Posts by Dan

  • Heroic dog??

    The going after the broom is normal behavior. If he's getting in the way make sure whoever's sweeping doesn't hold back and the broom connects with his face. Don't make the movement any different than your actual sweeping movements. I find the broom biting entertaining in the first instant but then I want it stopped. The dog should learn where he can and can't direct his prey drive. Same as biting people's pant legs. Don't be afraid of "killing" his drive. If he were to do this to a horse he'd get kicked and may not even have a chance to learn from the experience.

  • Heroic dog??

    Your interpretation of it is feasible. But in this case the dog's body language didn't indicate fear, when he started running his tail wasn't tucked and his ears weren't laid back.


    There have been similar cases where a dog without a doubt actively sought to bring people back to an injured owner, so it's not so hard to believe. The dog's mental process may not be exactly the way people imagine it "I'm going to go look for help now", it's probably more linked to the emotional, having to do with stress and stress relief.

  • Kitto M-7 trigger mechanism

    Thanks. I'd be interested to know more when you'd have used it.


    Is your shaft completely round in the back? If not can it be?


    At this point the Kitto M-7 seems unnecessarily complicated to me. This offsets any advantages. Grinding the back of the shaft down is not difficult.

  • Kitto M-7 trigger mechanism

    After reading that JBL is using the Kitto M-7 mech in their new spearguns I did a little searching. Here's the mech.







    The internals are not a huge concern for me because the Neptonics Reef mech has proven to be a good reliable mech for my purposes. The Reef mech BTW has only two pieces; the sear and the trigger. What's curious to me is the top of the housing of the Kitto M-7. I see a couple of advantages. First it seems to me that a shaft to fit the Kitto mech does not require a flat spot over the notch, this means less work to make the shaft, and maybe less play for the shaft inside the housing which makes the mech more secure in some situations. Second this mech can be installed in a thinner gun as the width of the housing is not dictated by the diameter of the shaft. This thinner lower housing also eliminates sideways play of the internals.


    The disadvantages that I foresee is that this mech is better suited for an open track gun. To flush mount the housing for an enclosed track gun you'd have to get a little more creative in making the slot. Really just flaring out the hole towards the top. Another concern is about how easy it is to engage the shaft in the mech. With flat top mechs the shaft can only go in the correct way so it always engages properly. If the shaft for the Kitto mech can indeed remain round, then it can be inserted the wrong way, the notch turned to the side for example, and loading will take longer.


    There have been other mechs of this design before, but I've never used a gun that had such a housing. The Riffe mech follows along with this concept a little although it still requires a flat spot over the notch. Are there any serious disadvantages to the Kitto M-7 style housing?

  • GoPro HD Underwater Blurry Fix

    I spoke with Greekdiver today and he said that with the fix the video quality is good. Like everyone I'm waiting to see the actual vid, but knowing Harry's experience with making underwater video I trust the quality is at minimum acceptable for our purposes.


    If anyone has been considering buying a Gopro HD video camera like the one discussed here you may want to hold off a little. I think I'm going to carry them in the store and offer a better deal.


    Tin Man, the pressure is on now :)

  • Speardiver Carbon Fin first impression

    Adrian, I took this pic yesterday just before sending you the fins. As you can see it's the normal size logo in blue. The lettering is not difficult to take off. Put the fin in the sun for a few minutes or warm up the logo with a hair dryer. You should be able to get under the vinyl with just a finger nail, then pull it off. The tricky part is the glue residue under the letters, you can get that off easily with something like "Goo be gone", available at home depot. It's oily so after the residue is gone wash with dishwashing detergent. Then it will be ready to apply new lettering. I can send you a holographic logo with the shafts. You need to apply it with care so as to avoid bubbles trapped under the lettering.


  • Earth Day 2010

    I think I have that DVD. Maybe come over some time to watch it Steven. Blue planet is a series of 4 if we're talking about the same thing, all 4 are very good. As a matter of fact I may watch one tonight.

  • Seared Sashimi with Ponzu Sauce

    Very interesting John. I've never seen it done this way, normally it's either fried or raw not both. I've used Ponzu sauce before and like it. Looks not complicated and fast to make so I'll be trying it. Thanks.

  • Proper Pronunciation

    Out of the ones you mentioned I'm only %100 sure about Mares. It simply means seas in Spanish, maybe in Italian too, and is pronounced Ma (as in short for mother) and res (as in the first part of resolution).


    Riffe is a family name and as such would be pronounced the way the Riffe family think it should be. Give them a call and ask, I'm sure they won't mind. Actually Don Paul should know since he mentioned he knows Jay Riffe well. I've always pronounced it like the word Life but with an R.


    O.M.E.R is an abbreviation which stands for something something factory. As such you can pronounce it any way you like. Most commonly I hear it pronounced as O (like the sound of the English letter) and mer like the french merde where the d is silent which means shit. OK OK that was for Marco <img src= " height="23" srcset="https://spearfishing.world/forum/images/smilies/emojione/1f606@2x.png 2x"> mer like the first part of Mercury as in Freddie Mercury.. OK that was for Marco too


  • Drinking sea water

    Quote from Marco

    Tubing from (not yours) floatline?

    That's the first good reason I hear for the tube style float line <img src= " height="23" srcset="https://spearfishing.world/forum/images/smilies/emojione/1f606@2x.png 2x">


    However considering that if you have a float line you probably have a speargun too, I might conserve the floatline to improve my chances of catching fish, then suck on their eyeballs.