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karabin museum
Trad climber
phoenix, az
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This Doltster just popped up on ebay. This is what I refer to as the late 1967/early 1968 model. It has the patent number stamp but yet still has brass rivet washers. Notice also that the Dolt logo stamp is smaller and the belt clip slots are wider. This Doltster is stamped letter "W" which should be color brown but it is red. Not sure why Dolt didn't follow his Doltster color chart, but this Doltster is another example which shows the colors went random early in the life of the nylon Doltsters.
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karabin museum
Trad climber
phoenix, az
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Jun 21, 2015 - 04:38pm PT
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Art Christiansen visited a few days ago bringing more fun donations to the museum. We got into the conversation about his black Dolt holster which is from 1966, and then he mentioned that he may still have the piton that was hanging off if it when he purchased it. I was like....."WHAT!" "What was that?" I suddenly heard the gentle sound of harp music and then the room got brighter. Art repeated the statement, when he purchased his Dolt Holster, tied to it was a small piton shape piece of plastic with the word "DOLT" on it. This dates the plastic piton logo hang tag to 1966, the year Dolt announced that he was back in business. Maybe it was a promo item, or a way Dolt got his customers to further appreciate the quality of a Dolt product. Products today have hang tags on them but they are nothing compared to what Dolt was doing. Dolt applied his mastery detail in not just the product, but in how the hang tags looked being hand tied to the product and his actual hand signed signature being on each item.
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Clint Cummins
Trad climber
SF Bay area, CA
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Jun 23, 2015 - 12:52pm PT
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A DoltJack is more like a RURP with a longer tail:
(Marty Karabin photo)
Yours could be a DoltBit, though. See Marty's reply on mountainproject.
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Gnome Ofthe Diabase
climber
Out Of Bed
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Jun 25, 2015 - 06:55am PT
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Wow that's a neat stash!
How did you come by it?
I have to look at my iron more closely.
the climbing air pump of the fish bowl, that is the Gunks
Rock&Snow The. Climbing Store,
Pre-fire
had A huge pile of stuff-but. . .
I think it all burned up.
Roots, that is an amazing $$ amount,2,225.00 us $!! For fifteen Dolt nuts, a hook and some POS bolts?! Man . . . .
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nutstory
climber
Ajaccio, Corsica, France
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Would Bill “Dolt” Feuerer be the first manufacturer on the planet to use magnesium alloy (33% lighter than aluminum and rather expensive) for a chock?
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Steve Grossman
Trad climber
Seattle, WA
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Commercially, I would say that the answer is a resounding "Yes".
I have not heard of anyone else using that material in prototypes either.
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nutstory
climber
Ajaccio, Corsica, France
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Thank you Steve! On my side, I have never heard of anyone in Great Britain using magnesium alloy in the very early artificial chockstones.
Ray Jardine made a prototype Friend #4 with came lobes made of magnesium alloy, but it was around seven years later than Bill Feuerer.
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karabin museum
Trad climber
phoenix, az
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Jul 12, 2015 - 10:47pm PT
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Dolt chocks and nuts
The center Dolt advertisement is from Summit Magazine October 1968. A few Dolt items are still unknown like the “Gumchock” and “Thinchocks.” Also in another Dolt Summit magazine advertisement Dolt mentions his Cablechock Series being the wired Nuggetchock, wired Saddlechock and wired Bellchock. In this Dolt nuts list the Cablechock listing is in addition to the Nuggetchock, Saddlechock and Bellchock listings. So maybe the cablechock itself is a unknown Dolt chock, or maybe it is a trademark reference to his cabled products?
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nutstory
climber
Ajaccio, Corsica, France
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Jul 13, 2015 - 05:28am PT
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Bravo Marty, bravissimo! What a fascinating work!
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guido
Trad climber
Santa Cruz/New Zealand/South Pacific
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Jul 13, 2015 - 09:34am PT
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Is it true Stephane, that you and Marty are going to trade houses and collections for a month? Marty to the beautiful island of Corsica and Stephane desert bound.
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Ryan Evans
climber
Mammoth Lakes
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Jul 13, 2015 - 03:21pm PT
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I am almost positive that there is a dolt bashy nut in the corner before the Salathe Wall pitch leading up to the Salathe Roof. I feel like I'v seen one of the aluminum "T's" bashed in to a route as well. Anyone got a picture of fixed Dolt gear?? Maybe label the route the picture is taken??
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LilaBiene
Trad climber
Technically...the spawning grounds of Yosemite
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Oct 25, 2015 - 07:42pm PT
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Hey Marty,
Thought you might get a kick out of this if you haven't already seen it before:
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karabin museum
Trad climber
phoenix, az
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Nov 19, 2016 - 10:14am PT
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LilaBiene.......very awesome!
On October 15 the Arizona Hiking Shack organized a community fun day at the store which included a big sale, outdoor gear swap, Tips and Tricks seminar by Randy Propster from Backpacker Magazine, food, etc. So Jaime Gangi insisted that the Phoenix Rock Gym be present at the gear swap so I was roped in to getting a bunch of stuff together to swap. No problem, and our booth space was styling and in the shade! A few other people set up tables and the Arizona Mountaineering Club also set up a booth and had a few things for sale from Phoenix local Wally Vegors.
I noticed a small red bag on the booth table which was selling for only $15. When I poured it out the first thing I saw was a Dolt Step-On hanger. It is Wally’s small bolt kit from 1959. Also there are a few Gerry “Pop-Top” hangers and a aluminum hand drill. Wally had a larger bolt kit for sale as well and when I poured that out there was a second Dolt Step-On hanger sitting there. One has a 1/4 bolt hole and the other 3/8. Other hangers are thin Leeper and Doug Black ring rap hanger c1964. I love the square head steel bolts. Both of these bolt kits belong in a museum!
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