And IIRC, when you bring the shells back, the shipmason creates three pieces of equipment. So you should be able to buy a total of three helmets and breathers with one batch, and six with two. Statistically, that should give you three full sets, not two; with the next batch you bring in, you should be well on your way (especially since he usually has some stock when you first get there).
Other than that, just keep hunting them down. And keep trying to steal; in my last game, that's all my best thief did during combat with crabs.
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