Basic gear from mid-twentieth-century Israel

[JMBL]

Once more, you've unearthed something I've never heard nor read about. But seriously ? Dagon as a brand for diving equipment ? The H.P Lovecraft fan in me is not at all at ease with that name.

 

[David Wilson]

Once more, you've unearthed something I've never heard nor read about. But seriously ? Dagon as a brand for diving equipment ? The H.P Lovecraft fan in me is not at all at ease with that name.

Take comfort then that the Dagon brand of underwater equipment was only in business in the 1950s and early 1960s!

 

[David Wilson]

Thanks for the likes, evandroairton, and for the post, JMBL.

Now for Dagon fins. An adjustable model:

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These fins appear to be of an asymmetrical design, with different shapes for the right foot and the left foot. Open heel foot pocket with rear strap adjustable by twin buckles. The blade has two side rails and three centre ribs for reinforcement and ends with obliquely cut tips.

 

[David Wilson]

Dagon closed-heel model:

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Two side rails and a centre rib reinforce the blade, which is short and symmetrical. Apologies for the quality of the image; I have to work with the sources I have.

At the weekend I shall return to review the Dagon diving suit and another snorkel-mask that may be of Israeli origin.

 

[David Wilson]

The Dagon diving suit.

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The cuffs suggest a dry diving suit, which would have been a normal aquatic exposure garment for spearfishing at that time.

 

[David Wilson]

And here is another snorkel-mask, which appears to have been of Israeli origin and may or may not be a Dagon product.

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Marked "Royal", the snorkel-mask comes with a single breathing tube emerging from the top of the mask skirt and terminating at the supply end with a ball-type shut-off valve. The mark on the barrel is apparently Israeli in origin.

Here ends the thread on basic underwater swim gear made in mid-20c Israel. Some time midweek we shall proceed to review historical diving products manufactured in another country, probably one of the Southern Cone nations of South America.