We now offer an ice screw sharpening service using a Grivel 360 machine. This will work on most good brands of steel ice screw as long as they are similar in diameter to Grivel screws (eg Black Diamond, DMM, Simond, Petzl-Charlet etc) . Screws to be sharpened must have 4 frontal blades and not the three found in older screws. The diameter of screws to be sharpened must lie between 19 and 22 millimetres. NB It will not work on titanium screws, light alloy screws, or older screws that aren't of a standard modern size and design. Any such screws sent in will be posted back at the customer's expense. The machine sharpens the cutting edge of the screw - this is the vertical edge of each point. The trailing edge of the point is not sharpened as this does not effect the screw's placement.
NB. Black Diamond do not recommend using this machine to sharpen the latest generation (2007) of Express ice screws - this is not to say that it won't work, just that you probably won't get the original "bite" restored.
Please create your order, and post a copy with your ice screws to:
Needle Sports
56 Main Street
Keswick
CA12 5JS
Please protect the points and wrap the screws well. We would suggest sending them via a method that covers the cost of replacement if they get lost in transit as we cannot be responsible for items that don't arrive.
This service is available to personal callers in our shop at £3/ice screw. In quiet periods this may be while you wait, but at busy times we reserve the right to ask you to collect them at a later date, or we can post them back to you at the rates shown above (please note that orders under £50 will also be charged our small order charge of £2.95 - this has been factored in to the prices we charge for returning the screws).
We regret that due to the high cost of return postage we do not offer this service to overseas customers at present.
NB. The prices quoted include return postage.