DarkStar50

X95 with shortened cuff and fingers

That would be a 7, not a 1.

It had been awhile since this thread was active. I didn't want to start a separate thread and hear the fanboy bs. If any mods feel the need, be my guest. Your LHS dilemma is shared by many. Carry on and have a good night.

I thought the comments were interesting and valid from the members. Considering that Bauer offers custom OPS and custom skates to those that want/need, I was interested in those members that might have had an interest in custom Bauer 4-rolls. Right now Eagle and Warrior are the only two North American companies offering this option. As a dealer seeing orders for custom Eagles and Warriors(I am not soliciting, seeking, or wanting members business. Go to your LHS!), I know this business is out there. I know members here as well as my customers will spend $250+ on custom gloves. I know they will wait 8-10 weeks to have these custom gloves delivered. My question was just to see if guys truly had interest if Bauer offered this route. While an Eagle top end is $200 retail and Warrior goes higher on retail Franchise, Bauer could perhaps be offering custom gloves at $100 more than a retail 4-roll. Would guys pony up the dough if they could get exactly what they wanted in a custom Bauer 4-roll? That is about as simple as I could put it. Speculation, prospecting, who gives a rat's ass. Take it for what it's worth and move on.

If the point ever makes its way back around it will be due to the conversation started here on pg 131 regarding if there was interest in Bauer offering a custom 4 roll glove package. You may carry on with your agenda now.

And then there is validation. Just another word and I digress. "What you don't know, you don't know." DW

This isn't speculation. This is prospecting.

Eagle offers shorter fingers, -1/4", - 1/2" as an option. I did that recently on an X95 glove, shortened the fingers. You have to be exact with the measurement when requesting it. No returns on customs!

I just saw that done on Backstrom's cuff on his X:60 Caps gloves at the Bauer event. Short, tight fingers, too.

I think a custom option would include the palm. On team order 4-Roll, 12 pair minimum per style, I have ordered both standard retail palm and single layer pro palm for different orders. The single layer pro palm is great for feel and flexibility.

Well, they are aware of it now.

Given the prices Warrior and Eagle get at retail for custom gloves, would guys here pay in that neighborhood for custom 4 Rolls from Bauer? Imagine a glove customizer on Bauer.com and the ability to choose options as Warrior and Eagle do. Anyone interested? Just curious.

Never lend equipment...............

New York Rangers using Techno Royal

Pittsburgh Warriors

having lunch today and a tooth falls out! Was a root canal job with the post about 3/8" in it. Nice, now I have to get this fixed = $. Play hockey tonight and tweak my groin in first 15 minutes, skate next 45 minutes just trying not to make it worse. Get home to answer a family email that makes everything even worse. some day I will get a tat that reads FTS : Fuck This Shit.

Thanks for the shout out. I have the answers from Bauer(Custom Department got back to me late today) for our questions and will be in touch tomorrow. That was a good pick up on the 4 Rolls! MTO colors are always good to have in your collection. My personal sweet spot is I skated today for the first time since August 1. August was a rough month with no chance to skate. It was a killer not to hit the ice. I just goofed around on the ice for 35 minutes shooting at a mini-net. Missed that sucker about 95% of the time!

In 1998, the Blues practiced here at the Ice House during a NY/NJ road trip. Brett Hull had the Vapor 8 skates. The entire boot had already turned white from his sweat. These are great skates but it is funny how heavy they feel now!

I found my original Vapor 8 Pro stock skates the other day. These are from 1999. They are still pretty strong. Here is how the outer boot would turn white from sweat.

Yes, the time has come to make that sign in the shop.

Hockey Dad in my building who also coaches a travel team here( = paycheck, not that he needs it since he drives a Land Rover) has me do a quick sizing on ONE100s last week on his bantam kid. Doesn't buy the skate, just tries them on. His kid is in the shop tonight so I call out the kid, "did you get the skates?" "Yeah, we got them at XYZ shop." the vent: next time your kid needs a rush sharpening, take them back to XYZ shop, 45 minutes down the road. No sale, sorry, no service.

True walk on, Matt Radoslovich. Matt played from 2001-2002 to 2004-2005.

I have a friend who was a walk-on at BU in early 2k. He needed a recommendation to get the look but made it. Played all 4 years on the varsity. A rare example but he did it. Bounced around low minors after BU, never got above ECHL.

JR, I had a bud step on a guy's stick blade, tear up his ACL and never play again. he ended up meeting this incredibly rich woman from DC and marrying her! You never know......