Where are all the oval and round masks these days?

[dmc68]

All I can find are black and silicone oval masks. Would love to see some of the old style oval masks and smaller round masks without nose ribs or purges come back in style. :)

Anyone else with me on this?

[keruxts]

Nope.

[KOMPRESSOR]

All I can find are black and silicone oval masks. Would love to see some of the old style oval masks and smaller round masks without nose ribs or purges come back in style. :)

Anyone else with me on this?


http://www.beuchat.fr/img_catalogue/us/248_photo_060502173058.jpghttp://www.beuchat.fr/img_catalogue/us/247_photo_060502172824.jpg

Beuchat has them! :14:

[Bob3]

There are still a few outfits making them; Here's a nice one: retro oval mask (http://comdive.com/mask.htm)

[johnny_bravo]

They sure look cool in that James Bond marathon on Spike TV...but they are prob a PITA to clear.

Cheers.

-J.-

[CBulla]

Johnny me boy, I never had a problem in the times I had one :D

[fdog]

...they're on eBay fetching between $600 - $800!


All the best, James

[Craig Clark]

I can get you any round or oval mask you want my number is 352-369-5199

[kgdiver]

I see them on Craigslist all the time

[johnny_bravo]

Johnny me boy, I never had a problem in the times I had one :D

You are hardcore I can just picture oval mask, double hose reg, and speedos fighting off soviet agents :D

Happy New Year~!

-J.-

[Mike Newman]

The only aquatic topic I ever think about when James Bond is mentioned is Ursula Andress emerging in her cozzie...

[Carribeandiver]

You are hardcore I can just picture oval mask, double hose reg, and speedos fighting off soviet agents :D

Happy New Year~!

-J.-
cause you probably do not have any camoflauge speedos.

[OceanObsessed]

...they're on eBay fetching between $600 - $800!


Holy cow! I know somebody that still dives with one of these. I've always teased him about his old freediving gear. Between that mask and his old Voit Viking fins (:D LOL) his gear is probably worth more than all my freeding gear put together.

[james croft]

I keep my oval mask on my forehead like Mike Nelson.

[sam miller]

Suggest you may want to make your own oval or round mask.

Check out "The Mask" ;Legends of diving @ Scuba Diving and Recreation Center in Northwest Ohio - Portage Quarry (http://www.portagequarry.com).

That mask is over 60 years old and still going strong and very diveable-and homemade

There are only three remaining in the world~~Wonder what it would bring on E bay???

sdm

[David Wilson]

What a great anecdote about the half-century-old custom mask! The Zale Parry copy made very interesting reading too.

I regularly snorkel in the North Sea with a blue Britmarine rubber oval mask, sadly no longer sold new. Oval masks with skirts in colours other than black are still being manufactured, however. Here are a couple of blue models, Ixtapa and Chico, from the Mexican diving gear manufacturer Escualo Sports:

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I'd love to try out these masks and a matching pair of their fins, but the company doesn't respond to my emails, even when I write in Spanish!

[micklock]

I think I'd rather have the Oceanic DataMask!

[Craig Clark]

There are companies out there that still make them and they do not cost several hundred dollars. I can get you one for less than $80.00 give me a call. you to KGdiver.