A knifeblade piton pounded into a thin crack.
Stewart M. GreenA very thin piton or metal spike that is the thickness of a knife blade. They are made in varying lengths, which are pounded with a hammer into thin cracks and seams that are too narrow for nuts and cams and used to anchor climbers to cliff faces.
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