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[crgildart]

eBay - Olin Mark lV Comps in 180cm &
727’s With the good heels....

Vintage Olin Mark IV COMP Ski’s 180cm | eBay

Find many great new & used options and get the best deals for Vintage Olin Mark IV COMP Ski’s 180cm at the best online prices at eBay! Free shipping for many products!

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Today is 10/6/2021

Yep, that's as good as you can ask for.

 

[Uncle-A]

Yep, that's as good as you can ask for.

But not at $101.00 for a ski and binding over 35 years old.

 

[Philpug]

But not at $101.00 for a ski and binding over 35 years old.

and not $66 shipping. I'd like to have a nice pair of Comp IV w/727E in a 180, I'd pay the $100 but not plus the shipping costs.

 

[Uncle-A]

and not $66 shipping. I'd like to have a nice pair of Comp IV w/727E in a 180, I'd pay the $100 but not plus the shipping costs.

Especially since that S 727 looks like a pre DIN model. I couldn't get a good enough look at the setting window but if I remember correctly the round metal disk on the heel for the pole release was on the early models. But I am not a Salomon expert and not sure if I would ski one that old, it would really have to bench test on point.

 

[crgildart]

Especially since that S 727 looks like a pre DIN model. I couldn't get a good enough look at the setting window but if I remember correctly the round metal disk on the heel for the pole release was on the early models. But I am not a Salomon expert and not sure if I would ski one that old, it would really have to bench test on point.

It's the worm screw 1-4 version. I have those on my TSRs. I'd not pay over $50 for retro but for some that is a grail.

 

[Uncle-A]

It's the worm screw 1-4 version. I have those on my TSRs. I'd not pay over $50 for retro but for some that is a grail.

Maybe $50 if you didn't have to pay for shipping.

 

[crgildart]

Maybe $50 if you didn't have to pay for shipping.

Shipping's going up again too. Walk in to UPS with a pair of skis and ask for their cheapest shipping option. I did that with a pair of poles in a golf club sized box awhile ago and it was like fifty dollars... I bet skis are more than that now unless you've got an account there with some volume discount..

 

[da-cat]

This auction has a Best Offer option
Also the bindings hole patterns would possibly match the Equipe model bindings too.

 

[Uncle-A]

This auction has a Best Offer option
Also the bindings hole patterns would possibly match the Equipe model bindings too.

They are the Equipe model pre DIN.

 

[Philpug]

They are the Equipe model pre DIN.

The metal heel continued forward to DIN. The regular 727 (black) went plastic and 3 hole pattern in the toe, I believe when they went DIN (someone might correct me on this)

 

[Uncle-A]

The metal heel continued forward to DIN. The regular 727 (black) went plastic and 3 hole pattern in the toe, I believe when they went DIN (someone might correct me on this)

That sounds good but didn't the round disk on the heel release change to a smaller square on the DIN heels? You must have some pictures with your Salomon collection.

 

[Philpug]

That sounds good but didn't the round disk on the heel release change to a smaller square on the DIN heels? You must have some pictures with your Salomon collection.

Not on the Equipe. The regular 727 did.

 

[Max Air]

Damn these skis are fun!
I have a pair of Head 320 W I cleaned up yesterday and gonna get mounted asap and compare to these. They way stiffer...

Ballsey skiing at full speed; kudos for Going for It!

 

[Dan]

I'm living in the past, but can't wait for snow in the future! Or ice, to show how good these old skis were!

About 1981 I got mark VI comp SL's. Had a small defect, I was in CT, and I brought them to the factory in Middletown. They said I could have anything I wanted. I got the same ski. He said to me "Our top racers are all on the GS version, SL or GS, we just change the top layer.". Being a confused high schooler, I just responded "I'm ok with what I had". The rest is even sillier, he offered me a tour of the factory... Great company!

 

[da-cat]

Amazing story! Great skis!
Imagine that, seeing the OLIN factory!
There were a lot of articles and testing to boast the difference between the COMP SL and GS. The top layer must have controlled that.
It’s amazing also to hear of the sales #’s OLIN had in the late 1970’s, they were making Millions!
On the first day I ever went skiing, it was at a small resort in Connecticut. I walked into the ski shop at the base lodge and there was a wall of black OLIN MARK l skis, with the small writing and American Flag stickers.
Today, almost 50 years later, including a pair of those original MARK l’s, my OLIN collection is up to 17 different pairs!
Btw:
Nice composition, your photo, classic stuff!

 

[Uncle-A]

I'm living in the past, but can't wait for snow in the future! Or ice, to show how good these old skis were!

About 1981 I got mark VI comp SL's. Had a small defect, I was in CT, and I brought them to the factory in Middletown. They said I could have anything I wanted. I got the same ski. He said to me "Our top racers are all on the GS version, SL or GS, we just change the top layer.". Being a confused high schooler, I just responded "I'm ok with what I had". The rest is even sillier, he offered me a tour of the factory... Great company!
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They were great skis, but I have to think that the factory guy was "pulling your leg" sometimes when the guys get bored they would make up stuff just on a whim. I remember having people come in the shop and look at the white Hanson Citation boots and say that they are that boots that the storm troopers from Star Wars. Sometimes I just didn't have the heart to disagree with them.

 

[sortaold]

I took my Olins Mark VI SL Comps out on the last run of the day. Newly mounted Atomic Z12 bindings. I had previously sharpened the edges with some honing stones and thought they we ok.

The run was awful. I;d been skiing all day on Blizzard Magnum 8.1, freshly tuned, and they were brilliant all day. Perfect in fact. The Olins were slow and unresponsive in comparison and I fell in a packed glade, just couldn't establish or keep the edge.

My question is, is it worth taking them to a tech? I remember these skis performing way better than they did and I don;t expect them to coompete with the blizzards but they were a very good ski in the day.
What gives?

 

[Philpug]

My question is, is it worth taking them to a tech? I remember these skis performing way better than they did and I don;t expect them to coompete with the blizzards but they were a very good ski in the day.

No.

What gives?

40 plus years of technology. I have gotten back on skis from 10 years ago that I thought were the best thing ever back then only to think, "How did I ever like this dog?"

 

[sortaold]

No.

40 plus years of technology. I have gotten back on skis from 10 years ago that I thought were the best thing ever back then only to think, "How did I ever like this dog?"

haha, well that's plain and direct isn't it? Just what I was thinking but don't want to admit.
Not even a fresh wax and a real, modern sharpening?

The amount of improvement since returning last year on these Blizzards is a testament to the current technology I suppose. I improved more in a few days than I did on a whole season on older skis. They really are just a nostalgia trip.

thanks

 

[Philpug]

Not even a fresh wax and a real, modern sharpening?

Sure ... if it makes you happy.