Anyone out there have any experience with the Teak-Sea guns out of Greece? All feedback is appreciated. Thanks in advance
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Teak-Sea Spearguns
- Thread starterkanakafari
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They are very good spearguns and many well known greek spearos use them with impressive results. The owner Grigoris Minoyiannis is very friendly and in his site has an e-mail and his personal mobile for any queries. I know that an 85cm would cost you around 400 euros. I recently asked him.
I have two of them one Pal one Azimuth, I really like the Pal, the azimuth is too bulky. I would not buy the teak-sea reel, it is junk. I bought both of my guns using paypal and email straight to teak-sea.
The reel does not have a line guide, so often the line gets wrap, the line tensioner was a knob (my model does not have a spring), the knob will come loose and fall. Now days there are so many better and cheaper reels like the omer match50 and the two Rob Allen reels, that buying the teak-sea reel is a waste of money (IMO)
Here are some pictures,
the first one is my azimuth with the original teak-sea rell then a few with the azimuth with a RA SS reel.
The last is my Pal-100 with a RA carbon reel.
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the first one is my azimuth with the original teak-sea rell then a few with the azimuth with a RA SS reel.
The last is my Pal-100 with a RA carbon reel.
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very nice looking guns.
How do they behave in water? Were they worthing their money? Where do you fish and you decided to have them? It's quite unusual for a non greek spearo to have one I think.
How did you attach the RA reel on the gun? Did you need a base support or you just screwed it on the body?
How do they behave in water? Were they worthing their money? Where do you fish and you decided to have them? It's quite unusual for a non greek spearo to have one I think.
How did you attach the RA reel on the gun? Did you need a base support or you just screwed it on the body?
How they behave in water.
The azimuth is somewhat bulky, the Pal is very easy to move around almost like a rail gun.
Are they worth money, good question, I have 7 wooden guns 1 riffe, 3 yokoojis , 2 teak-sea and one andre, if I would have to pick one gun wooden gun I would pick my teak-sea pal, but they are expensive the same thing can be accomplish with a fraction of money (kill the fish), but if you are looking for a great craftmanship and a pretty gun, I think the teak-sea are the best, also made with teak so it will not stain. Today, I think I would have gone longer, I think the azimuth should have being a 120 gun not a 100 and the pal should have being a 110 or a 120. That being said, I use my Pal in Alaska with 5 mm gloves, the teak-sea are the much quicker to rig in the water then any other gun. The line release is nice and long also the hook under the muzzle is large. So it is a extremelly well tought gun, very acurate, not just a piece of lumber with a handle screew to it. I use the pal with one 20 mm band and a 7 mm shaft and the azimuth with 4x16 and 8 mm shaft.
I use the azimuth in Brazil, when fishing for cubera snaper in murky water, the Pal in Alaska shotting salmon, like the one on the picture and rock fish.
The reason I got then was, Angelo from teak-sea, made a trip to Brazil and dove with a friend of mine, my friend told about the gun, he actually try them on the water and he was really impressed.
On both guns I've used little piece of aluminum, I did not drill the body, I don't like to drill my wood guns. Today I still think about getting rid all other wood guns and getting a Pal 120 or 130 for blue water.
Fox: Good one no cigar ! The avatar is gen. ripper one of my favority guys on the movie Dr. Strangelove.
The azimuth is somewhat bulky, the Pal is very easy to move around almost like a rail gun.
Are they worth money, good question, I have 7 wooden guns 1 riffe, 3 yokoojis , 2 teak-sea and one andre, if I would have to pick one gun wooden gun I would pick my teak-sea pal, but they are expensive the same thing can be accomplish with a fraction of money (kill the fish), but if you are looking for a great craftmanship and a pretty gun, I think the teak-sea are the best, also made with teak so it will not stain. Today, I think I would have gone longer, I think the azimuth should have being a 120 gun not a 100 and the pal should have being a 110 or a 120. That being said, I use my Pal in Alaska with 5 mm gloves, the teak-sea are the much quicker to rig in the water then any other gun. The line release is nice and long also the hook under the muzzle is large. So it is a extremelly well tought gun, very acurate, not just a piece of lumber with a handle screew to it. I use the pal with one 20 mm band and a 7 mm shaft and the azimuth with 4x16 and 8 mm shaft.
I use the azimuth in Brazil, when fishing for cubera snaper in murky water, the Pal in Alaska shotting salmon, like the one on the picture and rock fish.
The reason I got then was, Angelo from teak-sea, made a trip to Brazil and dove with a friend of mine, my friend told about the gun, he actually try them on the water and he was really impressed.
On both guns I've used little piece of aluminum, I did not drill the body, I don't like to drill my wood guns. Today I still think about getting rid all other wood guns and getting a Pal 120 or 130 for blue water.
Fox: Good one no cigar ! The avatar is gen. ripper one of my favority guys on the movie Dr. Strangelove.
Thanks for the info strangelove.
I am off to Bali for one week so I will have a look at the Andre spearguns myself. I don't intend to buy though, I started making my own guns. Maybe a trigger mechanism from Andre.
Could you please send a picture of how you attached the reel? I like the way it looks and I agree drilling it straight to the body is not the best.
I am off to Bali for one week so I will have a look at the Andre spearguns myself. I don't intend to buy though, I started making my own guns. Maybe a trigger mechanism from Andre.
Could you please send a picture of how you attached the reel? I like the way it looks and I agree drilling it straight to the body is not the best.
Or maybe a trigger from ihab? http://forums.deeperblue.com/spearguns-accessories/83607-new-trigger-mechanism.html
Ok
I can only send you the pictures for the pal, I will try doing tonight, the azimuth is in Brazil, you have to wait till December, about triggers, a few of my other guns have Alexander triggers, not thing I've notice is the alexander trigger is hard to pull the your regular euro gun, so when switching guns during the same diving trip, I've missed some fish by not pulling the trigger hard enough (when using the alexander trigger), I have notice any one else complain about this. The teak-sea trigger is not as hard as an alexander trigger (I don't have that problem).
Also the teak-sea trigger the line release is on the other side left side.
I think the Pal is a really nice gun design, the way the shaft lines up with the trigger, just naturally aiming. The handle is also very ergonomic.
I can only send you the pictures for the pal, I will try doing tonight, the azimuth is in Brazil, you have to wait till December, about triggers, a few of my other guns have Alexander triggers, not thing I've notice is the alexander trigger is hard to pull the your regular euro gun, so when switching guns during the same diving trip, I've missed some fish by not pulling the trigger hard enough (when using the alexander trigger), I have notice any one else complain about this. The teak-sea trigger is not as hard as an alexander trigger (I don't have that problem).
Also the teak-sea trigger the line release is on the other side left side.
I think the Pal is a really nice gun design, the way the shaft lines up with the trigger, just naturally aiming. The handle is also very ergonomic.
My support is really simple, I just bought a straight aluminium bar on a hardware store, bent it on a L shape, used the pal original holes and drill the support to attach the reel.
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BTW there are way more talent guys in this forum.
I am really impressed with the new TheOne reel.
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BTW there are way more talent guys in this forum.
I am really impressed with the new TheOne reel.
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No worries, I hope it helps !
You may want to check Bill McIntyre's post, he always have some great advice with reels.
You may want to check Bill McIntyre's post, he always have some great advice with reels.
Howmuch did your Azimuth cost? And how much did your Pal 100 cost? If you dont mind me asking...looking in to getting one