This knife was donated to The Scuba Museum by Dave Thomas of Australia.  This knife was not really known to be made of high quality materials, but was made famous in the 1950’s TV series SEAHUNT.  Many examples are in very poor condition today and have cracked or shattered sheaths.  This example is in very nice shape and is one of my favorites.

This item was made to deploy a charge of CO2 into a shark making it literally explode and race uncontrollably to the surface.  While not a old as many of the museum’s artifacts it is somewhat rare to find today.

The Sea Raider by Sub Aquatics operated in the same fashion as the Shark Dart.  This one however was smaller and made of aluminum as opposed to the plastic Shark Dart. 

This is a finely handcrafted reproduction of the US Divers Vulcan dive knife.  It was made by the master craftsman Allan Klauda and is a fantastic reproduction for the vintage scuba diver who cannot afford or cannot bear to submerge a real Vulcan in saltwater.

This Rapallo is the only one I have ever seen.  It is similar to many other cork handled floating knives offered by US DIVERS and others, but this one is in great shape and seems to have a very nice chrome finish on the blade.  I do not know when it was offered for sale by Mares, but it must have been very early in the company’s life.

This is a French made Espadon Tarzan knife.  It has a yellow metal painted handle.

This is a very robust Soligen German made Dacor dive knife.

This French made Cavalero Stiletto style knife came to TheScubaMuseum.com NIB (New in Box).  The price tag on the box showed retail at the time was only $25.00.  This knife was marketed for use by spearos and was used to quickly dispatch speared fish.

The Darrel Allan bug light is a very heavy duty industrial quality light. The case is cast aluminum.  Later models were made of plastic, but this one is the older cooler one.  This particular sample is in fantastic condition with most of the decal and paint still intact.  This light even works, but really uses a lot of batteries.  This particular model is dated 1976 inside.

This DACOR light probably dates from the late 70s and well into the 80s.  I suspect that IKELITE may have made them for DACOR.  They most certainly made the switch.

This Pelican light was donated to the Museum by Doug Rencher of Cincinnati, Ohio.

This all metal Nemrod flashlight came to the museum NIB. The box has seen a lot of shelf wear, but has a lot cool graphis.  The light is a fine example of Spanish craftsmanship.  A special thanks to Enrique in Spain for the catalog page.

This belt is most likely from the 1950s.  The weights are steel and show some signs of rust in fact.  The quick release buckle is likely aviation grade.

This is a very early one pounder with no maker’s markings.  It is possibly homemade.

These are 2 very nice early 1950s round lead weights from an unknown maker.

A Healthways weight belt with one pound weights and a quick release wire buckle.  The weights are marked Healthways scuba Made is USA.

This weight belt was most certainly homemade and surprisingly comfortable.  It came to me with the quick release buckle and one of the weights has a utility loop molded into it for clipping off lights, bags, or spear guns.

This weight is intended for a one inch belt and the maker is unknown at this time.  This weight was donated to The Scuba Museum by and Anonymous benefactor. The Museum is actively searching for more weights like this to complete the display.  If you know anything about this item please contact the Museum.

This one Kilo weight came to the Museum from and anonymous benefactor from Europe!  It appear somewhat crude, and possibly homemade.  Any information on this item would be appreciated.

This Nemrod weight belt by Seamless features a quick on off feature for the weights.  The weights are individually slotted to allow them to be placed or removed from the belt without having to unstring the buckle.  This was a neat feature for the vintage scuba diver, but it only works on belt material that is soft like the original cotton seen here.  Modern nylon does not usually work well with this concept I have found.

These are really cool vintage scuba Voit 3 pound weights.  They are “Slip on” meaning you can put them on or take them off a weight belt without having to unthread the buckle or remove a weight in front of this one.  These are in great shape and I really like them.

Voit apparently liked the “Slip On” option and made many different styles of them.  Here are some heavily used AMF Voit 2 pound slip ons.

This is a Voit one pound weight intended to be used on a one inch cotton webbing belt.  This one is in fantastic shape and was donated to the Scuba Museum by an anonymous benefactor.  The Museum is actively seeking more weights like these to complete the display.

TheScubaMuseum.com was very fortunate to obtain a full belt of 7 1 lb. Voit weights on an original one inch belt.  The weights are well used and could very likely tell some great stories of some great dive locations.

These Sea Craft 3 pound slip on weights are a unique may to slip on weights without unthreading the whole belt.  They were probably very problematic owing to people losing the centre piece when not in use.

These weights I believe came from Central Skin Divers in Jamaica New York.  Many dive shoppes back in the Vintage Scuba days made their own molds and sold them to their customers.  Unfortunately this practice has pretty much stopped and many of the examples are gone forever.  I find these weights very well designed as they are very flat and have dimples on the back side that keep them from slipping once on the weight belt.  It is my understanding that Central Skin Divers is still alive and well in Jamaica.

These are a fine example of US Divers 1 pound weights.  The markings are in fantastic shape and they are marked “MADE IS USA” on the back.

This is a one pound US Divers weight used on a 1 inch cotton weight belt.  They are somewhat rare today.  This one was donated to the museum by an anonymous benefactor.  I am actively searching for more to complete the display.

These 3 pound US Divers weights are plastic coated in a bright yellow and are probably from the late 70’s.

These weights came with my Soviet M1 regulator.  They are steel or iron and weigh 1 kilo or a little over 2 pounds each.

Thanks to Franz Rothbrust in Germany I have some new information on this Antimagnetisch buckle .  This is a civilian antimagnetic buckle made by the Froschman Technik company in Germany.  The company was owned by Herman Dinges, a professional hardhat diver. Herman sadly died in 2006, but he left a long legacy of fine dive products behind.

These US DIVERS triple tanks are not any different from the other set the Scuba Museum has, except for the history.  These tanks where procured from the legendary Hal Watts.  These tanks had been deeper by the 1970s than most modern tech divers would even think about going today.  These tanks are prized by the Scuba Museum as one of it’s most exciting displays.

These are perhaps the coolest tanks ever made for mankind.  The USD triple 44 CF tanks.  When I located these tanks they had not been hydroed since the 60s, but they passed with flying colours.  The harness was long gone so a reproduction harness by Allan K. was in order.  These are probably my favorite tanks to dive just for the cool factor, but they are surprisingly buoyant for steel tanks.  They really look great with my broxton on them.

These triples are most likely 1800 PSI fire extinguisher bottles mated to a very nice US Divers triple manifold.  They have been painstakingly restored here in Ohio and given a new Allan K harness.  The tanks are longer than the Museum’s triple tanks and have dimpled bottoms.  These tanks are on loan to the Museum by WWW.vintagedoublehose.com

This Wollman Schmidt Mod 35A was available in 1957 for just under 100 dollars.  It is made of aluminum and this particular model has a really cool strobe arm.

This Aqua Cam camera housing is made of aluminum and comes with a flash.  It was compact and very easy to handle under the water.  It sold for under 50 dollars.  A special thanks to Alec Pierce of Scuba 2000 for a copy of the original advertisement.

This original exploded diagram of the V55 Blue 50 Fathom regulator was donated to WWW.theSCUBAmuseum.com by Roger VanFrank.  This is a very rare an highly sought after poster and is very handsome with the FX 50 Fathom displayed next to it.  Bob the cat gave his approval.

The Frogmen is perhaps one of the coolest vintage scuba movies ever made.  Hollywood sacrificed accuracy, but made some great underwater fight scenes.  This is a rare window card from a cinema that showed the 1951 film.  The US UDT divers used Aqualungs, drysuits, and triple tanks even though the Cousteau Aqualung only existed in France under the control of the Germans.  The Japanese divers used rebreathers.

The Scuba Nutcracker was donated to The Scuba Museum by Allan Klauda of Rochester NY.  Allan is a craftsman of many talents and this is just one of his many accomplishments.  Please note the detail Allan put into this Vintage Scuba Diver AKA Nutcracker.  The trident, oval mask with purge, 2 hose regulator, low slung USD tank, and weight belt.  The Scuba Nutcracker is seen every year on the fireplace around the holidays.

This is a very weird device.  The Sea Voice.  This item was designed to be placed over the mouth and filled with air from the divers lungs enabling him to talk into the airspace, thus allowing other divers to hear and understand you. 

The Dacor Safety float was inflated at depth by the aid of a CO2 cartridge.

The US Divers Surf Lung was a toy that allowed a child to swim on the surface only while breathing through a double hose snorkel.  Any kid that got this toy thought they had the coolest Dad in the world.  It is very cool indeed.  This one was donated to the Museum by an anonymous benefactor.  This one has seen a lot of play and the hoses are in very sad shape, but it is still very neat.

I do not have a B4, but this is the next best thing.  This one is dive worthy and of course dived by me often.

This Soviet made mask is a very nice diver with very soft rubber.  Note the Cyrillic writing on the sides

This Sea All mask was advertised in the New England Divers catalog as the B model because of the purge.  It actually works well, but is a little hard to get used to because of the refraction caused by the corners.