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    5 hours ago, Sniper9 said:

    I see these a lot with trues. They will tell you it's not an issue. Epoxy and cf won't be compromised from water. And that's just the outermost layer. The problem I have with this is not only is it sloppy/lazy work, that area technically is structurally compromised as you can probably pick it with your fingers and cause the CF to fray. The outermost layer is mostly cosmetic and likely won't affect the OVERALL integrity of the boot, but still not acceptable imo when you're spending $1500 bucks. 

    The good news is you can easily just fill those with epoxy yourself. That's what I would do vs shipping them back to true to do and pose the skates for 1-2 weeks. 

    That’s exactly what they said. Haha.  Either way I’ll just fill it myself because it’s driving me nuts.  Is there a specific epoxy I should use?  Besides that skates feel pretty good, a little fatigue in my feet after about an hour on the ice but I think it’s the pitch of the holders.  

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    I just got my new True custom skates over the weekend, and noticed some abnormalities in the coating on top of the carbon.   I had a pair made in 2018 and they didn’t exhibit this so not sure if it’s normal or not.  Last thing I want to do is skate them and have an issue with water creeping and ruining the boot.  I sent photos to True as well.  I know these are hand made and am aware there can be some issues at times but just want to make sure I won’t have an issue down the line.

     

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    On 11/1/2024 at 2:55 PM, flip12 said:

    Steel for True's new holder looks like it has cut outs at the top reminiscent of Tuuk Light Speed perforated steel. It doesn't cut out as far down, but you can see space between the holder and the steel across the bridge if you zoom in a bit.

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    I like the look of the holder. A lot less busy compared to everything going on on the surface of Shift and Shift Max.

    I just placed an order for Custom Trues on 10/21.  Kinda bummed I like the looks of this skate

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    @Mister_NoDangles Where do you play in LA? I’m hoping to get cleared to play soon after not skating for a year because of complications from a broken ankle.  I’m freaking out not playing and just messing around with my equipment.  I was skating tuesdays in El Segundo at pick up, a private skate on Thursday nights and was playing league Sunday’s in El Segundo.

     

     

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    In a weird turn of events I had my Easton girdle stolen along with my flyers winter classic shell, I had washed a bunch of stuff and left them on my first floor balcony drying.  Either way I was having some issues with my pants and shells just feeling a little weird so I’m looking to get into pants and am pretty curious on fit.  I’m looking at a tighter fitting pant so vapor 1x lites, Supreme 1s, or something from warrioror.  I’ve been wearing girdles since high school and am just lost on the fit of pants.  I’ve read tons of stuff on this forum before I posted but was still a bit uncertain. Size wise I’ve always worn a size large, I’m 6’1’’, 190lbs, waist 32-34 depending on the day.  Thank you everyone, I’ll apologize in advance if this questions annoys anyone.

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    Just picked up the skates and they look amazing.  Didn't notice any excess glue or manufacturing weirdness, I placed the order on April 5th True told me they shipped on Friday the 13th and Hockey Monkey got them Wednesday but processed them today.  Pretty damn quick, they did ship them with Step holders and steel but I tossed on some Tuuk edge and LS4 (ordering tydan now that I know exactly what size holder is on there) I decided to keep the True heal cup on there as well.  I went with the integrated shot blockers and holy shit are they stiff, I've been skating in Ccm super tacks so I'm hoping there isn't much of a difference.   I know people mentioned "comfort edge".  I'm not sure if its my skates or something they are doing but its actually pretty cushy at the top of the eyelits at the ankle, I can clearly feel where the shot blocker ends and a bit of cushion.  I was able to weigh them as well compared to a size 9 Bauer vapor x100 that I have as a back up pair.  Weighed without steel because the Bauers don't have any steel we are at 768 for the vapors and 863 for the True's.    My ankle isn't quite ready to skate them yet, but hopefully getting them out on the ice sooner then later.

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    I was pretty lucky to have a guy getting his skates baked when I went in for the scan.   Looked like a smaller size then I wear but had shot blockers and TUUK's and they didn't seem massively heavier.  I wore Nash lexan blockers to protect my shit ankle it just made sense to me to build it into the boot.   Hoping to get the skates in the next couple of weeks and then I'll see whats up

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    I was just scanned now I need to play the waiting game.   Went with integrated shot blockers, white felt tongues, and will be tossing TUUK edge holders.  Hockey Monkey did the scan and was concerned about the holders fitting.   I have set of 280's that I was going to toss onto my super tacks and I wear a 9 in Bauer, and 9.5 in CCM so I'm assuming I should be fine.

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    accidentally posted this in the wrong section

     

    Thinking about snagging a pair, currently in APX2 that are pretty broken down and shot and had makos for a bit but needed a stiffer skate due to some ankle issues with my one foot.  I'm into the tech of a monocoque designed boot, and was thinking VH but pretty interested in this package.   Anyone come from an APX2 skate?  negative space drives me crazy and have found a decent way of dealing with it thanks to powerfoot but miss the wrap of makos.   I know I need to get to a shop to try these on, just trying to do some research before I take a 2hr drive to a local shop.  Thanks guys

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    Thinking about snagging a pair, currently in APX2 that are pretty broken down and shot and had makos for a bit but needed a stiffer skate due to some ankle issues with my one foot.  I'm into the tech of a monocoque designed boot, and was thinking VH but pretty interested in this package.   Anyone come from an APX2 skate?  negative space drives me crazy and have found a decent way of dealing with it thanks to powerfoot but miss the wrap of makos.   I know I need to get to a shop to try these on, just trying to do some research before I take a 2hr drive to a local shop.  Thanks guys

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    What kind of luck did you guys have with the heal opening up? I wear a 9 in Bauer vapor x100's, when I recently went to try these on the LHS only had the m8 in 9 and 9.5, the 9.5 felt a little bigger then I wanted. Fast forward to today I received my mako 2s in a size 9 and I could barely get my feet in, going to get them baked hopefully Thursday but afraid they might be too small.

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