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They should try replacing the carbon fiber with a lightweight metal.

Didn’t need a pair of binoculars to see this problem coming.

the most hilarious part about this is people trying to lighten their skates by this little tiny bit like it makes any difference whatsoever. spend 2 extra minutes a week exercising and youll get more improvement in your legs than carrying around a couple less grams of steel. get freaking real. seriously i would like to know how much lighter on your legs it is if you are sloppy with your water bottle or clean. obviously our gear and jerseys can hold alot of water. if you overshoot your mouth all the time and get your jersey soaked, whats the weight on that? these runners are a gimmick with no performance benefit whatsoever because equipment whores just look at the grams of something and will buy it. theres a market for it. take two hockey players, and if one is better than the other you can change steels between them and the one will still be better. this is ludicrous. not to mention, if you believe that the steel actually weighs you down (eyes rolling out my head as i type that) then you are getting a better workout and more fit by using that steel. you will be factually be a stronger person from it than someone who uses the carbon steel. if it made a difference, which it doesnt. youre legs are handling such HUGE amount of forces i wish there were a physics math guy who could tell you just how many pounds of force your legs are handling and how absolutely irrelevant your steel is compared to that. During a hockey game you are careening towards the boards and the only thing stopping you is your foot turned sideways applying ENORMOUS SHEER FORCES longitudinally to that little piece of steel connecting you to the ground. and youre going to cut it in half and instead of a solid piece of steel youre counting on a mm wide strip of adhesive. its ludicrous. Not to be critical.

It’s only a matter of time imo before they start separating like the Fusion did

I had that done 3 years ago on my right side but the doctor ended up not shaving any bone down since it was looking like I would be due for a hip replacement soon.

I hate slipping or losing an edge while trying to sprint, turn or stop hard. That sounds like smaller ROH might fix the grip issue. No balance. That might be the pitch and/or radius. Do you feel like your skates are pushing you back on your heels while doing deep cross overs (going with positive or aggressive pitch would help)? Or do you feel like your skates make it like you are tripping on the tip of your toes (negative pitch would help)? Sometimes, skates and blade holders have built in aggressive pitch which may or may not work with you. A larger radius profile may make the skates feel like you've lost agility, like ability to pivot quickly going backwards to forwards and vice versa, or you cannot turn in deep and hard, like you are skating on cross-country skis. A smaller profile would help, or if you go with a multi-radius profile, a smaller front radius would help. If you still have your old Reeboks, one thing would be to ask the sharpener to find out the radius and ROH on your old skates and put that on your new skates. Just read the post before this... sounds like I just regurgitated what was written. 😂 LOL. Good luck.

They had this video for the custom skate. I don't know if it applies to the TF-7.

How tight do you tie your skates? Specifically, how much ankle mobility do you have? When I hear about someone having trouble gripping the ice regardless of how sharp their skates are, I'm thinking it's an edge alignment issue, meaning you're having trouble getting your edges lined up properly against the ice over the blade's balance point. There can be lots of different reasons for this, including but not limited to laces too tight, thus restricting ankle mobility, ill fitting skates, or simply a flaw in technique. One thing I'm fairly certain it isn't is the profile. But without actually seeing you skate, this is all speculation on my part.

So his skates and gloves will finally match?

This one hurts : https://www.yahoo.com/entertainment/norm-macdonald-dies-influential-comedian-182106633.html Norm was one of my favorite comics, and even made mundane interviews on talk shows hilarious.