Ace
I acquired this eight from Barrabés.com in 2003.
The Ace is forged from aluminum alloy and then hard anodized. Mine is 109 mm. tall, 80 mm. wide, and 19 mm. thick. The Ace has a distinct bend that accounts for the increased thickness; if flat, it would be only 11.5 mm. thick. The rope hole is 35 mm. high and 53 mm. wide. The top center thickness is 11 mm. The shaft length and width are 35 mm. and 25 mm., respectively. The eye measures 20 mm. by 25 mm. The ears are 13.6 mm. long. My Ace eight weighs 93 g.
The convex side of the shaft has "ACE" in raised forged letters, and the concave side has "kn25," also in raised letters.
The Ace is another example of
a "mini"
size figure eight with ears, and is essentially the same as the Faders Ballet and the Mad Rock Small Rescue 8. It is a small eight, and lighter
than most figure eights with ears. The rope hole is shorter than normal, so it may provide too much friction on stiff or muddy ropes. If the Ace were flat, it
would create more friction than most. The bend allows it to be
rigged two ways with differing amounts of friction. Similar bends
occur on other small eights such as the Chouinard
Version B, Faders, Frendo
Version B, and the Trango Penta,
but the Ace also has ears. Better yet, the ears are
placed low where they can function effectively without increasing
the size of the eight. For an eared eight, I like this one enough
to give it a star.