Post by nikeajax on Nov 17, 2014 9:55:57 GMT -8
I don't think the words golf and scuba usually pass someone's lips unless they are naming sports that one can do without a team. I was thinking about them though because I love old stuff and it got me to thinking, they actually do have something very important in common: in order to use vintage gear you have to know what you're doing! Both modern golf clubs and modern regulators are so easy to use you practically don't have to have any prior knowledge of their use.
When you see old gear in someone's house it's usually hung on a wall as "display only" looking quaint, with the assumption the owner would never use them as they are too old: in all actuality, the owners of said pieces are just ignorant of principals behind their usage! I think it would be "preaching to the choir" here, to talk about old scuba gear on this site, but, think about this: most shops will not service either one as they are too old, ie, they can't make money off of you! Everyone laughs when you bring out your: wooden shafted brassies, mashies and niblicks, just as they do when you pull out your gleaming chrome regulators, and you hear the all too familiar words, "You're not really going to use those are you?" Here are two names for you:
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ben_Hogan
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hans_Hass
Then think about what these guys DID with their "old gear", "Yeah uh-huh, just keep talkin' stupid..."
Jaybird
When you see old gear in someone's house it's usually hung on a wall as "display only" looking quaint, with the assumption the owner would never use them as they are too old: in all actuality, the owners of said pieces are just ignorant of principals behind their usage! I think it would be "preaching to the choir" here, to talk about old scuba gear on this site, but, think about this: most shops will not service either one as they are too old, ie, they can't make money off of you! Everyone laughs when you bring out your: wooden shafted brassies, mashies and niblicks, just as they do when you pull out your gleaming chrome regulators, and you hear the all too familiar words, "You're not really going to use those are you?" Here are two names for you:
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ben_Hogan
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hans_Hass
Then think about what these guys DID with their "old gear", "Yeah uh-huh, just keep talkin' stupid..."
Jaybird
