Posts by Dan

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You are mistaken Marco, this knife is not made in Italy like the other knives you speak of. It is a cheaper Chinese copy. Notice it doesn't say Inox Italy on the blade, and it doesn't have the ship's wheel imprint on the sheath. Besides I know which Chinese factory manufactures it.

The problem with the vast majority of Chinese manufacturers is that when it comes to spearfishing they're really clueless, they don't understand how we need gear to work. When they copy something exactly they can produce a decent product. When they copy but make it a little different, which they most often do, as a rule they introduce a stupid detail into the design that would make me not use the item. A beginner who doesn't know any better, I don't think they see it. I could bring up many specific examples, products that I rejected and competitors (Mako Spearguns included) who picked up the product anyways.

Greekdiver, in the Spearboard thread MAKO Spearguns: What's new? - Spearboard bubble blowers drama forum you said you don't know how anyone can have anything bad to say about Mako. I believe in this thread I made some valid points agains Mako including patent infringement and complete lack of ethics. I'll add to the list blatant hypocrisy. First Dano says:

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As you well know, I do not publically speak for or about my competitors or their products.

his next gem of a post is not speaking about his competitors in any way shape or form I can't believe no one calls out this pretentious fumbling mother Teresa of spearfishing. Never mind that it's all lies and his products are NOT made by the same manufacturers as those of the well known brands, they're all cheap Chinese copies with the exception of Spearmaster items.

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The truth is, as I mentioned, in many cases, they are the exact same products with the exact same quality that are sold by my competitors.

Here are some examples. And let me start by saying that all of these companies that I mention are all top notch and very well respected companies.

· My Kona Kill Knives are the exact same knives sold by Omer and Riffe and perhaps a few other companies. These companies are all top notch and the quality of the knives are top notch. I sell them for less because I sell direct to divers. I don’t sell nearly as many as the other guys, but I like my smaller business model.

· My MAKO Freedive Hunter fins are very good quality fins and just happen to be the exact same fins sold by Cressi and Salivimar. Same fins, made by the same factory, with a different name. And because I sell direct, I sell them for less.

· The Rob Allen fins are the same fins as my Los Ninos Fins that I sell for kids. They are made by the same factory. I sell direct so mine cost less, but I’m sure Rob sells a lot more than I do.

· My Competiton Freedive fins with removable blades are also very good quality fins, made by the same factory that makes the Omer and Beauchat fins. I just sell my fins for less because I sell direct.

· My Yamamoto socks and Yamamoto gloves are made by the same factory that makes the Riffe socks and gloves. Awesome socks…Awesome gloves!

· My Rubber weight belt is the exact same rubber weight belt sold by at least 5 of the main spearfishing companies and all of which are top notch companies and the belt is very high quality. I just sell it for less.

· My reels are the same reels sold by Daryl Wong. And, Daryl makes some of the most beautiful guns in the world.

· My slip tips are also made by the same factory that makes slip tips for Daryl Wong and several other very well respected companies.

· My South African sharkfin tab spears are some of the best spears in the world and they are also sold by Daryl Wong and a few other very well respected companies.

· My Yamamoto wetsuits are some of the best wetsuits in the world, but because I sell direct to divers, I can sell a Yamamoto wetsuit for less than other companies sell a non Yamamoto wetsuit.

· My Spearguns are the exact same guns as those sold by Rabitech which happens to be a very well respected company located in South Africa and Australia.

· The latex tubing I sell is the exact same Latex Tubing sold by Rob Allen. It is made by “Primeline Industries”. RA calls their tubing, “Rob Allen Latex Tubing”. I call mine “Primeline Latex Tubing”. Same tubing, different name.

· Ever see my low volume Minimus Mask? Look familiar?

I could go on, but I think I have made it clear

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Impossible to get to the the truth with these conflicting stories.

As a rule I don't buy into any hype about any person. Everyone has different sides to them that they show to different people. To anyone who says they know Daryl Wong so well, are you so sure he wouldn't sell fish that you'd stake your life on it?

One thing I do know is that guys who are good and get fish, sell them. Even when they're not commercial, the desire to hunt is satiated much after the amount of fish for personal consumption is surpassed. So the fish are sold because what are you going to do with them.. Even really good/cool guys do this.

There are unwritten cultural laws that if you break them there will be consequences. It took me a lifetime to understand this because such things don't seem fair, if you believe you're not breaking any law. But it's about ownership of resources which is a fundamental instinct and can't be ignored, otherwise there will be trouble. That's basically how wars get started, scary shit, unless you're sure you're going to win by overwhelming force.

The thing about south Florida is that some boaters think dive flags are racing markers.

Slick looking yak. Not sure how stable it is with that shape. Is it made of fiberglass or plastic? What does it weigh?

Interesting idea JC. I always thought people want the minimum size flag they can get away with as required by law. Anyone else would like a bigger flag? Obviously we're talking about boat flags, a bigger float flag and the float/ballast may not be able to bring it back upright if turned over.

Royak, you mentioned you have a Speardiver flag, since we're talking about rigging a kayak I assume the flag is boat size as required by law. I designed the Speardiver boat size flag Diver Down Flag to accept the cheapest and most readily available flag pole; a 1/2" white PVC pipe you can get at home depot.

If you need a flag pole for the Speardiver float size flag, you can use a driveway marker, also available from home depot for about $2. It's 48" tall, just cut off the reflective head. I like the material and diameter of the driveway marker pole better than the bike flag pole.

Getting more interesting.

My only problem with Ricardo's attire is that I can't use the pic for the Speardiver wetsuit Viva el speedo!

bien hecho Tigre!

Interesting.

100lb fish is not a joke for anyone. More so if not geared up for it.

Heart warming seriously.

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Any word on future ML 7mm availability,

It's now available https://spearfishing.store/spe…hin-spearfishing-wetsuits.

Welcome to Speardiver.

Thanks for the kind words gents.

But couldn't knock out the 3rd with two punchs. Still nice action.

New stainless steel trigger mechanism for Rob Allen Vecta and Vecta 2 spearguns. Available from FreediveStore.com Rob Allen Stainless Steel Trigger Mechanism.

Rob Allen Stainless Steel Trigger Mechanism - YouTube

Good luck buddy.