Originally posted by porsche996:
Shackles are shackles. You can make them out of 1/4" steel plate. You can make them out of a piece of 2x4 box steel tubing. It honestly doesn't matter.
NOBODY'S shackels are any better or worse than anybody else's.
Yeah - it doesn't get much simpler than a shackle... they're hard to mess up.
Calmini's are just fine. I've beaten the crap out of mine (I keep dragging them over rocks) and they've held up pretty well.