I have found a few pitons that are marked Albert Lutz AG Teufen. I am not sure who Albert Lutz was or even if the word Lutz is name or a location. Lutz is a town in Austria so I figured that since Stubai in Austria made one of the pitons then Lutz as a location in Austria maybe makes sense. But Teufen is a town in Switzerland. Then later I found another piton with the Albert Lutz name on it but it is made by Salewa. Salewa products were made in West Germany. So overall I am still searching for information about Albert Lutz.
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From Lou Wieland - 2/2025:
I saw that you were still searching for more Information about Albert Lutz. Lutz isn‘t a place but the last name of Albert and Teufen is the place where he built pitons, ice axes and more stuff. Randomly came to your website since I wanted to know more about „Albert Lutz Teufen“ ice axes since I lived in Teufen for 12 years. I do not have much information but his name was certainly Albert Lutz und had his workshop in 9053 Teufen which lies in the north-eastern part of switzerland. Apparently they sheltered some jewish refugees during ww2 and built stuff for the military. I hope this clarifies certain things and was of interest.
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From Lou Wieland - 2/2025:
I saw that you were still searching for more Information about Albert Lutz. Lutz isn‘t a place but the last name of Albert and Teufen is the place where he built pitons, ice axes and more stuff. Randomly came to your website since I wanted to know more about „Albert Lutz Teufen“ ice axes since I lived in Teufen for 12 years. I do not have much information but his name was certainly Albert Lutz und had his workshop in 9053 Teufen which lies in the north-eastern part of switzerland. Apparently they sheltered some jewish refugees during ww2 and built stuff for the military. I hope this clarifies certain things and was of interest.
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Stubai French form piton made in Austria with a Albert Lutz stamp on it.
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Picture of the 1980 Stubai catalog showing a Salewa security piton. The picture of the piton above I found on ebay which has a Albert Lutz stamp on it.