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ToolGuyd > Safety > Surplus Israeli and Czech Gas Masks

Surplus Israeli and Czech Gas Masks

Nov 3, 2011 Stuart 4 Comments

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Israeli and Czech Surplus Gas Masks

These Israeli and Czech gas masks have always sold well as novelty items, but sales have been through the roof recently. So what can you actually use them for?

One thought is that people were buying them up to use as part of their Halloween costumes. There’s a also been a surge of people buying them as part of zombie-defense kits, which falls in with other novelty uses. We have also seen them as props in a few indie and amateur films.

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After watching the news recently and seeing a few photos about what’s going on in California and New York, it appears that scores of Occupy Wall Street protesters are snatching these up to shield themselves against tear gas deployed by police.

We have also heard of some people buying these for paint and particle protection. Although these masks technically can be used for such purposes, we’re inclined to recommend 3M, AO Safety, and other brands’ respirators for such applications.

If you have ever bought one of these, what do you use it for? What would you use it for?

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4 Comments

  1. David K.

    Nov 3, 2011

    Wow that seems pretty cool… but it seems like overkill for painting and woodworking projects haha! Do you know if they would work well for those situations? I am not sure how gas masks like that work but I would think their filters may not be able to handle larger particles and would be a lot more expensive to replace…

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  2. Mrs. ToolGuyd

    Nov 3, 2011

    Are you my mummy?

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  3. Kevin

    Nov 3, 2011

    college kids use them for smoking herb

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  4. rob

    Nov 4, 2011

    Living in the SF/Oakland Bay Area I can tell you from all the reports here, that some of the anarchist/anonymous/black mob have been sporting these as they destroy public and private property. I also know some of the various mutual aid police depts have been using masks which might not be supplied by their depts as tear gas has been deployed.

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