repro churchills

[DaleC]

Well, it's been a while since I hit a thrift shop so imagine my delight at finding these

They are reproductions true, but the rubber is like new and they fit great!

I have always kicked myself for not buying an original set of Churchills at a flea market once (before I knew what they were). A finstrap was broken (could have been repaired for display purposes) and they wanted $4. I probably could have paid $2

 

[captain]

They are OK for surface swimming and snorkeling but are too small for scuba. The repos are mostly used by body boarders.

 

[DaleC]

I read an old navy report that said the same thing (poorish performance).

They just fit my bare feet so I can only snorkel/shallow summer dive with them anyways (unless I take my He Man pills first). I did some of that sort of thing this summer with my Voit ducks. My wife was using the Viking A6's.

Happiness is having a fin for every occasion

 

[Nemrod]

I had some, like Captain aid, for quiet water, they are marginal, for scuba in the ocean, no, not enough fin there. I used them for swim training and body surfing. To bad somebody does not make thsi fin, but double the surface blade area. Then we would be cooking with gas.

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[David Wilson]

Some details about Owen Churchill and his original fins here:

Sports: Breaking Records, Breaking Barriers | Owen Churchill | Smithsonian's National Museum of American History |
The point about Churchill holding the "first patent for rubber swim fins" is correct because French naval officer Louis de Corlieu's prior modern swim fin patent was for a steel-strengthened rubber design.

 

[DaleC]

I tried to make a link but it doesn't work at the moment.