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Comment by Jim Bathgate on April 5, 2013 at 6:42am

Would anyone possibly be able to email me close up pictures (inside and out) of the gas/comms block on one of these helmets, and also,a picture of the actual scrubber cannister. JimBathgate@fastmail.fm

The air /comms block is the last item to source / rebuild for a custom helmet resembling the Air version,and my friend has a Heliox recirc helmet very similar to this one,but no scrubber cannister.

Thank you.

Comment by Rick Thomas on April 26, 2011 at 8:22am

Its a cool hat, I happen to have one myself.  Just had Ric up at Desco refurbish it.  Designed my Bob Kirby in '67, built up on a Yokohama Bonnet and Breastplate.  Nice piece of diving history as it is the first (not-Navy) commercial gas-hat.  Sodasorb scrubber canister on the back (I'm still looking for the insert canister that fits the shell), a venturi to recirculate the gas powered by a Scuba Pro Mk-V first stage regulator.  The hat in the image above has both gas supply and comms on the same side; my hat has the comms coming in on the opposite side.

Comment by Bill Gardner on January 21, 2010 at 1:52pm

Customized for an inbilt coffee dispenser

Comment by stuart anderson on January 21, 2010 at 12:55pm

whats the story with this one? looks like a medlock on the back? or is it somewhere to lay down your pipe'n'baccy?!