

1.0

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.

Mar

2011

(0 of 4 customers found this review helpful)

5.0

Duct tape fixes everything!

By NWBEAN

from Portland, Oregon

About Me Casual/ Recreational

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Pros

Cheap and made of leather
Lightweight
Rugged

Cons

Needs some duct tape

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Comments about Leather Ice Axe Head Guard:

I bought a REI ice axe and also purchased the ice axe guard. Like the others mention in the reviews, it allows the tip to be exposed just a little bit, but I have found that adding a little duct tape at the end to cover the hole solves the problem. My axe has been carried around a bunch with no problems what so ever. The cover was cheap, durable, and lightweight. I would recommend it if you don't mind wasting 10 cents in duct tape.