The Scottish Mountain Heritage Collection
496.2008.1
Salewa Sticht Plate
25/11/2008
Hermione Cooper
25/11/2008
'Sticht' plate. Single 11mm belay device. Circular with circular spring. Elliptical hole on top and also small round hole. Clip on side of top.
metal
6.5(diameter) x 5(h)cms
1
On top reads "11MM STICHT SEILBREMSE D.B.P.a SALEWA MADE IN WEST GERMANY"
silver
Salewa
West Germany
Belay plates, or 'auto belayers' as they were sometimes called, took over from body belays around 1975 in the UK, a few years earlier on the continent. Fritz Sticht invented this version in the late 1960's and it was manufactured by Salewa. For a decade or so these plates were almost universal in their use, to the point where just about any belay plate, whatever its real name, was called a 'sticht plate'. some had two holes to take two ropes, and they could be different sizes, i.e. 11mm and 9mm. This one is single 11mm and belonged to Mick Tighe.
25/11/2008
28/04/2009
Bohuntin
Bohuntin
Spectrum : UK Museum documentation standard, V.3.1 2007
28/04/2009