Posts by Dan

Paul, is that a visor on your hood? What's it do?

An interesting choice. If the piece is long enough it may stay. Just get past anywhere you're likely to grip, otherwise the edges will roll up.

Jeff, you're a really good sport.

I could see you were hitting with determination. I suspect that if the hit wasn't coming down on the side of the handle but rather straight from the top, the same direction as the stress from recoil would be, the handle would withstand even more. Well done. Why would anyone buy another handle.

It occurred to me that it may not be a good idea to show the handle breaking off even if it took a great amount of force above and beyond anything it would be exposed to in real conditions. What people may take away from watching it is that it broke period, it's not a good impression to leave people with. The trick is to get it to take the most amount of abuse up to the point just before it breaks and show that <img src= " height="23" srcset="https://spearfishing.world/forum/images/smilies/emojione/1f606@2x.png 2x">

I have to say, you still weren't hitting it like you WANTED to break it off. And in reality the test will not be complete until it's evident how much force it DOES take to break it off. But despite the suspect effort and the accompanying theatrics <img src= " height="23" srcset="https://spearfishing.world/forum/images/smilies/emojione/1f606@2x.png 2x">

I could infer that the handle is indeed as strong as it needs to be.

As a matter of fact when I look at the pic of the handle now it appears even more attractive than before. You should definitely post this vid when you're offering your handle for sale

Didn't look like you were hitting it hard enough to me When I was testing one of my carbon fins to see what it will take for it to break while loaded/flexed I was hitting it about that hard. You should be able to use that handle as a ladder rung and bounce on it, nothing less will do <img src= " height="23" srcset="https://spearfishing.world/forum/images/smilies/emojione/1f606@2x.png 2x">

I'm looking into the video thing. For now just post the direct link.

That would have to be the one in his avatar, can't imagine what it's like being hooked up to that beast. Welcome to the forum Craig.

I saw the gun and it definitely has a finish, although I can't tell what it is, some kind of varnish maybe. Teak oil will not work here. You could contact the manufacturer and maybe he'll disclose what was used.

Welcome Bryan

Sorry to hear this, get well Sheri.

It will be impossible for a brand name not to enter the discussion, and it is important. I met Sheri at a Broward Longfins meeting 3 years ago and she had her gun there, a hybrid, so I'm pretty sure I know what happened. Even if it wasn't the same gun but a gun from the same maker. It's not like this issue hasn't come up before, albeit it's never been a problem to this extent. A crappy handle is a crappy handle. If this kind of accident happens at depth at the end of a breath hold it could turn out even worse.

I was LOL at the captions nice work Paul and thanks for the laugh. I'm no expert on sea turtles but after reading what you said happened it looked to me like he was poised to snap again. Maybe it had something to do with seeing his own reflection in the mask.

Touch it up with penetrating epoxy. It will look like new. Penetrating epoxy is much easier to work with than epoxy.

Welcome to the forum.

Now that's a feat considering how slow it is But you can't count on leading to get your fish.

This gun is a copy of the Asso http://spearfishing.world/spea…e-pneumatic-speargun.html read the whole thread, there's a vid of it being used too. I found that it works well so the Asso should be fine. I used it with a 7mm shaft, it takes an 8mm.

on the culinary adventure.

Wow the handle itself looks like some kind of semi auto pistol. So clean. I still feel that the grip should be higher but there's not more that can be done.

Very nice. So envious of the tripletail.. Who shot the bonito?

Start shallow in a place that makes you want to reach the bottom and want to stay there. Play with relaxing and breathing up while on the surface, do not hyperventilate. See which breathing up gave you the best breath hold. Very gradually increase the depth you want to reach, always with something on the bottom that motivates you to get there.