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Spearfisherman was a company that made dry suit
Dry suit

A dry suit or drysuit provides thermal insulation or passive thermal protection to the wearer while immersed in water, and is worn by underwater diving, boating, Water sport, and others who work or play in or near cold water....
s and swimfin
Swimfin

Swimfins, swim fins, shinfin fins or flippers are worn on the foot or leg and made from finlike rubber or plastic, to aid movement through the water in Water sport activities such as swimming, bodyboarding, bodysurfing, kneeboarding , riverboarding, and various types of underwater diving....
s (and perhaps other types of underwater diving
Underwater diving

Underwater diving is the practice of going underwater Scuba diving or without breathing apparatus.Recreational diving is a popular activity ....
 gear). Located in Huntington Beach, California
Huntington Beach, California

Huntington Beach is a seaside city in Orange County, California in southern California, United States. As of the 2006 census, the city population was 194,436....
, Arthur Brown started it in or before 1945 and sold it to Swimaster about 1955, which, in turn, was sold to the Voit Rubber Company
Voit

Voit Corporation is one of the oldest sporting goods companies in the world. It was founded by William J. Voit of Worthington, Indiana in 1922 and was formerly part of American Machinery and Foundry....
 in the early 1960s.

Swimaster was one of the five original United States diving gear makers: U.S. Divers, Healthways
Healthways (scuba gear company)

Healthways was a firm founded by Dick Klein which made scuba gear. It went bankrupt in 1963; its successor company is Scubapro. It was one of the five original USA diving gear makers: U.S....
, Voit
Voit

Voit Corporation is one of the oldest sporting goods companies in the world. It was founded by William J. Voit of Worthington, Indiana in 1922 and was formerly part of American Machinery and Foundry....
, Dacor, Swimaster.








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Spearfisherman was a company that made dry suit
Dry suit

A dry suit or drysuit provides thermal insulation or passive thermal protection to the wearer while immersed in water, and is worn by underwater diving, boating, Water sport, and others who work or play in or near cold water....
s and swimfin
Swimfin

Swimfins, swim fins, shinfin fins or flippers are worn on the foot or leg and made from finlike rubber or plastic, to aid movement through the water in Water sport activities such as swimming, bodyboarding, bodysurfing, kneeboarding , riverboarding, and various types of underwater diving....
s (and perhaps other types of underwater diving
Underwater diving

Underwater diving is the practice of going underwater Scuba diving or without breathing apparatus.Recreational diving is a popular activity ....
 gear). Located in Huntington Beach, California
Huntington Beach, California

Huntington Beach is a seaside city in Orange County, California in southern California, United States. As of the 2006 census, the city population was 194,436....
, Arthur Brown started it in or before 1945 and sold it to Swimaster about 1955, which, in turn, was sold to the Voit Rubber Company
Voit

Voit Corporation is one of the oldest sporting goods companies in the world. It was founded by William J. Voit of Worthington, Indiana in 1922 and was formerly part of American Machinery and Foundry....
 in the early 1960s.

Swimaster was one of the five original United States diving gear makers: U.S. Divers, Healthways
Healthways (scuba gear company)

Healthways was a firm founded by Dick Klein which made scuba gear. It went bankrupt in 1963; its successor company is Scubapro. It was one of the five original USA diving gear makers: U.S....
, Voit
Voit

Voit Corporation is one of the oldest sporting goods companies in the world. It was founded by William J. Voit of Worthington, Indiana in 1922 and was formerly part of American Machinery and Foundry....
, Dacor, Swimaster.

External links

  • [https://hydroglove.com/spearfisherman-1.pdf hydroglove.com/spearfisherman-1.pdf] — reproduction of a 1951 print advertisement in The Skin Diver for Spearfisherman Frogman Suits
  •  — discussion thread of early diving gear companies