Good ole @BurhamMuntasser inquired :
"Can anyone clarify and give details of why/when/what/how to use the multiprong spear tips please?"
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Perhaps ? As I was informed so many years ago
Why? to efficiently spear fish
When ? diving in the water- some times using normal powered guns other times underpowered pole spears (aka Jab Sticks )
How?
The multi point spear tip is based on the principle of the points spreading ever so slightly before penetration and slightly closing after penetration of the fish. This some what duplicates the action of a huge predator biting the fish - who once bitten gives up
There maybe some of you who have developed the skill of catching very small fish by hand (The absolute Horror ! touching a fish!--but not a horrible as going to MC D and ordering as fish sandwich... )--- As long as the fish is held tightly in the gloved had the fish will not attempt to wiggle free - once the pressure is slightly reduced the fish will wiggle free and scoot away.
Try it some time
A book could be written on the history of spearfishing points and I suspect some day some one will write a book devoted to the development of spear points.
In the 1930's Gilpatric and his jolly crew used a variety of points most notably was the slip tip which has had a strong resurgence with current blue water spearfishermen.
The Mako point number 2 with its multipoints was described in Hosaka's 1940 book as one of the Hawaiian spearfishermen's point of choice. However it never popular with the SoCal tribe who the pioneers of American spearfishing because of the massive damage to the fish.
Mako point number one with it's long 10 to 12 inch tines apparently was developed down under in Australia, either serendipitously or by a long forgotten Aussie spearfisherman, who identified it as a "Pranger Point", possibly after the developer or the sound it made ??? It appeared in the 1950-early 1960s via movies and stills presented at the yearly International UW Film festivals in Santa Monica.
Almost immediately the great Charlie Sturgil began making custom Stainless steel Pranger points for $4.00 -- I purchased two which I used for so many years with out a failure on the California reef & bottom fish. Certainly a tribute to a great design and Charlie Sturgil
A few years later a commercial version appeared -- as I recall Bot Mitchell the owner of "Aqua craft," the first diving after market manufacture located in San Diego in San Diego California might have marketed the first commercial version as the "Paralyzer point " Which is what it is called by the modern spearfishermen
Point number three - No comment
@MAKO Spearguns , Dano I sincerely hope this provides a we bit of insight into the development of theses points. If used in advertisements I would appreciate credit
@CussA good fish -- horrible unedited footage ...but keep spearing and posting
Sam Miller,111