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Post by regulator68bj on May 12, 2015 9:37:59 GMT -8
It would be interesting to learn if when using a particular make of vintage equipment if a matching brand of weight belt/leads are worn where possible to complement the various bygone brands.
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Post by nikeajax on May 12, 2015 9:44:48 GMT -8
 I knew I was forgetting something!Thanks mate  Jaybird |
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Post by surflung on May 13, 2015 7:55:22 GMT -8
- I started my Vintage kit with a white canvas belt and vintage style wire quick release belt. The nearest I could find to vintage looking weights was the modern Sea Pearls 2 lb uncoated lead models. Since then, I have acquired original molded US Divers 2 lbs weights and lately I got an original Healthways sewn in wire quick release belt with five 3 lb Healthways lead weights. - It seems like I use a different set of weights with every set of double tanks and single tanks and so, matching up the nice molded originals with the current regulator brand doesn't get as much priority as I thought it would. Even so, I'm still on the look out for original molded Voit Brand weights!   |
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Post by SeaRat on May 13, 2015 13:05:07 GMT -8
Eban,
I'm curious why you riveted the white belt with its wire quick release? If the webbing is routed correctly on the D-ring end, it should stay in place pretty easily.
John
Ps--I have never worn my knife on my weight belt. I prefer the knife to be easily accessible on my right calf. To each his or her own, however.
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Post by surflung on May 14, 2015 5:14:15 GMT -8
- Just behind the knife you can see I have incorporated a modern plastic slide buckle. The wire quick release didn't lend itself well to tightening, loosening, or quickly undoing for adding and removing weights. Since this picture was taken, I've added a metal D-Ring keeper to the front left weight so I can do my adding and removing with a simple clip-on 2 lb weight. But I still like the black plastic slide for tightening the belt as my suit compresses. - The knife is on the belt because that's the way Mike Nelson wears his knife. |
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Post by Deleted on May 14, 2015 6:20:27 GMT -8
- - The knife is on the belt because that's the way Mike Nelson wears his knife. I carried two knives sometimes.......one on my belt and one on my right calf......never know when one might face off a giant sea monster or evil hose cutter guy..... 6/11/15 An update antidote about weight belts and knives....I may have wrote about this before so if you have read it then sorry about that.....back in 2007 my youngest son decided to make a return trip to the Gulf of Mexico Flower Garden reef complex. A 3 day live on board boat trip. Anyway on one of the dives, he and his assigned dive buddy were at around 60-70 on the top of the reef, his buddy was photographing some small fish feeding and swimming around and David, my son, says he was just floating there looking around when out of the gloom (just like in JAWs) swam a Tiger shark.......right at my son.... Needless to say it caught Davids attention.........it smiled at him, showing its teeth and then turned and swam off into the gloom again. Now David always carried one of those little 4 inch blade line cutters the dive instructors tell their students that is all they need and as the shark swam off he found it in his hand, and doesn't remember pulling it from its scabbard on his weight belt. He also realized it was WAY to small to do him any good.......he needed a BIGGER KNIFE!... Anyway, I gave him for the next Christmas a Dacor 7 1/2" bladed dive knife, made in Germany of good strong German Stainless Steel...........I told him this wouldn't help much with a Tiger shark but it would make him feel better. He carries it every dive now........never dives without it. |
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Post by sitkadiver on May 14, 2015 7:55:16 GMT -8
I also carry two knives, but I also dive in a harbor system that is loaded with debri. There are sections of seine net all over the place. The last time I was at the work float, I saw net still attached to lead line.
I have shears, but the quality seems to vary widely between brands, so I stopped zip-tying them to my harness.
This isn't vintage, but here's a video of our dive team practicing entanglement drills. Some of these get very involved, since the only good thing to do to your buddies is to wrap as many loops and tie as many knots as you can! You can see a set of EMT shears on the bottom. I use those more often when we black out the masks as I'm always a bit worried about slicing my finger in the pool. (no gloves)
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Post by sidm on May 17, 2015 9:02:17 GMT -8
An Oregon vintage diver should consider an Amerman weight belt. Tom Amerman opened Oregon's first dive shop in 1950. In the mid-50s weight was selling a weight belt which was advertised inSkin Diver and also carried by Abercrombie & Fitch.
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Post by sidm on May 17, 2015 9:05:39 GMT -8
As for knife placement, when I dove a horse collar bc, Seatec, I mounted my knife on the front pocket flap. I could reach it with either hand and if I ditched everything else I would still have floatations and a knife.
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Post by SeaRat on May 18, 2015 12:04:48 GMT -8
I have two weight belts, but my main one is a rubber belt with a wire quick release. This takes care of the wet suit compression problem too, without making any adjustments. I'm not sure if this was the Amerman-style or not, but I've been using a rubber belt for over 30 years now. I'll try to get a photo of it up soon.
John
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Post by sidm on May 23, 2015 10:27:54 GMT -8
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