Retro oval mask

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I have been looking for old style round and oval masks also. You might look at Vintagescubasupply.com. N
 
As I posted elsewhere, DiveInn has a couple as well: a Mares and a Picasso, the latter of which is only about $15.

cheers

Billy S.
 
Aloha Texasdiveguy
I have a couple, and they seem to work just fine. I use them when I don't want to risk any of the antique ones in my collection.
Turtleguy
 
Turtleguy:
Aloha Texasdiveguy
I have a couple, and they seem to work just fine. I use them when I don't want to risk any of the antique ones in my collection.
Turtleguy

Howdy Turtleguy,,, yep I thinks I will order one for the nastalgia of it,,,,had a Dacor in 71', real similar to these new ones.
 
Thanks for bringing this oval dive mask to my attention. I grew up with this style and it's good to know that it's still in production. There are others around, e.g.:

Amico Classic Rubber Scuba Mask
http://www.island-scuba.com/page/001/PROD/scuba_masks/MK6

KMAX Hawaii Rubber Swimming Mask
http://www.onlinesports.com/pages/I,MW-SMM720B.html

Cannon Sports Deluxe rubber swim mask, with or without Frontal Purge Valve
http://growinglifestyle.shop.com/amos/cc/main/catalog/vid/206390/act/d,159162/ccsyn/13549

And if you want to browse a whole range of traditional oval rubber snorkelling masks still produced by the French manufacturer Sommap, see:

http://www.sommapdiving.com/pages/masks-traditionals.html

David
 
David Wilson:
Thanks for bringing this oval dive mask to my attention. I grew up with this style and it's good to know that it's still in production. There are others around, e.g.:

David thanks for all the links!
 
>I didn't know there were so many choices still available<

Indeed. I travelled throughout Eastern Europe in the 1970s and one of the things I noticed was that each country then had only one manufacturer of diving gear making just one or two styles of fin, snorkel and mask. In the West, there's always been enough of a competitive market to guarantee a range of equipment, from "classic" to "modern" for want of better terms. It's a little patchy, though. Classic rubber masks, snorkels and fins are hard to get hold of in the UK, where I live, because every single British manufacturer jumped long ago on to the plastic fin/silicone mask bandwagon. Like the USA, France, Greece and Italy still manufacture classic dive gear, but they have no British distributors. Of course, the solution for those who, like myself, prefer retro gear lies in purchasing from non-UK online retailers, who usually charge reasonable prices for goods but extortionate rates for international shipping!

David
 
https://www.shearwater.com/products/perdix-ai/

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