Delfin
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That one looks like galvanized steel to me. I didn't know they made them in steel. Mine is shiny SS. I might put mine on the trawler and see if it works. They were made to temporarily anchor flying boats, and it looks like you could bend them in more extreme use.
Actually I think Manson ripped off Rocna, as the Rocna roll bar seems to predate the Manson by several years. The Vulcan is a rip off of the Spade, which predates it by 15 years or more. The Ultra has been around awhile, a little newer than the Spade to which it owes something, but it does have some original thinking in it.
The story I heard was that Peter Smith took his design to Manson to build, but Manson told him they already had a roll bar anchor they were bringing out, so declined the business. Beats me, but all these folks rip each other off, with the exception of Sarca. Their Excel is truly innovative, and IMO as good as an anchor can get. The Ultra is a rip off of the Spade, but actually seems to do a better job than the Spade, at least in the tests I have seen.