What was your 1st Rig ?????

[JungleJoe]

Mine was:

1/4 beaver tail wetsuit, Farmer John Style hood and 3 finger mits + gloves
Sportsways Waterlung Oil Filled 1st stage (For Ice Diving), with Sportsways Primary 2nd Stage
Sherwood Oct (orange)
Sportsways Oil filled Depth and Pressure in dual boot w/wrist compass attached to the back side.
Sportsways wing BC on a poly type backpack (Jacket style was just coming out)
Lux Alum 80 J Valve (still have it and use it)
Yellow Handled Knife was made by Wennoka ???? something like that
Dacor Turbo II rubber fins
Dacor black Tri Vue Mask
Snorkle <- don't remember the brand
Dive light was a Davor-Allen ??? Yellow thing with tons of D-cells in it, depth rated 300ft Magnetic slide switch

 

[nauifins73]

Hubby's is more interesting than mine - his is from 1969
a horse collar
a double hose regulator
Jet fins (that he still uses)
rubber wet suit that he had no idea as the mil - a real bite to get on
backpack
and a Scuba Pro knife & dagger with a leather sheath (yes it was for uw)

 

[Splitlip]

scubapro mk 7 (had the Audio reserve) so I used
72 cf tanks with k valves
seaview guage (call em SPG's today)
scubapro jets with home made booties
scubapro tri window mask with a purge (which you filled with glue, failure point)
plastic scubapro back pack with lever cam and one piece web harness
scubapro "gladius" dive knife
traditional weight belt
big barrel simple tube snorkle
black dot gloves
dacor depth guage which I attached to HP hose (DIY console)
compass on wrist

 

[Gary D.]

DA Aquamaster double hose reg.
Single steel (70? cf) fire extingusher, "J" valve and a diy aluminum backpack
1/4" custom made Farmer John Beaver Tail wet suit with boots and gloves.
M/L DuckFeet
Dixi Cup mask.
DIY Timex in a tuna can
DIY weights in a pilot style quick release belt.

That was it.

Gary D.

 

[DA Aquamaster]

I had a:
1. Harvey's "High Tide" high waist beaver tail 1/4" wetsuit
2. Scubapro Mk 3 High Performance regulator (still own it and use it on a deco bottle)
3. Scubapro back inflate BC (and an AT-Pac soon after)
4. Scubapro Jet Fins (still use them, despite buying and trying numerous other fins)
5. Scubapro tri view mask with purge (still own it, use it on vintage dives).
6. A really large Aqua-Lung combination dive knife/ab iron
7. No SPG, just used J-valves on 3 steel 72's (still own them).
8. Scubapro wrist mounted depth gauge (with depths marked to 500')

 

[dive_lover88]

1st rig(still in service):
1. Tilos 3/2mm wetsuit (full)
2. Bodyglove .5mm rashguard long sleeve
3. Dacor eagle regs
4. Dacor talon BC (phasing out in Oct/Nov)
5. Mares X-vision (out of service,waiting for the OMS mask to come in)
6. Tusa X-pert zoom silver
7. Dacor Darwin Computer(really hate it)
8. Tusa dive knife.

 

[Cudabait]

Circa late 50"s

Aqualung single stage 2 hose
no wet suit
no horse collar or BCD
72cf steel
total web harness with double D-rings for quick release buckling (w/crotch strap)
UDT duck fins
old round face plate mask.
always started positive...weighted for planned depth to be dived.
No alternate reg
No SPG
Big knife
was nice to have a J-valve
basic snorkle
speargun (always)

Regards,

 

[ProfessorAronnax]

All DACOR (when it was actually DACOR)

 

[michaelb51]

32 cu ft painted steel with J
twin hose regulator
AG 32 gun, mask and fins.
Buoyancy controlled by lead.

All AMF Voit.

One mowed a lot of yards to get this stuff in 1965.
And... 3 A's and a B on the report card... to get permission.

One was also too dumb not to pose for this picture:

 

[captain]

1957 Voit VR2 two hose regulator and Voit steel 72, white Squale mask, green Churchhill fins and a waterproof watch case. Not much else avaiable in those days.