Old school equipment

not affiliated with the seller at all, and im not interested in buying his gear, but how many of you guys would trust this kind of stuff?

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Snargs, warthogs, etc.

!! Snargs and 'hogs!! awesome collection. Nobody ever truly trusted a warthog unless it was in ice/mud at almost a vertical position...even then rope drag still pulled them out. I still have a real hammer head on one of my tools so a Snarg is still useful to me. Fastest ice 'pro before they got cranks and handles on the screws. The Chouinard screws shown even have the same red identifier paint, in the same place I put on my old screws back in the 80's. But they took a bit of work to place. Nice collection, not sure of its worth though.

That's my stuff...It works great. I once took a 50 foot fall on a warthog. I'd keep it but I'm getting too old to climb and could use the money.

I have some gear like this in my garage somewhere that I used way back and no I would not use it. Not because of reliability issues but because the new screws made these days are infinitely easier and faster to place than the old Chouinard pieces pictured. I have heard that the warthogs have found use in frozen turf placements but that seems a long shot :)

I agree with Peter.

I have some old Charlet Moser "Coat Hanger" screws, Warthogs both the Chouinard and Dolt versions, Salewa screws and SNARGS. They worked back then and would work now but the BD and Grivel screws are wayyyyyyy better. Actually saw an old guy the other day lead a pitch of WI3 and he used only SNARGS for pro...............

I started on Chouinard screws and snargs in 1984- harder to place and clean but they worked for me - lots of top rope anchors and leads on WI3 and lower. I do appreciate new screws. The wrench for the Chouinard screws is helpful.

Warthogs! fantastic. They are the ONLY pro for chalk climbing, I know from lots of practice.

If anyone has any old stuff i would be really interested in buying it from you! Specifically a couple wart hogs!!!! shoot me a message or reply here!

I'd sell some of the old stuff I still have around. I've got Salewa screws, Chouinard screws, wart hogs, and snargs. When Chouinard brought his new screws out the first year the retail cost was about $6 and they were the hottest thing goin, he raised the price the next year, wart hogs the ice had to be pretty soft or almost slushy alpine or else the ice just exploded, great in moss though, Snargs made it all seem so easy, when you were leading. None of it has any worth for climbing these days but it looks good on the wall.

I have used Snarg's years ago w/o any issues - other than them being a PITA to remove - and still carry 2 on my rack. Lowe made some good products back in the day. I still look for Snarg's on eBay in VGC to EC to-date.

Snargs are awesome, but a bitch for the follower to take out!!

Isn't that the truth Mia!

They can be a real SOB to get out afterward!

I have 2 SNARG'S and wish I had more! I'd take a fall on one any day if I ahd to! If anyone has ever tried to remove them they know how well these freeze into the ice!

I'd totally trust one myself!

My only regret is that I don't have MORE of them!

Anyone interested in old screws? I've got Snargs, some variation of Snarg (pound in, ratchet out-forget who made them), Early BD w/o crank, warthogs, etc. I'll give you a deal! PM, me if interested. Happy to send photos.

I loved snargs!! Working construction in Vail in the late 80's , I got pretty good at both hammering nails and snargs.They worked pretty good in frozen turf too.