↑ 154: Claudius Simond Super E

• Made in France [1960s].
• 65x26 cm.
• Wood Shaft.
• Fixed Head with carabiner hole.
• Curved adze with curved edge.
• Curved fluted Alpine pick with a negative-clearance chisel tip and with 4 ventral teeth.
• Triangular spike.
• Nicely balanced axe made of hand-forged,heat treated nickel-chromium steel. Wide, hollowed blade allowsstrong penetration into ice. Rounded, curved tip gives fast, precise step cutting in hard snow.
• The Super E features a shorter head than the Super D.

↑ 135: Claudius Simond Super PB

• Made in France [1970s].
• 69x27 cm.
• Wood Shaft.
• Fixed Head with carabiner hole.
• Straight adze with curved edge.
• Curved Alpine pick with a neutral-clearance chisel tip and with 4 ventral teeth.
• Triangular spike.
• The head of the axe has a step on top, designed to allow the user to hammer the pick into snow or ice.
• The Super PB is one of Simond's last models featuring a wooden shafts. The model name "PB" stands for "Piolet Broche." "Piolet" means ice axe and "Broche" refers to a piton.