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I acquired this eight from Speleoshoppe no later than 1982.
The Salic is forged from aluminum alloy and then soft anodized. Mine is 158 mm. tall, 82 mm. wide, and 16 mm. thick. The rope hole is 49 mm. high and 55 mm. wide. The top center thickness is 12 mm. The shaft length and width are 61 mm. and 28 mm., respectively. The eye measures 26 mm by 26 mm. My eight weighs 165 g.
The Salic is marked "SALIC" on one side and "FRANCE" on the other.
The Salic is a large, forged, aluminum figure eight, The shank is longer than it needs to be, needlessly increasing the size and weight of this eight. The Salic is too heavy for my taste.
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I acquired my Salic, Version B on eBay from Matthias Höfle in early December 2020, but it was lost in U. S. Customs until March of 2021.
The Salic, Version B is forged from aluminum alloy and then soft anodized. Mine is 138 mm. tall, 74 mm. wide, and 16 mm. thick. The rope hole is 44 mm. high and 51 mm. wide. The top center thickness is 11 mm. The shaft length and width are 45 mm. and 25 mm., respectively. The eye measures 27 mm. by 27 mm. My eight weighs 119 g.
The Salic is marked "SALIC" on one side and "FRANCE" on the other.
The Salic is a full size, forged, aluminum eight. The indentation in the shaft is distinctive, but does not seem to significantly affect the performance of this eight one way or the other.
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