old jt mask

[swampy455]

I found a old looking mask in a box in my basement it was small and had very little face protection. I know its from jt because of the strap. any info here?

[Pacifist_Farmer]

We could speculate all day about what type of mask it is, but unless you supply pictures or an actual name its all gonna be speculation. At least a little more detail would help.

[swampy455]

I asked my dad he said it was a jt whipper snapper or something. he never did play but my uncle left all his old stuff here. it has a triangle like face mask thats plastic that has round ear protecters

[Beemer]

Yup JT Snappers. The straps go thru the ear protectors right?

Those were add ons when the Rules[insurance] changed and called for ear protection.

[swampy455]

ya. they can come off the mask. one thing im thinking is that wow we have evolved fromthesto the masks of today.

[drg]

Very likely a vintage JT mask, I believe they were called JT Elite masks or I keep remembering the name JTX mask ... someone with a clearer memory of the old days can probably confirm or deny.

Edit: Okay if they have earpieces they are newer than the masks I was thinking of. Correct me if I'm wrong, but I believe whippersnappers were sold strictly as goggles only, and they were made to work with the "new" X-fire masks, not the older masks like the one you have. They had all kinds of odd names for mask systems during the transitional period between the "triangle" masks (BMX design) and the X-fire (true paintball design), some carrying the OTG (over the glasses) designation and some called "deadboltz", which had little plastic lock pins secured with screws, that held the lens in.

[swampy455]

well i wasent alive wen my uncle played. so i have know idea what it was like in paintballs old days.

[drg]

Lol ... my first mask system was the infamous Uvex/Woodstalk combo. Followed by the equally infamous "P.M.S. mask" (with the same goggles I believe).

[Gandalf]

What you have is most likely the snappers. Very old. Little plastic mouth and some cheek face, chin protection.[not much] Then the add on ear protectors held in place with the strap.
The whole side of your face was exposed. Ya we use to play with those, in tournys. Silly us.

[swampy455]

o thats y my uncles has scars on his face...... ouch

[z1p101]

lol

The whole side of your face was exposed. Ya we use to play with those, in tournys. Silly us.

It was even considered cool to take off the face protection and play without it. Some teams had team rules saying that you were not allowed to wear the face mask part.

Ahh, those were the days.

[swampy455]

is that why ther r pictures of ironmen for the 90's wearing no facemasks

[drg]

The whole side of your face was exposed. Ya we use to play with those, in tournys. Silly us.

Only if you were silly enough to not use a hood or some other kind of protection!

This thread has inspired me to scan this photo of me, circa 91. The oldest record I have of myself playing, though I started a few years earlier ...

Here's a small look at what it was like swampy455 ...



I am wearing one of these masks and you can see another lying on the car behind me.

Sigh, I wish I took a lot more pictures than I did...

[swampy455]

cool a pump with a vertical stickfeed. i always loved to play with pumps man that must of been cool playing back then. such a differnt style of play.

[drg]

Yeah horizontal stick feeds are a relatively new invention