We’ve scoured the globe to list all the brands and manufacturers that make and sell ice axes and ice tools.
Every Brand Selling Ice Axes and Ice Tools
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Do you know any of these manufacturers personally?, are any of them a smaller company as opposed to corporations. Thanks in advance.
Hi Kunal,
At minimum I’ve emailed with every company on this list, many of them I have much deeper personal connections. Your second question is semi-complicated. Like, some of the companies on this list are very small (less than 5 people) but they contract out nearly all of the work to another factory/company. Some companies are small and contract out parts or forging, but do the design and/or assembly in-house. Some companies are bigger overall, but their climbing department is small and nimble. Other companies are small in comparison to some of the bigger names like Petzl and Black Diamond.
Small companies in general:
Blue Ice (small, forging done in Switzerland, assembled in France)
E-Climb (small, Spain)
EliteClimb (very small, made in Poland)
Furnace Industries (very small, US – not sure where picks are forged)
Saluk (1 guy, Canada)
I think Ice Rock is also small but I’m not positive. Austri Alpin, Simond and Stubai are more medium (compared to other climbing brands).
Really, if you compare the climbing world to many other industries all of these companies are small, including CAMP/Cassin, Grivel, Petzl, Black Diamond, etc. But I hope I answered at least the gist of what you’re looking for.
-A