Gear of the week | Ski pole furniture and the K2 Lockjaw Carbon Plus

For this reason, I did a little research on the internet to find out what other people do with their ski poles. Surprisingly, you don't find that much, or almost nothing. Only the ski furniture maker in Austria deals more intensively with this important topic.

But first and foremost the K2 Lockjaw ski pole, which I can recommend to you with a clear conscience. When I bought it a few years ago (+-6 years), the following was important to me: A lightweight pole (hence the upper shaft part made of carbon), foam rubber grip, foam rubber also on the shaft and a solid closure. The lower part should be made of aluminium, as I like to use the pole as a "spare crampon" in icy and harsh conditions. The pole is inserted directly underneath the valley ski and thus prevents slipping. Especially when it's only short passages or I've forgotten my crampons... For this reason, I was really sceptical at first as to whether the Carbon Plus version (carbon only) would stand up to it. But I can say that it does.

Now to the second part of my article 

What do you do with your old ski poles? You can usually find pretty much everything possible and impossible on the net, but not much about this. Of course, some of you may have your grandma's wooden poles hanging on the wall as decoration, but there must be something more! Unfortunately, I no longer have any photos of them, but I used the ski poles as curtain rails in my old flat. Of course, they also make wonderful clothes rails. I don't think I need to go into detail about the schnapps pole, it's in a completely different, hard-boiled category!

Other things that quickly come to mind online are the chimes, fondue forks and the bottle opener. My zfüfi Spezls around the corner refine the barley juice when it's served so that the well-trained hand releases the liquid gold with a fine grip on the stick. Another family of skiers can't do without it even in the quiet little pub and wipes away all traces with a targeted use of the stick. I myself use the ski pole to organise my selection of gliding boards as a ski stand. Apart from that, I've really used the old ski poles on all sorts of occasions, even if I can't think of any more at the moment.

I see this report as a collection of ideas, so let's hear your ideas and realisations!

Here's to clean stick use!