dasuchin

Did you read any of the previous 263 pages?

My Trues are from 2019, so prior to them having retail skates, think they just called them customs back then rather than SVHs. I was told 6-8 weeks, ordered them on the 20th.

I did go with the total custom plus. My understanding is it doesn't change the way the skate is built, just gives you some extra options. The rep mentioned going with the comfort foam add on for a more comfortable boot, he said it would make it close to the comfort of True. Options I went with were comfort foam, ankle donuts, totaldri pro liner. Basically a stock XF Pro skate aside from those.

I just ordered a pair of custom XF Pros to replace my True customs. Hopefully I don't end up regretting it. I talked to the CCM rep for my local store about what I was wanting out of them and he recommended a few options to get close to the feel of my Trues, so I guess we'll see in a few weeks. Biggest reason I decided to switch is my local store can do CCM but can't do True, and I didn't want to drive 6 hours round trip to order a new pair.

FWIW, I'm going on 5 years on my customs and they're still in good shape. I'm pretty anal about taking care of them though. I pull the insoles out and remove the soakers to let them hang dry after every single skate. I had the stock holders on them up until 2 months ago, swapped them for XS holders. Never had to replace any rivets on the holders. Only issue I've had is having to replacing the rivet on the tendon guards a couple times on each skate. I'm on the ice 4-5 times a week.

I mean, the description clearly says it's a mini documentary. Did you even watch the video? The dude is 82 years old, so 82 skates, not 80.

What's the learning curve like when it comes to manual sharpening? I'm not 100% happy with my Sparx, and I've considered getting something like the Wissota 911 for home use. I'm on the ice 4-6 times a week, and my wife a similar amount, so we sharpen quite a bit. Is there another machine other than the Wissota worth looking at? Not sure if I'd actually pull the trigger, but it's something I think about a lot.

I just wish they were more available and we didn't have to hunt a pair down for ourselves.

Yeah, sounds like we're talking about the same thing. I don't have a thumb loop either, it's just attached right to the thumb. I thought it was because of the palm material (black mustang) I got, but sounds like it's just from the flex thumb option. It doesn't really bother me, it moves just enough compared to a full lock thumb to make me not hate it.

By finger liners, do you mean extra padding at the top of the fingers? The main thing I don't like about my Eagles is the thin liner at the top of them isn't glued down or something. So while I'm playing, my finger ends up moving behind the liner somehow. If they could glue that down or thicken it up, it may fix that issue. The flex thumb also isn't really much of a flex thumb, but it's better than a full locked thumb.

Dumb question but, do you wear a separate jock with those warroad pants? And I'm guessing whatever separate jock you wear also holds your socks? I've thought about trying those but not sure what I'd do for jock and socks.

Any thoughts on how less protective the FT6 shins would be vs the ASV? I like the ASV Pro's I have except for the break in the liner rubbing on my shin in a weird way. But I wouldn't mind having a little slimmer of a shin pad if they're not that much less protective.

That's probably something I should look more into, cause I have no idea. I've never had any issue with shoes or anything so I've never gone to a podiatrist or had a doctor take a look at my feet.

It's difficult to explain. It just felt like I was stepping on something inside the boot. As if I put the boot on and there happened to be a golf ball underneath my arch. As far as I know, there's nothing specifically unique about my foot. But every retail skate I tried had the same result. Didn't matter if I tied them differently or used different insoles, it always happened. As for looking to move to something else, really just for curiosity's sake. I haven't really had any major issues with my Trues aside from having to replace the rivet on the tendon guard a few times. But it does get slightly annoying having to baby them so much and then the difficulty in putting them on/taking them off gets old.

Personally, every time I tried retail skates, I felt like I was stepping on a golf ball inside the skate. I tried all sorts of combinations of insoles and widths. This is before Bauer and CCM released the fit systems, so I was trying the different skate lines. When I decided to just get some Trues, it completely fixed that issue. Now I'm trying to decide what to get next, but it's difficult to tell if a custom CCM or Bauer would keep giving me that same problem I had in their retail skates or not. It's not something I could ever tell would happen when just trying the skate on, I had to actually go skate in them. Just having it on and tying it up didn't give me any indication on having that issue or not.