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Post by DavidRitchieWilson on Apr 18, 2007 9:03:37 GMT -8
Yes, quite a find, Bill, and a purely accidental one as I did a Google search. Thanks for pointing out the two small ear appendages on the Spearfisherman full suit - I hadn't noticed them!
And the Skooba Totes material is quite a find too. I love the enthusiastic language of the adverts, the claims to be first in the field and the determination to tap into divers' love of a bargain!
The adverts contain lots of material I've never seen before and I now know that suits were made in the 1950s by Voit, that Healthways made a waist-entry suit, the Aqua King, to complement its Carib front-entry suit, that Dolphin Suits (later Penguin Suits) specialised in suit production and that there was a firm called "Suit Yourself" specialising in self-assembly kits.
Yes, $34.95 for two Skooba Totes suits does sound like a great deal, although, as you say, it would have to be in solid silver dollars for the deal to be repeated nowadays! Perhaps the most intriguing thing about such pricing is that dry suits of that period were much cheaper than wet suits, while the reverse is true of their modern counterparts.
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Post by cstmwrks on Apr 18, 2007 15:21:45 GMT -8
David, Phil nuytenn had filled me in on the rhyme and reason for those knobs by the ears. A kit was made to add tubes to a regulator mouthpeice. To solve the "problem" of the hood sealing over the ears as I recall. I'm going to have to search those pages you unearthed for info on the Dry DUK.. a surf / dry suit made in the 50's time fram in California. Never knew of such a name till last year. A customer told me about it. Suit had attached gloves and an extra wide chest. Made it easy to get your arms in and out.
Bill
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