210cm Splitkein "Fjellski" Mountain Skis - Metal Edges - RARE RARE RARE - Just Discovered in Bergen, Norway!!!!Old skis don't get much cooler than this. Vintage early 1960s metal edged backcountry or "fjellski" from Splitkein of Oslo. If you've been following along, you know by now that a "fjell" is a mountain in Norway. Boy are these pricey! But that's because they are brought back to the USA by Moose, who has to buy two seats in business class each time he goes to Norway to buy stuff, because, well, he's a moose. Originally bought at Tor Takle sporting goods

and the best answer so far is that it was some Mashus trademark or patented design of the era

Camber to the extreme

Width: 65mm at ski center

Manufacturing date: likely 1920s

Plus tar adds weight

Size 40 (approx US women's 9/9

This lovely city is considered the world's northernmost metropolis

Beautiful 4-pin Rottefella "Pil" bindings included

and 4-point leather ring baskets

Alfa is a Norwegian boot maker that has been in business for almost 100 years

Madshus is synonymous in Norway with cross-country skiing

Picture yourself in the morning of another bleak winter day in the US