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You didn't understand, they do come off the front sometimes.

Which brings to mind another point about the Pursuit reel. The mounting base has a stopper so the reel can't pop off the front. I don't understand why other reels like the RA don't have it.

I've had it for a while and been wanting to put it up. It's got a more robust base than the RA reel. You lose about 12ft of line but I don't think that will make a difference. I'm not crazy about the folding arm, but it's got the benefit of making the whole thing lower profile. It's not "arguably the finest reel available" but it does the job for $55..

A well used RA reel

About the Mako reel. I'm not a reel user so can someone explain to me what this part of the description means? "Its mounting base plate allows for rapid on/off for switching to floatline and back to reel hunting."

Welcome to the forum Jeremy.

I use only 2 bands. I love the top line release, no problems with the line catching.

Moved to general non spearfishing discussion.

Those pics are nice. Something very different and pleasant about the vid. How did you achieve the shot footage if you were by yourself? What diameter shaft are you using?

Nice harry. Very nice stills, can't wait to see the vid.

Done

Patent pending is not the same as a patent, it is the step before obtaining a patent. It demonstrates the inventors seriousness about protecting their investment and will lead to a patent when/if approved. The USPTO patent pending number for the Aquapixs Lens sold by Speardiver that was copied by Mako is 29387406. Mako was informed of the patent pending and publicly stated that he will not respect it and continue manufacturing and selling his version of the lens. Once the patent matures it will be easy to sue Mako because he also publicly admitted to copying the product.

What Stephan said about Mako's speargun handle is absolutely true. When you see something like that you wonder how such a thing is possible, haven't the designers used their own product? I was amazed to find out the answer was really that simple. These products are designed by Daniel Hu of Taiwan, he is not a diver, not a spearo, the rumor in the Taiwanese diving community is that he can't even swim. A while back I got an email that I found interesting and entertaining, from a Taiwanese diver now living in Florida. He gave me permission to post the part of it pertaining to Rabitech and Daniel Hu.

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Regarding the Mako, Rabitech, Master (Taiwan Brand), Actually they are the same product , the same design in Taiwan.
The same Mechanics just several brand , but now Hu modify a little unlike to indentify each other.
But Actually the are the same , just a little different.

I believe I have to interduce Daniel Hu , the super speargun designer in this world.
He is arrogant ,liar and villain ..!@#$%^&*()_ man.

There are few people know Daniel Hu can't snorkeling, freediving, scuba diving.
I doubt whether Hu can swimming.
He can’t and never use his design to spearfishing.
Because of he is not diver so all of design is base on copy and steal idea from other Taiwan freediver.
His job is search catalog , video , photo from internet to copy .
He likes talk to us and steal idea to issue patent for him.
So all of Taiwan freediver with the same agreement , that is don't tell him anything.
All of Hu's product do not test by any freediver underwater so you can find funny design from his stupid brain.
For expmple your artical "Dangerous gear - speargun wrist strap " because of he never try by himself underwater, copy is his familiar job. EDIT - He's referring here to this thread http://spearfishing.world/spea…speargun-wrist-strap.html
He never use his product by himself , that's point.
All of product was designed in his room , manufacture in china , but I don't know which part is more now. EDIT - This explains things like the handle and loading butt which I posted about. It was as if whoever designed the gun never actually used it, I just couldn't believe that such a thing is possible.

Regarding the reel , the original design is from OMER match 50 , according his stupid brain thinking this reel is not soild , it's have to made by stainless steel and copper , so the heaviest reel in the world is coming.

It's jim by copper axis rusty .
Afetr our laughter , he borrow someone's reel who DIY by themself to copy , this guy very angry for this and will not borrow anything to Hu .
This is why MAKO has plastic reel .

Please tell your customer do not waster your time and money on any knid of Hu's design.
All of Hu's barrel feture are leakage water , no buoyancy and heavy.
We can't talk Hu's design in Taiwan's forum or he will fight and sue us.

There are many funny and stupid story about Hu , what's story you want to know.

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The truth is when it comes to copying it's a dog eat dog world. Still there are ways of doing things and ways of doing things. You have to admit that Mako takes the cake in all categories; copycat, cheap unsuitable and at times dangerous crap, but great customer service

I think the Skene knife would be too long for that. The stinger would be good but it is a small knife. I'll post a pic of all the knives together and some object for point of reference.

I played with this years ago and put pockets on my suit. It didn't work out well because the handle would pull on the pocket material and protrude to the side. But I never tried it with such a flat knife as this. Wherever you put the knife remember that there has to be an area of the body behind it that doesn't change shape. When you dive the torso bends quite a bit.

To put the pocket on, with cheap lined suits I'd use aquaseal and another piece of lined neoprene. Today with the good suit neoprene being so soft I wouldn't attach anything to the suit. The good suits deserve being nothing more than suits. So I will continue using the inner calf. For guys not fat the belt is a good place too.

Funny you should mention the Speardiver Micromask, I was thinking about it as this thread progressed. Yes it's a copy of the Technisub micromask, but it's the only such item you will find in the Speardiver line. There are some design changes from the Technisub, but not enough to make it truly original. Still I'm not the one who copied it, requested to copy it, or manufactures it. And I'm not the first to sell this copy in the US, other reputable companies such as Spetton and IST started selling this copy under their own brand a year ago. As you pointed out having one such item doesn't come close to what Mako Separguns has done.

The awesome and original products from Mako Spearguns that you mention, have you actually tried them? or are you just echoing the hype?

Mako Spearguns are not freedivers, at best Dano has acquired some knowledge about the requirements of freedive spearfishing receiving feedback after he started to sell. In the meanwhile Mako Spearguns offers products like this wrist strap. Inexperienced freedivers must be aware that this speargun tether sold on the Mako Spearguns website is a dangerous item that can cost your life. It's a clear indication that Mako Spearguns are not experienced with freedive spearfishing, this is also reflected in many of their other products.

Thanks Don. The knife is appropriately named "Scrambler"

Stainless steel is W 1.4116 tempered to a 55-56HRC hardness. It's the same for all the knives.

The coating on the handle of the Skene knife is a PP/TPE blend. I can tell you that it feels solid/not shifty and is grippy. The Skene is my personal knife of choice for its slim profile. Putting it on the inside of the calf you feel almost zero drag when kicking.

Yes Don.

Cute kid.

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