By Tom Nelson; posted July 10, 2004 View Original: Click to zoom, then click to magnify (640 x 480) 43KB
I picked these Pole Climbers up today. The metal part of the spikes is marked the following.
MELLING FORGING CO.
BROOKS
PATENT NO. 1956852
The leather is stamped Bashlin 130-D Grove City PA.
Which matches the climbing belt.