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He's offering to take a photo of 4 sticks. A P90t, a P90TM, a P28 and a P29. I would say that it WILL show any differences between a 90T and a 90TM quite clearly and throw in a couple other well known patterns for reference as well. I'm curious to see that the 90TM will look like when the FT3s drop later this year, so I for one would really appreciate it @SkateWorksPNW

I had regular 3mm Step on my last pair of Bauer goalie skates with cowlings and loved it. When I went to Supreme 1S (size 10) I hated the stock steel, but being in the US I couldn't get Step so I went with the Tydan DLC. I've since moved on to a pair of True's (9.5, so different holder/steel size) and am using a Bauer holder and LS5G steel. I sharpen my own skates and am very particular about my edges. I would say that the Step seemed to hold an edge better than the Tydan. The Tydan was definitely better than LS3G steel but I didn't like it as much as Step or LS5G. Just personal preference and anecdotal evidence, but I felt like the Tydan needed to be sharpened more often than either of the other two. One thing that was definitely factual was that I ordered my Tydan steel profiled (Goalie Sam) and sharpened and the sharpening was absolute garbage! A Sparx machine would have left the steel smoother.

It's easy enough to bake your skates at home as long as you have a convection oven. I've done two pairs of skates this way and had no issues. Preheat the oven to 175 degrees Fahrenheit. If you have a circular or table saw cut a 3/4" deep straight cut into a piece of 2x4. Use the piece of 2x4 to hold your skate upright as opposed to allowing it to lay on it's side. Lace the skate gently (75% tightness, pull out instead of up when lacing, etc...) and allow it to cool on your foot for 10 minutes. Repeat the process for the other skate. If you do not have a convection oven do NOT attempt this on your own as you'll heat your skates unevenly and not get good results with molding them.

I used to do this back in the day. With a good sharp wood file it only added about 5 minutes to my prep time. Compared to how long I used to spend taping each stick the time investment was minimal. edit: minimal for a player buying a new stick every other month or so. For a pro... that's a different ball of wax.

Personally i think after a certain period of time you just get into the habit of taping your stick the same way and do it without thought. It took one of my teammates asking why i was bothering putting all that effort into taping up a handle that already had grip on it before I rethought my process. Now I just go with a simple 3/16" knob of stick tape at half width and everything else is just naked. As was mentioned above the feel is way better and my tape time has been cut in half.

Agreed. Mine were actually more comfortable AND functioned better after relieving a little of the wrap on the eyelet cuff.