thirds Pika and WD.
My own Grivel Air Tech is a Mont Blanc from Climb High. It weighs 20 oz, has a long shaft and the bottom 9" or so is a rubber coated textured handle. I would never own another ice axe that didn't have at least a partial rubber handle. Bare aluminum can sap all of the warmth from your hands quickly, especially when wet, even through the best gauntlets.my LaPrade Desmaison at 29 oz and fully rubber coated shaft is a better tool in real use, where step cutting is important and a heavy head brings momentum to chopping through crust. The Grivels are the highest quality, but even so, the heads are really too light for much use.
Jim

The 20 oz axe is still marginal - ok for self arrest and light use, even with its cast chrom moly head, BUT
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These are my own opinions based on wisdom earned through many wrong decisions. Your mileage may vary.