UNKNOWN PITONS # 71
Only mark on the pitons is a "8."
The Stubai version of these pitons is thinner and the Holubar version is more square on the hammer end.
UNKNOWN # 72

Japanese piton shown on ebay 3/2023
UNKNOWN # 73

Possibly Russian?
Pics from: James Armstrong
UNKNOWN # 74

-Thin metal channel pitons
- Possibly homemade
- c.1950s
- Donated by: Joe Melchionda
UNKNOWN # 75

- Piton eye is 1" wide
- Homemade from Germany
- c.1960s
UNKNOWN # 76

- Piton eye is 1" wide
- Homemade from Germany
- c.1960s
UNKNOWN # 77

- c.1950s-1962 sometime
Donated by: Pete Takeda,
- "This piton is from either 1956 Chacraraju Oeste, or 1962 Chacraraju Este"
I feel that this piton is a single eye version of this double eye piton. Or it is a double eye piton that had the extra eye cut off. The Double eye piton is from the late 1950s from Austria or Switzerland.
UNKNOWN # 78

Two pitons with rounded corners, 2 with square corners, one unfinished
- c.1960s
UNKNOWN # 79

- Homemade piton
- Donated by: Robert Gould
UNKNOWN # 80

- Possibly Army surplus?
- Got the item 6/2025