More fins

[DaleC]

Picked up a couple of more fins this week.

The first are a pair of duckfeet style Aqualungs. Rubber is in excellent condition and a bonus is that they are size large:

The second pair are AMF Swimmaster Mk 9's (?). The rubber is starting to perish with these but they will make for a good pair of snorkelling fins. Too bad, as they are an aesthetically pleasing design. Size Med.:

 

[jar546]

Ah yes the old Aqua Lung logo that was changed because it looked like a penis. Too much PC these days.

 

[John C. Ratliff]

Ah yes the old Aqua Lung logo that was changed because it looked like a penis. Too much PC these days.

Boy, that's a new one on me. I never made that kind of connection.

SeaRat

 

[mdb]

I still have a pair of Mark 9's in pretty good condition.

 

[BKP]

Boy, that's a new one on me. I never made that kind of connection.

SeaRat

Nor did I... but damned if it doesn't once you look at it "the right way..."

 

[Nemrod]

Ah yes the old Aqua Lung logo that was changed because it looked like a penis. Too much PC these days.

Never would have occurred to me, never heard that before either, sounds like urban legend. That would be a strange place to have a double hose.

N

 

[Ed Palma]

Ah yes the old Aqua Lung logo that was changed because it looked like a penis. Too much PC these days.

Y'know, years back, when I first saw the USD logo, that's the first thing that came to mind... Only after seeing DHs did I make the connection.

Dale, which parts of the Swimaster is "perishing"... oh wait - is it next to the "x" in "Mark IX?"

 

[DaleC]

No, that part is fine. It's at the tip of the blades. When you flex them side to side small cracks appear. I'll Glycerol them but I wouldn't trust them any more for a dive where my life depended on them (if you know what I mean).

 

[tinypigmy]

I have it quit the same I bought it from here

 

[John C. Ratliff]

I have a pair of the U.S. Divers Aqualung fins, probably the same size as yours. I tried to put them on over a bootie, and broke one of the heel straps. I was able to fix it with a bicycle inner tube and neoprene cement, cementing the strap together and then putting the inner tube over it. It is working, but these are pool-only fins now.

Be very careful putting the on and taking them off.

SeaRat