Hi DB again
Here is some picts of two fins from Hyperfins, the black one being mine.
It's a very nice fin; footpockets are IMO more firm than on waterway and especially on Starfins (the later being a lot more comfi though) so its not so much the rubber that operates, more the fiber.
The fin is not for long sessions and electricians tape is a must for my toes when taking it to the sea. It does compress in the deep but is still firm and has thrust to spare. In pool it's a bliss, and that's also what it was bought for. I send a lot of foot measurements to Ivan Shakhov via email (not the online order form) and I believe the fit of the footpocket that came out of it is as perfect as it gets with these hand build fins.
Hardness is whats called "3H", which i think is slightly softer than the waterway standard Middle D glide fin. Still I would actually have liked it to be even softer, but I'm also a skinny weakling rofl
I know Shakhov buys the glassfiber for the fins from France; whether that being the raw glassfiber or the entire blade is unknown.
The blade is 70,5cm wide and 55,5cm long measured between the foot pockets.
It came well packed with slow mail from Novosibirsk. Delivery time was quite long due to various holidays, customs problems and similar which I believe to be out of the hands of Shakhov. Service was super, replies to email fast and in an ok English
I wrote to Ivan to join the forum and this thread; hope he does.
Best regards
Herup
