Posts by Don Paul

  • band material in red ? ? ?

    Quote from Brian

    Yeah Don, how do you dye them? Would be interesting.


    Brian first find high quality rubber of your choice, I have Dan's 16 mm with the small 1/16 hole in black but on to the amber.


    1.Pick up Rit Dye liquid at a grocery store or Little Piggy, or what ever you guys have down there,
    2. Borrow a large pasta pot from that good looking neighbor next door.
    3. Cut the bands for one gun.
    4. Boil water, add dye as per directions.
    5. Very important... let water cool down for 5 min ( do not boil the rubber) .
    6. Carefully place cut bands in hot dye mix for 30 min.
    7. Stir bands around to reposition as contact with the walls of the pot will limit color saturation.
    8. Leave in the pot till you have the shade you want.
    9. Pour of into sink and rinse.
    10.Place bands in large plastic bag and leave in the lower drawer of the frige for a few hrs.
    11. Play dumb when your neighbor says '' why does my pot have a green (insert color here) tint?^^


    The Metro type guys here can even tie cotton strips of cloth on the rubber.8) for a water pattern when using blue.


    I know ....:wantpics: but I have GF to attend to.
    I have had dyed green bands last for a couple seasons.
    Cheers, Don

  • band material in red ? ? ?

    Quote from Dan

    Hammerhead tried to have an exclusive on red bands, I think they called it "trade dress". Must've really hurt when persistent started using red bands too. In any case I think being so concerned about band color for pretty sake is lame. I used to have this tendency myself but not any more. A speargun is a tool, and when well used it starts to look like shit, main thing is that it remain functional, that's spearfishing.



    I had it long before JammerHead and Persistent^^ in 1984 on every gun I owned. I just called it French rubber
    and the stuff I tested and purchased in Tahiti came from H.Dessault's shipment for the French World Team.
    It was $12.00 a meter then..big money for 1984 when one could get the dive shop Shite for 1buck a foot.


    Allot of the red stuff of today is US made and has none of the kick ass performance of the early Dessault stuff.


    FWIW you can vat dye rubber any color you want in the kitchen.


    Cheers, Don

  • More Island Love

    Big Calico are one of my favorite fish to hunt....i think their brain is twice as big as a WSB.....except in Baja
    where they stick their head in front of the tip.^^


    Nice fish mate.


    Cheers, Don

  • Blue Fin


    The sea lowers as I walk the shore line.;)

  • Blue Fin


    <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"> <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"> <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"> I just snorted a ounce of iced Martini out my nose.:nono:


    Dam F the Netti Pot....Vodka from here on in baby..:thumbup:


    D

  • Blue Fin

    Quote from chris oak

    He jumps in and shoots a bluefin and it's no biggie to him. I hate you Don Paul ;), you don't even know how green with envy I am!


    It was the fart gun hid under my armpit... I used the deck hose to pre soak inside my suit. Cocked the gun on the swimstep..:nono: I'm a bad example and unsafe at times.


    The boat pulled away ...I dove and was met by group of huge Bonita at 40feet....chased away by 6 or so small 20 to 30lb BF.
    Started up....(no threat) a curious one followed my pretty flasher blades...unfolded the Arib and lined the pretty fish's head with cold steel but there was no fight. I raised my gun for a pick up as two of her friends payed last respect. Thank you Mother Ocean for the gift.


    Cheers, Don

  • Hi from Hollywood


    No worry;s mate.... before SpearDiver I could only type with one finger, now I can use one from each hand.:thumbup: Here you go.


    Cheers, Don