Posts by spearstuff

  • Drawbacks of Titanium

    Well this website says....


    Titanium Alloys - Wear Resistance


    Titanium Alloys - Wear Resistance


    The surfaces of titanium and of all commercially produced alloys of titanium have relatively poor wear resistance. In particular, titanium surfaces in contact with each other or with other metals readily gall under conditions of sliding contact or fretting. Even with light loading and little relative movement, complete seizure of surfaces can occur. This situation is caused by adhesive wear in which microscopic asperities on the metal surfaces come into contact as a result of relative sliding and they tend to weld together forming a bond at the junction which can have a rupture strength greater than the strength of the underlying metal. Fracture then takes place at one of the asperities causing metal to be transferred from one surface to the other. The debris so formed gives rise to the accelerated wear that occurs with titanium.

  • Spearboard coercion of sponsors

    Quote from Bulit 7

    Thanks for the comment. :toast:


    It would be interesting to see the DW emails. Just for comparisson and parallels.;)


    I had the chance to read those emails...




    First Grogan tried to get DW to give him money/gear for "advertising", DW said no thanks the benefit is not worth the cost, in retaliation Grogan said he will delete any posts made by DW or any member of spearboard that can be considered promotional for Wong Products.


    This is apparently how Grogan treats every company on spearboard. It's his standard operating practice.


    IMO it's an unethical blackmailing technique.


    Additionally Grogan asks for the same large amount of money regardless if that company only sells 50 products a year or if it sells 1 million. Daryl Wong points this out in the email. Of course Grogan ignores this fact and follows through with his threat of censorship.


    Grogan's spearboard policy effectively censors all small business on spearboard, only the largest spearfishing companies can afford his high rates. But Grogan still gets his free gear/money from the bigger companies so he doesn't care how much he screws over all the small companies on spearboard.

  • Spearboard coercion of sponsors

    Quote from Bulit 7


    I like the idea that there is a section in SD to expose his underhanded tactics.


    Yah but it doesn't mean anything since Tony just deletes your comments/threads before anyone figures out what's happening. He uses censorship to its fullest potential.


    I took a break from spearboard this last week and by the time I returned the two last threads I contributed in were deleted by Tony. My comments in those thread contained arguments for an end his censorship.


    You really can't make a difference over there if he continually deletes every negative or controversial thread that is directed towards him.

  • First post MLPA dive

    Quote from Tailsurfer

    ??? But you broke it off below the thread I though? or was it still above the thread?


    Above the thread. The tip snapped in half where the double flopper pin was.


    Quote from littlemark

    those cheap old school jbl double flopper are garbage for hunting ont he rocks. when hole hunting i use a 5 prong, when hunting big game i use the warhead (which is awesome) and for everything in between i prefer a regular old flopper shaft (as opposed to a flopper tip). the only thing the flopper tips are good for in my opinion is shooting halibut in the sand. the bvreak away double flopper is great for this, however the 5 prong is even better...


    Agreed. This is my second double flopper JBL tip I've broken on the rocks. Next gun I buy or make is just going to be the basic flopper shaft option. And after hearing of how well you've done with a 5 prong I've already added that to my wishlist.

  • First post MLPA dive

    Quote from Tailsurfer

    JBL tips always break off when shot in the rocks for some reason?!?


    I'd suggest you get a flopper shaft for that gun and rig it up like mako does on the closed mussle.


    Instructional Information


    I want a flopper shaft for that gun, but I'm too cheap <img src= " height="23" srcset="https://spearfishing.world/forum/images/smilies/emojione/1f606@2x.png 2x">


    I'm just going to grab whatever tip I can find at home and stick that on the gun

  • First post MLPA dive

    Only video I have is a little timelapse test video I made later that day. I was really surprised at how many sheephead I saw with Josh. They were everywhere. Mostly small females, but I'm sure I could have taken my limit of sheephead if I wanted. Filleting Fish Timelapse - YouTube


    What I re-learned on this dive..... never use 3 bands on a cabezon! It caused me to brake another tip on the rocks :)

  • Death of a life style

    I just saw your collage last night Mike. You sure have a long history of spearfishing in California. I've only been spearfishing for a few years, but I thought I’d put together a collage of what I lost from the MLPA.


    My favorite lobster, halibut, scallop, and white sea bass spots are all gone :( Each of these pictures is from a different day of diving. Today it would be illegal to duplicate any of theses dives below.


  • Any Eyes on Laguna

    I haven't been out in a couple of days. Last time I went out on a night dive at Pearl Street in Laguna. The vis in the shallows was pretty nice at around 12ft, but I never swam out that far. It was a little rough in the shallows, but nothing unmanageable for lobster diving.


    Pretty sure the conditions will be similar to that if you go... at least if you dive that spot. Different spots in Laguna can have vastly different conditions.

  • Fun Day

    Quote from ddonnell

    Yea, it's just not my thing to grab tons of lobster to just give away. I would have taken the ones I grabbed, however did not bring my bag, gauge, or light to go after them more aggressively. I don't disagree with Daniels point, it's just not my thing.
    :toast:


    Well I'm sorry but just because it's not "your thing" doesn't give you the justification to call me and other divers "rapists" for legally taking what they and their close friends can eat.


    .

  • Fun Day

    Nice video Davis. Conditions have been so great out lately. It's nice to get some of that on video.


    Quote from ddonnell


    Anyways, I didn't take anything, although I very well could have. Grabbed a handful of bugs, but seeing as how they and mother ocean are being raped up the butt by some divers, I don't want to partake in them at this time. No hard feelings towards those divers, but they are channeling their anger toward the MLPA's in the wrong ways.


    BTW I'd say I am one of those people "raping" the ocean. I've been targeting the soon to be closed areas of Laguna Beach these last 3 months, more than I ever have before. But I'm not doing it out of anger. I simply desire to enjoy every last bit of that place before it's gone forever. Once Laguna closes down it will have the rest of eternity to naturally replenish itself. So nothing I do now will impact Laguna when you view it in the long tern.