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get a shallower hollow. the height of the runner has nothing to do with it and the shape doesn't affect your skating much. also if the person who sharpened them isn't who normally does it he maybe makes more passes and the same hollow was actually sharper than your used to.

kovalchuk haVE you tried the True A6.0 yet?

sounds like the rink's ice was too soft for the sharpening you got that also could be why snow was sticking to it. when i had black steel on my APXs i didn't notice snow sticking to it anymore than other steel, usually that changes depending on the ice conditions.

no your blade may not be centered of the wheel to get even edges it's the center of where the spinner leaves its shape on the wheel and in my experience it's different when you change spinner sizes I usually have to adjust the holder to the new spinner.

Some sharpeners use leather to hone the steel since it doesn't affect the mirror finish. I personally have the Step blacksteel which looks like a black v steel since it also has a mirror finish and I use a leather pad taped to a cut piece of hockey stick as a handle it works well but like jimmy said they don't really need honing after a sharpening.

I just got the Step Black steel a couple weeks ago and they are awesome I had them profiled to the same specs as my V-steel and even though its only been 2 weeks they seem to hold an edge a little better than the v-steel but i didn't notice that much of a difference but I love the look of them the black runner on my NXGs look awesome. Someone who has or seen blackedge runners i was wondering do the have a mirror finish like the black steel does or not. I know you cant stone either one. no its definitely not just in your head the Step totally out preforms bauers super stainless and pretty much any bauer runner. I used to have the Fusions that came on my skates and I really didn't like them plus they bend if hit by a hard shot. When i upgraded to step V-steel it was like night and day. Plus i get my skates sharpened every week so the height of step is great not just for tight turning and profiling but the runners last much longer.

are those islanders or oilers colors hard to tell.