Marking of kit

What's the best means of marking your name on fins, boots and wet suit? Felt
tip pen looks naff.

> What's the best means of marking your name on fins, boots and wet suit?
Felt
> tip pen looks naff.

I just use a small nib permanent pen (a stylised D actually, so I can
recognise it as mine). I have small marks in various places, rather than
having my name scrawled across everything I own in huge letters. Usually
where my stuff is put I can find it again - only if it goes missing or gets
mixed up with other stuff do I need to look a bit more closely to see if the
mark is still there. I usually have one somewhere obvious, and another well
hidden so that if someone tries to nick anything and rub off the mark, they
will miss the other one. For example, on my fins I have a mark on the
bottom of the foot (in a slight indentation so it doesn't get scratched off
as I walk around), and another inside the bottom of the foot pocket. None
of them from any of my kit have rubbed off in nearly a year.

The only thing i'd do it differently on would be on a DSMB for example,
where its best that people can see some sort of identification so they know
its you.

David

"djw" <djw@migar.fsnet.co.uk> wrote in message
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> What's the best means of marking your name on fins, boots and wet suit?
Felt
> tip pen looks naff.
>
>

Blood!

djw wrote:

> What's the best means of marking your name on fins, boots and wet suit? Felt
> tip pen looks naff.
>

I grabbed a car paint touch up pen from halfords, and used it on my
fins. Does OK but gets scratched off easily. Whether it'd be safe for
otherstuff I don't know - are there any chemicals that'll do nasty stuff
to neoprene that are likely to be found in paints etc?

Stuart

"djw" <djw@migar.fsnet.co.uk> wrote in message
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> What's the best means of marking your name on fins, boots and wet suit?
Felt
> tip pen looks naff.
>

Engrave it. I carved my initials into all sorts of bits of kit - the trick
to getting it to stand out though is to use something with a raggy edge then
get a permanent marker and go over the top but wipe it off before it
dries...

You end up with a nice, small and totally permanent marking.

CAS

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