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1/2" is pretty deep honestly.......

My shop is 5/8ths or less. Most of my minor midget and up players are going with less. And there all pretty good players. I have maybe 10 out of all my customers at 1/2 only a couple goalies at 3/8ths If the sharpen is level the pressure is even and consistent you dont need to ho so sharp.

I agree with @psulion22 I work part-time in a shop and sharpen my own skates we use the spinner system to dress the wheel. I have been skating at 5/8ths for probably about 10 years. A friend of mine has a sparx and I was curious so I had him cut my skates at 5/8ths. I was there when he did it we did 8 passes on each skate. When I tried them out they didn't feel like they had the same bite as when I do them on the blademaster. The best way to describe what I felt was a 5/8th sharpening that had been skated on once or twice. For me when I no longer have access to a sharpener i'll probably buy the blackstone portable machine. This was mainly a test to see if I would buy a sparx over the blackstone.

I'm more surprised at the amount of people skating on such deep hollows.

I as well just received mine yesterday and skated last night on them. Pros: Fit was great. Nice and light. Great aesthetic. Been waiting since AC1's for a design like this so over all love the skates. Cons: Shell didn't feel as stiff ad my vapors. Footbed slide. Had to add a small piece of reverse tape under the footbed to lock it in place. Labeda wheels. While the color is nice. Multiple wheels had air bubbles, core to exterior wheel pours offset by 1/8 inch. Poor product QA on a premium product like this. I ended up puting my Bones Swiss bearings and Konix Pures back on.

3D printed this spacer for my skate since I didn't want to use an orthopedic insole. Used Carbon reinforced Nylon, and swapped to stainless T-nuts and screws.