Posts by Dan

There were no ill effects. With neoprene stitching and trimming is mostly for aesthetics. The different sections that make up a suit hold together with glue. Taking out all stitching will have an effect only on the nylon (or whatever other material used) outer. How do you think completely smooth cell suits hold together? They have no stitching.

Many guys here dive with a hood. I would dive with a hood except I can't get used to it. I can't hear as well as I would otherwise and just feel restricted psychologically. To me personally the hood is not part of spearfishing. I realize I will change my tune if I have to dive in really cold water, but until then..

They can make it, the question is does it make sense to stock it. I cut the hood off my sporasub suit, it works fine.

The thicknesses will be 3mm, 5mm, 7mm, and 9mm. The outside on the suit Jim's wearing is not smooth cell. I just can say if it's nylon or Lycrar. I don't think it's nylon because the weave is much finer than what I've seen on nylon outer suits. Smooth cell outer is an available option.

The pictured suit was a sample sent to us by the manufacturer, part of the process of coming to an agreement on what we want and what they're able to make. One of the things we talked about was the termination of the extremities; wrists, ankles and hood. On this suit they are stitched but we insisted on a trim finish on everything such as what you see on the bottom of the jacket Jim's wearing. The manufacturer said no problem. It will have knee and elbow pads. The difference in color from the first pic is because Jim wet the suit to put it on and this tuned down the colors.

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davie, to to a perfect posse you need to put your chin a little up. nice mutton.

He can't the barba is too heavy. Are you going for the Che Guevara look?

Cool story. I would've milked it more. Something along the lines of years of special forces underwater survival training in some exotic destination, lightning fast reflexes, the hogfish being one of the most elusive and yummy in the sea etc.

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Cant forget the epic catch pose!

Hehehehehahaha Nice mutton!

Where did the other shaft to shoot him a second time come from? This reminds me that muttons will hole up after being hurt, like many other fish. Why didn't you take off a band? He was hurt and going nowhere. Don't tell me you thought you found another 10lb mutton <img src= " class="smiley" srcset="https://spearfishing.world/forum/images/smilies/emojione/1f606@2x.png 2x" height="23" width="23" loading="eager" data-tooltip="biggrin" aria-label="biggrin">

Such a nice mutton and pose I thought I'd put some color into it.

I don't know if you're asking for pics of the Elios wetsuit but you did ask for mine before so here it is. I went over to Jim's and he tried it on. XXL was wrong size for him, too loose. Jim is a perfect candidate for a custom suit because of his build. I was just curious to see how it would fit him. Jim's a good sport for posing for a pic and getting into it in the first place. I was afraid to put it on myself thinking I'll cook in it. It's a 5mm open cell interior. This is the green/brown camou. There's also blue camo and black. Also smooth cell outside is available.

Nice going hau :thumbsup1: Pics??

Come over and check out our suit, I have a 5mm. Rolo has an Elios.

Nice pic monster. We can't name it something fins because we sell everything.

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Very nice. Good job. Le dicen que? Oye, who's the "cabron"?

"Le dicen suchel." Suchel is a Cuban perfume company. Oh shit I misspelled carbon :dumb:

A little test I did with the carbon fin today.

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Negative reviews are great

Thanks fuzz. How about also including actual foot size since the manufacturer's sizes are not exactly the same. I edited my post accordingly.

Just to clarify any malentendidos, I only brought it up because it was curiously similar being a holed up YJ and all.. not implying that there was any controversy as in the other thread

Just for aesthetics, thanks.

1. H Dessault 42-44 (actual size 11) 750g
2. OMER Millenium 42-44 (actual size 11) 764g
3. Nemo / Waterway 44-45 (actual size 11) 708g
4. Sproasub 42-44 (actual size 11)
5. Pathos 44-46 (actual size 11.5) 432g
6. Beuchat 45-46 (actual size length 12 width 10) 684g (1lb 8oz)

My foot size is 11.25 and I normally wear size 11 shoes. I wouldn't say that I have a wide foot. I use at most thin Lycra socks when not diving barefoot. The above five brands fit me well at those sizes, but in order the most comfortable are:

1. H Dessault - Good fit, soft pocket.
2. OMER Millenium - Good fit, soft pocket
3. Waterway - Good fit, a little stiffer pocket
4. Old Sporasub - Good fit, a little stiffer pocket
5. Pathos - Top part of the pocket too low, puts a little pressure on the foot arch.
6. Beuchat - Even at the size that's too long for me the pocket was already too narrow, squeezes the sides of my foot.
6. Picasso (old model) - Uncomfortable, chafes my feet in places no other f/p does, no size fits me well.

Is there a chemical that will put the gloss back on rubber after having worked on it, such as in the case of sanding the surface of footpockets? Steel wool a la Tin Man works great on plastics but rubber is different. Heating it also doesn't work, makes it even more porous.