what kind of spikes are these?

[ramonzor]

hey guys

i have found some old climbing spikes in a shed.
but they have ( as you can see in the picture ) the spikes on the other side of the plate.
are these spikes stil for climbing trees or for other stuff?

greatings from the netherlands

 

[Toddppm]

I've got an antique pair similar to that. All I can figure is they are for climbing the inside of hollowed out trees! :msp_mellow:

 

[Guran]

My first pair of spikes was similar. Uncomfortable is not even close when you want to describe them...

Cheap but basically crap....
Göran

 

[lone wolf]

Whatever they are they look like telephone pole spikes tree spikes are much longer.

 

[woodchuck357]

I made a set similar to the ones in Guran's post, using steel from a spring tooth harrow, but I made them with long flat bottomed round topped spurs. I tried them out with some old pads and they worked pretty good. Rain has had me stuck inside for a couple of days so I have been working on proper leather for them. I have a big take down for next week that will require several hours on spikes, that should give me plenty of time to see if I like them.

 

[woodchuck357]

I spent over 4 hours on them today. Very comfortable, no rubbing on the legs even with plain leather straps and pads that stretched a little and got slightly loose for a while. Going to replace the straps with nylon soon.

 

[MasterBlaster]

I wonder who had the light bulb go off in their head and think "Hey, maybe we outta rethink this?" Someone had to!