Est. 2020
Mid-handle spearguns shaped from two singular materials: Burmese teak — a limited, dwindling supply — and old-growth mahogany salvaged from colonial-era homes across Guam. What's built is what's available.
Booth Spearguns was born out of sheer necessity. As a diver in the water every single day, I watched gear break under the island's harsh conditions. I didn't need just another speargun; I needed a tool built for absolute abuse and lifetime durability—one that factory lines simply couldn't produce. So, I started crafting them myself. Today, Booth isn't a factory or a commercial workshop. It's just one builder, by hand, shaping every single gun from a raw wood blank to a finished piece.
The material is everything. Burmese teak — dense, slow-grown, amber — is sourced in limited quantity and will not be replenished. Old-growth mahogany is salvaged from colonial-era homes across Guam before demolition takes them. Both woods carry history. Both are finite.
Each gun is built to a single specification: the best version of a mid-handle speargun that can be made by hand in Guam with these materials and this trigger. What changes is the wood. The rest is proven.
Across thousands of years of shipbuilding, the ultimate test of craftsmanship was surviving the absolute brutality of the ocean. Ancient shipwrights discovered one undisputed king of the sea — and it's exactly why we build with it today.
When you're tracking a fish, the last thing on your mind should be whether your gun will fire. We put in the work on the bench so you don't have to think about it in the water.
Guam banned scuba spearfishing in March 2020 — one of the last Pacific jurisdictions to do so. Here's the legislative timeline and what the data shows on reef recovery since.
That house is where my spearfishing journey started. My uncle is gone now, and my family had moved on — so before it was lost for good, I pulled some of the beams. The wood became two guns. Built for memory, shaped by hand, and carrying something no teak blank ever could.
It has no taste, no smell, and survives cooking. What every spearfisher on this island needs to know before the catch hits the table.
Every gun built is documented here. Each one singular — a specific piece of wood, a specific weight, a specific moment.
Commissioned for Jaden Guerrero, shaped from reclaimed mahogany salvaged from his grandfather's home. Mozo-tip muzzle with a Dyneema double-wrap, heat-treated spring steel shaft, and a Booth-branded Steve Alexander Trigger Mech.
Guam mahogany — dark, dense grain from a mid-century residential beam. Compact 95cm build for reef hunting.
Extended 130cm build for open-water pelagic. Burmese teak, full carbon wrap, custom reel mount. Built for blue water.
The first Guam mahogany build. Salvaged from a 1940s home in Hagåtña. The wood that started the material program.
The gun that defined the Booth profile. Burmese teak, hand-shaped over three weeks. The blueprint every build since has followed.
The freshest expression of a clean kill. Sliced thin, dressed minimally. This dish rewards the hunt.
Chill loin for 20 minutes. Slice 3mm thick against the grain using a single draw stroke.
02Arrange overlapping on a cold plate. Dress with yuzu, then olive oil. Season with smoked salt.
03Garnish with shiso. Serve immediately — do not let it sit.
A rich, slow-reduced bisque from shells you'd otherwise discard. Nothing wasted.
The gun-to-table benchmark. Whole fish, minimal intervention, maximum respect for the catch.
Foraged from the same waters you hunt. Bright, briny, and essential alongside anything sashimi-grade.
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