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VegasHockey

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  1. I had Rob make my True skates as close to a Mako as possible as the Mako is my most favorite skate of all time.
  2. Blademaster makes really good replacement brass eyelets. You might want to order those and then have a shoe repair or hockey repair shop put them in.
  3. Usually we give the customer some credit back in exchange for the steel and holder. We then sell them the Tuuk and any steel of their choice at cost and charge a very minimal fee to mount. While Tuuks are still more popular than the Step/VH holder, we are starting to see more people switch to the Step/VH holder on other brands of skates, specifically a lot of people who use CCM and dislike thr SB holders. Personally, I love the Step/VH holder. My main issue is no one other than Step, and soon to be Tydan, make steel for it. In the end, it's likely I'll be using the next generation CCM holder when it releases soon. I have been very impressed by it so far.
  4. No more boot only option 😞
  5. Not a problem. They really do go above and beyond to meet customers expectations. Many of the people who dislike True skates either could not get accustomed to the weight, they didn't use them long enough to give themselves time to adjust, or just couldn't get past the way they look.
  6. I have two pairs of True skates. I am not entirely sure what you are asking. The toe box fits fine. Some might like it a little more snug than others and for them, I recommend to either push the tongue down further into the toe cap or we add some foams. As for width, its made to fit your foot, so there isn't any extra room or slop unless you tell them you need room for foot issues.
  7. The skates would be made to fit your feet. The proper length and width. It's literally built to your foot specifications. There is no width or length measurements, per se.
  8. Ryan is the man. Mikko is awesome too!
  9. The boot seems to be about 48 grams lighter. That taking into consideration that I didn't get the shot blockers in this order. Total weight difference including the shot blocker is about 137 grams.
  10. You can use a dremel to drill down the carbon inside of the toe cap. I also remove the red rubber padding from inside the toe box as well.
  11. They still do tan. This pair was just made a week ago. zIn fact, you can see the "built date" of 9/6/2018.
  12. Just make sure to let the shop doing the work to adjust for the forward pitch thats already been applied in a previous profile. Usually, they adjust the profile on the ProSharp to account for such.
  13. Wanted to try the newer manufacturing process which incorporates the new carbon and a few other slight changes. I also wanted a pair without shot blocker and was curious about trying a different liner type as well.
  14. Be careful with how many times you profile.... Many "templates" have a forward pitch incorporated into them and if you keep profiling the same set of steel, and the shop doing the work doesn't account for such by adding a negative pitch, you are adding more forward pitch every single time you profile. I found this out myself the hard way a long time ago when I decided to profile my personal set of steel 5 times and I felt like I was sliding down the face of a cliff. This is something that many shops dont take into consideration as its nothing you can see by eye unless you know to look for it.
  15. Way too much to read here. Let's bring this to the basics. When using the factory profile of 10' what do you not like?
  16. Got my new pair of Trues today. I was very impressed with the fit and finish in the most recent model compared to my older skates. https://imgur.com/a/V3ArJ6j
  17. So, first thing. Why are they using a Bauer scanner or Bauer Brannock device? Each manufacturer has their own fitting specifications. Secondly, it seems to be that the built-in arch that CCM incorporated into the AS1 is not working well with your foot shape. Looking at your feet I think you should be wearing something else and not an AS1. If you have had them less than 90 days return them under the 90-day satisfaction policy and try on the FT1 and 70k skates. What is confusing to me is the way Bauer rates your feet as compared to what I am seeing. I would not say you have very high arches but Bauer marked you do....
  18. How big of a player is he? It might just be that the boot cannot support him or his skating style. If he is playing high-level Junior A I would imagine him going through a pair of very high end skates each season.
  19. Yeah, I remember many times as a kid playing travel tournaments and forgetting socks and having to skate barefoot. It was traumatic. I need something, even if its a thin as a pair of nylons to be between me and the liner. To each their own though.
  20. Usuaully, yes My feet barely sweat and I wear sani-socks. I imagine if you are barefooted it would be a different story, or if you used a thicker sock.
  21. I use regular beeswax but I imagine sno-seal may work the same as well.
  22. Interested in hearing. I personally use leather waterproofing beeswax and it works excellent.
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