This style of crampon, also called X-Mod, lasted in Snow Peak's product line relatively unchanged through more than five decades. This set stands out in a few ways that give insights in to when it was produced.

The script logo debossed in the metal A Kojitsu price tag still applied with a price of ¥880 (about $5.60 today) indicates how early this set is. Pre-dating more bespoke Snow Peak packaging, the focus is on the retailer supporting Snow Peak's wholesale mission at the time. While the script logo was phased out between 1967 and 1970, the orange color option came on the later side of that.

Read more about Snow Peak's early journey in mountaineering on their website.