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That 298 is a thing of beauty. Nice collection.

My new mask from Michel. Such a pleasure to work with. Giguere mould Extended chin Roy vent pattern Roy backplate Roy cage Lefebvre style clips

Thanks for the kind words Rich. And props to you for reaching out in the first place. Glad your buddy could make use of it... or will soon I guess. Let me know what he thinks. And yep... its an Eddy GT L

Its off an early 90's Eddy Mask I had when I was a kid. The small adult shell. From when Eddy first came out and they had both the Eddy Mask and Goaltec brands. Funny enough it bolted right up.

No clue. This is the only one I've ever seen. I never actually saw OTNY offer these on their website. I remember there being talk of doing a group buy back in the GSBB days. Way back. I also contacted OTNY about many years ago and didn't get a response. I doubt they'd even do a run of them now unless the numbers were really high. Olympia Composites offers a few variants of this cage, but their prices are a little steep... especially for us north of the border.

This one was found at Play It Again in Ottawa.

A few refurbs I finished up this morning. NXI Phantom and an early Reidic I picked up off @RichMan many moons ago.

Thanks. I created a plug from an existing 282. To do this I fused the helmet at the adjustment points and blended the seams. I also removed the logo and the trim around the ears. Once all the openings were closed off and blended I made a two piece mould off of the plug in traditional fashion. I chose to keep all of the vent holes except for the ones at the very top/back. I also drilled holes for the two common cage mount positions. The helmet I posted was the first pull from the mould. Its a fibreglass/epoxy lay-up. A little on the thick side, but not bad for a first pull. I used it mostly to figure out hole layout .etc. A gazillion small square holes is a pain in the a$$!!!!. Defiantly going to do another one in the future... but I have other things on my radar.

Heres a project I recently completed. I put it on my Instagram but I might as well post it here too. I've been picking at it for the past few years. I love wearing old Jofas, but having a young family I worry about wearing 30 year old plastic on my 30+ year old head. Composite Jofa 282 replica (yep...a clone). Tried to stay as true to the original design as possible while removing anything I thought wasn't needed (logo, rivet holes, adjustment points) before creating the mold. Did the chin cup in black vinyl with a vertical stitch pattern. Cage is by OTNY I believe. Got it off eBay many years ago. This was a lot of work but overall I'm happy with how it came out

Barrhaven Definitely though about it. Trying to break the habit of hoarding old gear.

I did flip them over to look. Was pretty standard for the era. Almost flat leg channel. Just a small knee flap and I think a small piece of calf protection. All nylon straps though.

Not exactly Passau's, but this seems like the appropriate place. 10 year old me would've lost his shit if he came across these at PIAS. These were definitely top of the list for me 25+ years ago but were out of reach when new. Still a really cool design to this day.

I'd be interested to know this too. @RichMan I still have your black Reidic shell in my shop and I should really refurb it one of these days. If no cages exist I will probably just find the best fit from the cages I have and redrill where I need to. An oem cage would be nice though.

I've come across more than a handful claims like these. Deposit accepted and no mask delivered or taking years to deliver and requiring constant hounding. I also believe Pros Choice was started because Dom had a really negative experience trying to get a mask made by Greg when he was young and decided just to make his own mask. You also have to keep in mind that Gregs first NHL masks here almost exact Higgins clones. Doesn't make others copying his stuff right, but it kind makes it hard to feel bad for him. There is other stuff he did that was already brought up in this thread that I'm not going to drag back up.

That's the thing though, a lot of these guys are making better versions (Coveted, OTNY, ProtechSport). At least as far as the base materials go. And I really don't want to start a mask war so I'll leave it at that. And I actually agree with you that reputable companies should stick to their own designs. I just don't think its fair to give Pro's Choice a pass for attempting to do the same as the others. I think Dom's most recent non-960 style shell is actually his nicest and I feel he wouldn't lose much business if he stuck to that. "To each their own" seems to be the conclusion to everything on this thread though.