↑ 190: Claudius Simond Super D

• Made in France [1960s].
• Wood Shaft.
• Shaft: 34x22 mm.
• Fixed Head with carabiner hole.
• Curved adze with curved edge.
• Adze: 80(l)x67(w)x4(curve) mm.
• Curved fluted Alpine pick with a negative-clearance chisel tip and with 4 ventral teeth.
• Pick: 170(l)x28(h)x9(t) mm.
• Triangular spike.
• Spike: 69(l)x13(w)x8(t) mm.
• Glide ring with adjustable web strap.
• Nicely balanced heavy 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 D features a standard-size head Compare this to the smaller head on the Super E.

↑ 154: Claudius Simond Super E

• Made in France [1960s].
• Wood Shaft.
• Shaft: 34x22 mm.
• Fixed Head with carabiner hole.
• Curved adze with curved edge.
• Adze: 65(l)x59(w)x4(curve) mm.
• Curved fluted Alpine pick with a neutral-clearance chisel tip and with 4 ventral teeth.
• Pick: 140(l)x28(h)x9(t) mm.
• Triangular spike.
• Spike: 61(l)x14(w)x8(t) mm.
• 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].
• Wood Shaft.
• Shaft: 34x24 mm.
• Fixed Head with carabiner hole.
• Straight adze with curved edge.
• Adze: 70(l)x67(w)x6(curve) mm.
• Curved Alpine pick with a neutral-clearance chisel tip and with 4 ventral teeth.
• Pick: 145(l)x30(h)x8(t) mm.
• Triangular spike.
• Spike: 50(l)x12(w)x8(t) mm.
• 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.