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I like it as a sweatshirt/sweater for a fan to wear. That’s actually what I thought it was at first. Not so much as a jersey but will reserve judgement till I see the full package

Howdy, When I was in the same situation, I was leaning towards the Wissota but ended up going with the Sparx. The primary driver for this was comparing profiles on new blades vs. ones that had been sharpened for a while. There were drastic differences, and they'd been sharpened by folks that did them every day of the week (local Pure, known for decent sharpening). I figured if decent pros couldn't keep the profile within reason, then there was no way someone like me who would sharpen once or twice a week ever would. Other than that, the lack of dust everywhere and the "press go and do something else" are also big wins, but they weren't my decision point. The only real downside is that the Sparx is a significantly more complicated machine than a basic manual sharpener, so there's more opportunites to fail and its less likely that you can fix it yourself if the company goes away. Mark

I've been sharpening almost 20 years, and I think it would subconsciously drive me nuts that the Wissota spins counter-clockwise 😂

The jerseys though!

Since the screws come with blue on them I assume it's a good idea. I like sharp steel all the time.... I rotate three sets of steel on my SB +4.0's and I clean the threads and use blue Loctite every time I change them out at home (once every 9 days or so/ <10hrs of use). But I have also swapped blades in the locker room 5min into a drop-in because they didn't feel sharp/grip enough and I didn't worry about reapplying the Loctite. All was fine. I recently picked up a 1/2 dozen extra screws... changing steel as much as I do has to weaken them some. I snapped a bolt while skating and didn't know until I changed the steel that night. It never fell out even with nothing holding it in the holder. & as to why I do this.... There is only one person at our rink that does a semi decent sharpening, not knowing when I can catch him working, I always have sharp backup steel if needed until I can find him working again.