Looking for replacement general purpose crampons.
Have recently bought North Face Verto S4K boots (fairly light, widish B2s, UK9.5, heel welt only).
Currently have vintage 12 point Salewa DBP flexible, steel crampons with ring binding with front and rear straps and pin buckles, and short, downward sloping front points rather near to the secondary ones. There's an image of similar here:
https://heavywhalley.wordpress.com/2016/01/28/1983
The old crampons leave a largish gap due to the boot sole rocker, exacerbated by the long front part compared to modern crampons, and also a slight sideways movement due to a space between the second uprights and boots near the instep. The bindings are very time consuming compared to modern ones
Have tried on various crampons and liked different aspects of BD Serac, Grivel Air Tech and CT Nuptse (all had hybrid/New Matic binding option).
I'd welcome some thoughts on the following.
One problem is none of these models follows the line of the edge of the boot sole as well as the Salewas; the downward points being either well inside the outer edge or inside both edges. Question 1: Does this matter? One sales assistant insisted it didn't, saying all one's weight is directed through the spikes (I can imagine a foot turning eg walking on hard, stony ground, and problems climbing if the points are away from the inner edge).
Question 2. Is it worth persisting with the old crampons? Possibly with some sort of spacer between crampon and toe end of sole and also on upright. The crampons only have 2 uprights (with rings for straps) towards the back of the heel so a modern single double ring buckle strap system might be be an option (possibly partly DIY).