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It's very simple. Any decent store should know how to do this, If they don't, you should not let them touch your skates.

I'll echo the comment above. All you have to do is goto a competent shop and ask them to profile your skates to what every profile you want and ask for a neutral pitch or what ever pitch you want. Simple as that. And yes, changing the pitch can make a significant difference. How much? I depends on the skater.

You can change the pitch on any profile. Because the toe of these profile is very tight, it naturally removes more steel at the toe. At the toe you will feel pitch forward. In the middle of the profile at the balance point however, it should feel pretty neutral. if you remove some pitch or move the pivot point forward, you will probably feel like you are leaning back a bit when you are skating on the middle of the blade, but you won’t feel like you are falling forward when you are on your toes.. CAD drawings help explain this easier. make small tweaks 5mm forwards or back, or +1, -1 and see if you like it more or less.

Howdy, I need an excuse to get a 3d printer. And I use a funky triangular knob end to help my old man wrist deal with hockey forces. Today said knob end is made by doing 15 wraps of 1.5" tape followed by 15 wraps of 1" tape, then covering the whole deal with VukGripz. That's sorta a pain. I think it would be nicer to be able to 3d print the underlying part of the knob end, then cover / hold it in place on the stick with a bit of tape & cover with VukGripz. I know I'll have to model the knob end & slice it and whatever... My question for those of you that know something about 3d printing (I don't) is "what material should I use?" A knob end that fractures off or can't take being whacked into the boards or whatever would suck. Thanks! Mark

It's a special edition model, only select stores have it. They take a lower price point and upgrade it with some features from the top models. The FT690 is a mix of the FT680 and the FT6 models: The boot and holder is FT680, the liner and steel is from the FT6, and the tongue from the FT6 Pro. Seems like a great value skate, did you buy it already?

If its printed with enough infill, standard PLA should be just fine.