I just won a LaSpirotechnique Royal Mistral w/ HP port. While starting to clean it up, I noticed the hose clamps are not ones that I have seen before. Are they just wide zip ties to be cut off, or is there a way to remove them?

“A diver wears a watch to tell what sport is his. The secondary function is to tell what time it is.” -Dick Anderson, Scubapro Catalog