To the amazement of my wife, every time I drive the family between Virginia Beach and Chicago, I manage to stop to meet with someone from the VDH community or I pick up an old tank or regulator along the way. Last week I visited Karl and his wonderful collection in Indianapolis.
While I was there, I mentioned to him that I had an old Trademark Green Label which had a threaded fitting in place of yoke and wondered if it was an early hookah reg. He asked me to post a few pictures, so if anyone has the story on these, I’d be interested to know.
The reg is in great shape and appeared to be in unused condition. The one-piece hose is flexible and shows no signs of cracking. The label bears no serial number. I got it from a guy in San Bernardino who said he just found it hanging on a wall in an antique shop.
I've looked at the ear;y catalog references, but none of the illustrations I've found show the hose connection for the hookahs.
I usually subscribe to Ron’s philosophy of diving all my regs, but I don’t have the heart to rebuild this one to dive in salt water after it survived all these years unscathed.
Happy new year 2018 - I wish you a good year of diving.
Doug