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Post by midcenturyfrogman on Oct 14, 2023 18:04:01 GMT -8
Replacement straps are done and installed! IMO they don't look half bad, and yes, I am crazy enough to actually try to use this mask at some point.
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Post by nikeajax on Oct 15, 2023 7:54:03 GMT -8
Replacement straps are done and installed! IMO they don't look half bad, and yes, I am crazy enough to actually try to use this mask at some point. Well, I never trust anyone who professes to be "normal" JB
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Post by SeaRat on Oct 16, 2023 13:17:10 GMT -8
Here's another photo from Dive, the Complete Book of Skin Diving, by Rick and Barbara Carrier. Voit Mask002 by John Ratliff, on Flickr This one illustrates the underwater movie camera housings of the early 1950s. I'm pretty sure this is you mask. John
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Post by nikeajax on Oct 16, 2023 13:38:31 GMT -8
So John, your images lead me to believe this was actually a decent mask for its day then, no? When did they start making masks with better bezels? I can see how that simple wraparound band might work well for most applications, but doesn't afford much protection or strength: hitting it just right could bring catastrophic failure quickly--GULP! JB EDIT: the guy on the left side of your picture reminds me of Bob Denver as Beatnik Maynard G. Krebs on Dobbie Gillis:
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Post by SeaRat on Oct 16, 2023 16:45:57 GMT -8
So John, your images lead me to believe this was actually a decent mask for its day then, no? When did they start making masks with better bezels? I can see how that simple wraparound band might work well for most applications, but doesn't afford much protection or strength: hitting it just right could bring catastrophic failure quickly--GULP!... JB JB, I think it was a way to make a pretty cheap mask. It was not one I was interested in at the time, and I agree about the strap. I favored the U.S. Divers Company Champion Delux mask, shown here on my face when diving Alexander Springs State Park in 1970. John Photos003 by John Ratliff, on Flickr Below is a photo taken of me coming into the Salem, Oregon boat ramp after a 5 mile "swim" (actually a drift) downstream on New Year's Day, 1963. I'm wearing probably my first real mask, which was again a U.S. Divers Company mask, I think maybe a Champion with nose pockets, and orange in color. John on Willamette River New Year Float 1962 by John Ratliff, on Flickr By the way, I'm very, very cold in my White Stag wetsuit, shivering uncontrollably when I exited. John
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Post by midcenturyfrogman on Nov 7, 2023 17:46:08 GMT -8
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Post by midcenturyfrogman on Nov 7, 2023 17:51:34 GMT -8
So John, your images lead me to believe this was actually a decent mask for its day then, no? When did they start making masks with better bezels? I can see how that simple wraparound band might work well for most applications, but doesn't afford much protection or strength: hitting it just right could bring catastrophic failure quickly--GULP! JB EDIT: the guy on the left side of your picture reminds me of Bob Denver as Beatnik Maynard G. Krebs on Dobbie Gillis: Hahaha... no one ever knows who I'm talking about when I reference Maynard G. Krebs. Its nice to know I wasn't the only one who watched Dobie Gillis.
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Post by midcenturyfrogman on Nov 7, 2023 17:54:24 GMT -8
Here's another photo from Dive, the Complete Book of Skin Diving, by Rick and Barbara Carrier. Voit Mask002 by John Ratliff, on Flickr This one illustrates the underwater movie camera housings of the early 1950s. I'm pretty sure this is you mask. John John, Great picture, thanks for posting it. And ya I agree. It's either the same mask as mine or extremely similar. I really do love the early circular dive/swim masks.
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