Himalayan

Heavy, solid, essentially indestructible general mountaineering axe. The heft is nice when making bollard anchors, but gets tiring if you're swinging it for a considerable period (my shoulder was quite tired after using it for the Mt. Baker north ridge). That said I still choose to carry the extra weight 90% of the time. I've even used mine to chop down a tree, when I found myself without an (non-ice) axe and in need of firewood. Heavily used for two seasons now and only has a few scratches on the finish, the majority I believe came from the extremely abrasive Dunite of the North Twin Sister.