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The color and shine are simply results of the level if manufacturing quality. The polished metal reflective appearance denotes reudced friction. The black being of a reflective appearance is similar as it is applied to steel with a mirror finish. That carbon coating has been proven to be much more durable than other carbon coatings which have a matt finish. I don’t think many people actually get these types of steel of finishes because of their appearance.

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Tydan also has a mirror surface and a much harder steel like Step does. They also have a model of runner that coats the mirror polished harder steel with a mirror smooth DLC coating that looks essentially identical to Step Steels blackedge runner. I guess you don’t have those specifics to compare to, but I’m thinking they are about the same quality so far. I didn’t see the Tydan higher quality polished steel with the DLC coating on that list. Thanks for your feedback. So far my main interest at this point has been a comparison of Step Blacksteel to Tydan Blacksteel. Both of those are of a higher quality than standard steel and may in fact be the exact same steel, and both of those have a DLC coating.

I went with the Tydan since I live in the U.S. I already ordered them from Tydan.com and am having them custom profiled and pre sharpened. I’m mot a goalie so they are regular player runners. Part of the reason I posted this thread is that I’ve seen people saying they prefer step to Tydan, but that they were mostly the same quality. I’ve also seem others saying that their Tydans were a little better and sharpened better than Steps. I’ve seen it deacribed both ways. I can’t even tell which ones are taller when I look at pictures side by side. They both seem to have the same coating. Someone has said that Tydans coating is a little better, but that is anecdotal as well. I was leaning towards Strp initially and I could have just gotten the older Bauer LS2 holders to hold the Steps, but thought that might get complicated down the line somehow. I even tried to find some leftover Steps that were sold in canada which fit the LSEdge holders, but since they settled out of court with Bauer to not produce those anymore even for sale in Canada there weren’t many left, and none at all that I could find in my size which is 263. So it was either get new holders and have the current ones on my skates taken off and installing new ones, or go with Tydan and keep my current holders as is. I was doing very well with the stock steel on my skates anyway so I’m sure it will be an improvement from that, and I was interested in having some taller blades. These Tydans or whichever runners I got if i didn’t get the Tydans are a birthday present. They haven’t been delivered yet since the order was just placed last night, but I was very curious about the performance of the differently shaped steel that step provides. I’ve only ever used stock steel before.

I know that Step has a runner with polished steel to a mirror finish also. They actually put their DLC coating on top of that polished finish, but you can buy the polished blades without the DLC coating also.

Step Steel is quite specific about detailing their quality of Steel and that it comes from Sweden where it is manufactured to very high quality and strength specifications. I haven’t found a definitive explanation about Tydan Steel other than that it is “said” to be the best available, and something about extensive heat treating. I’ve even seen reports seeming to suggeat that Tydan is simply LS3 or LS4 runner steel that has been treated and coated. I haven’t heard nearly as good things about the LS3-LS4 steel as I have of Step Steel or even Tydan compared to LS-3/4. I’m a bit suspicious of that. Do you know how the exact manufactured quality of Tydan Steel would compare to that of Step Steel prior to heat treating Tydan. It sounds more like Step Steel goes for the best steel right away from the start, whereas Tydan simply heat treats lower quality LS3/4 steel. That may not even be accurate. A lot of people say that they can’t determine one as better than the other who have skates on both. I’d like to know the exact type of steel that Tydans are made of of the carbon diamond coating variety compared to the exact type of steel used to manufacture Step Steel. I don’t know what’s true exactly, but I’d like to know if I can get an exact steel quality comparison aside from marketing. Tydan says they have the best steel and so does Step. I’m also interested in your personal experience if you can offer it as to how Step Steels differently shaped toe and heel effects performance. Not so much pertaining to personal oppinion of better or worse, but in terms of if you master Step Steels design what kinds of skating and maneuvering qualities it offers compared to the design that Tydan offers. I was particularly interested in a comparison between Step Steel blacksteel and Tydan Black steel diamond like carbon coatings. Thanks!