Saturday, March 29, 2014

Vintage Dive Gear

I am now the proud owner of a Divair double hose regulator and a PST steel 72 with a small valve tank.  Cost me $25.  It is worth $0.00 but so cool if you are into vintage diving.

I have to admit I find this old dive gear amazing.  To think people were diving this equipment to some extreme depths and made it back alive is incredible.  These people were the poineers of the sport of diving.

The tank was manufactured in 1955 by PST for Healthways, and the regulator was manufactured in 1956.

The combination is not diveable today but that doesn't matter to me.  This is a piece diving history.

Divair regulator serial number 10600 is in good hands. 

 

Nikon D3s, Carl Zeiss Makro-Planar 2/100 T* ZF, 1/10 sec at f/4, ISO 1EV under 200


Nikon D3s, Carl Zeiss Makro-Planar 2/100 T* ZF, 1/13 sec at f/4, ISO 1EV under 200



Nikon D3s, Carl Zeiss Makro-Planar 2/100 T* ZF, 1/10 sec at f/4, ISO 1EV under 200


Nikon D3s, Carl Zeiss Makro-Planar 2/100 T* ZF, 1/10 sec at f/4, ISO 1EV under 200
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  1. VanceOctober 4, 2016 at 3:37 PM

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  2. VanceOctober 4, 2016 at 3:38 PM

    It would look better installed right side up!

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  3. VanceOctober 4, 2016 at 3:38 PM

    It would look better installed right side up!

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  4. VanceJune 23, 2017 at 11:01 PM

    This regulator is rebuildable and divable today. I have two functioning DivAirs and have dived both. There are parts available to replace the diaphragm, the hoses, and the non-returns in your Hope Page mothpiece, as well as various o-rings. Don't let this languish and rot further, please!

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