Carabiners

REI aluminum carabiner. Maker's mark 'RECREATIONAL EQUIPMENT INC' stamped on one side. Marked with a wrap of red and white tape. Exact date of production unknown.

Chouinard Alcoa aluminum carabiner. Maker's mark 'Chouinard' stamped on one side, '820 ALCOA 7075' stamped on reverse. Marked with a wrap of red and white tape. Exact date unknown but likely produced between 1958-1968.

SMC (Seattle Manufacturing Corporation) aluminum carabiner with screw gate and pulley. Maker's mark 'SMC' stamped on one side. Exact date of production unknown, but likely between the 1970s-1990s.

Salewa aluminum carabiner. Maker's mark 'SALEWA' and 'MINDEST.2100 KG' stamped on side. Exact date of production unknown.

Salewa aluminum carabiner. Maker's mark 'SALEWA' stamped on one side. Exact date of production unknown.

Chouinard Alcoa aluminum carabiner. Maker's mark 'Chouinard' stamped on one side, '820 ALCOA 7075' stamped on reverse. Exact date unknown but likely produced between 1958-1968. ALCOA stands for Aluminum Company of America. 820 is thought to be a…

Ski Hut aluminum carabiner. Maker's mark 'SKI HUT' stamped on one side.

Eiger USA aluminum carabiner. Maker's mark "EIGER U.S.A.' stamped on one side.

Chouinard aluminum carabiner. Maker's mark 'CHOUINARD' stamped on one side.

Bedayn aluminum alloy carabiner. Maker's mark 'BEDAYN CALIFORNIA' stamped on one side. Possibly dated to the 1950s.