Ice Climbing Axe: Maker?

[sa1111]

Picked this old ice climbing axe up at an auction, and I cannot make head or tail of the maker's stamp. Axe is 32 inches long, wood handle. Maker's stamp is oval shaped, with the letters (I think) as follows: SFERAM?

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Thanks all for your kind help

 

[John A. Larsen]

A photo of the whole axe might help. For some reason that word "SFERAM" seems French to me. John

 

[Square_peg]

Another SFERAM ice axe was posted on summitpost a few years back.
https://www.summitpost.org/phpBB3/old-axe-i-picked-up-on-fleabay-t49484.html

 

[sa1111]

Here's the whole axe

Yes it does seem European, possibly French

 

[Steve Tall]

Besides that summitpost mention, the only other example I found is an Italian ad for a
piccozza classica da alpinismo sferam.

"Sferam" is the Slovenian and Serbian word for "Spheres" (according to Google), so my guess is that it was made by a lesser known manufacturer in that part of Europe.

 

[sa1111]

Wow! You all are great. Steve, you are a master googler (and I thought I was good at it). Thanks again to all of the members of Blade Forums for their kind assistance

 

[NitsaeKram]

Here's the whole axe

Yes it does seem European, possibly French

Sweet, I picked this one up a few weeks ago.
Handle is loose.

 

[Steve Tall]

Sweet, I picked this one up a few weeks ago.
Handle is loose.

Not for ice climbing, but it looks like a "Boston Ice Ax":

from Gifford-Wood Co. catalog, 1912

 

[NitsaeKram]

Not for ice climbing, but it looks like a "Boston Ice Ax":

from Gifford-Wood Co. catalog, 1912

That is cool, thank you.