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  1. Larry54
    If you want it to be easier to remove the footbeds, you can do like I did on these Graf footbeds which are also hard to remove. Put a strip of tape across the heel, let it stick out past the edge and fold it over into a tab like in this picture. Then you just pull on the tab to remove the footbed from your skate.
  2. Larry54
    Thanks a bundle, mc88. I've read your guide already and it has some great tips. I have it in my bookmarks. It's odd that we don't have a dealer/fitter here in a hockey city like Montreal. And thanks for the encouraging words about going down a holder size. I think I tend to bend forward too much sometimes and am already making an effort to correct that to take a bit of strain off of my back. The shorter runners will further force me to make that correction. And I imagine toe starts will become a bit easier.
  3. Larry54
    Thanks for the response. I don't know if Rob did the fitting 3 years ago since all my correspondence was with Scott. If I compare my photo to MC88's photo, mine has at least 5mm more toe space than his. But if they do add a bit more length to fit a longer holder, that would explain a lot because my holders use up all the boot's real estate so they would not fit a smaller boot. Anyway, I'm not trying to get these skates fixed or anything like that. I just want my next ones to have a closer fit. If I have to request a shorter holder to get it, I've been thinking of going to a shorter holder anyway.
  4. Larry54
    oldtrainerguy28, with all the VH fittings you've done, I'd really appreciate your input on the 8 posts above. Thanks.
  5. Larry54
    Those look much better than mine. I was also quite anal about my tracings and measurements. But that's not all that they use. They also consider your current skate model and size and its holder size. I've always worn skates that were a bit too long in order to accommodate my wide forefeet and especially my weird big toe which doesn't fit well in the toecaps of normal skates. If VH included my then current Bauer Flexlites info to design my VH pair, or if they adjusted the length to accommodate the holder size of those overly long Flexlites, that might have given the resulting skate length. Coincidentally, the Graf SIDAS molded footbeds that were made for my Flexlites fit perfectly in my VH skates. mc88, how did your previous skates (the ones that you stated in your VH order form) fit lengthwise? Do you have the same holder length on your VH skates as on your previous skates? I can't order my next pair until I have this sorted out.
  6. Larry54
    First, my toebox is a carbon fibre toebox that was custom shaped to accommodate the bumps on the outsides of my big toes. Secondly, 1/2 size is 4-5mm. The insole on the right which is the smaller of the two extends 8mm beyond the toe. So when people talk about the ideal length having the toes feathering the inside of the toebox, that's far from my case. Obviously, they have to leave some margin of error for remote fitting. I'm just hoping other VH users will chime in for comparisons.
  7. Larry54
    Here's a question to my fellow VH wearers. How's the length of your custom skates? Like, do the toes feather the toecaps? How do they fare in the pencil-behind-the-heel test? With my foot on a footbed, this is what it looks like (VH insole left, Graf SIDAS right). Is it similar for you? Seems like a lot of space in the toecap. After 3 years in my current pair, I'm planning on buying a new pair and was wondering whether this is typical of VH skates or if there is something a bit peculiar with my current pair that I should address to make sure my new pair is more normal.
  8. Larry54
    Elvis Stojko now in VH skates!
  9. Larry54
    If my Graf Sidas molded footbeds ever need replacing, I'll have to look into these, seeing that Graf Canada is no longer.
  10. Larry54
    No, but when I first baked them, I might have laced them too tight or flexed forward a bit before they cooled down. That caused a bit of a crease in the thermo-formable tongue. So then I took the tongue out and re-heated it by itself with a heat gun to smooth out the kink. It has been good ever since. That was for the original tongue. Which tongue do you have? BTW, you don't have to crank down on the laces on these skates to have good support, just in case you're doing that.
  11. Larry54
    I saw them in your Facebook posts. They look pretty impressive. I like that they have a shorter wheelbase than the Sprungs.
  12. Larry54
    When I ordered the SuperNatural, it only came in polar fibre. I found that it didn't give me enough grip. I prefer the grip powder matte. I also prefer it over the gloss grip. I have a Nasty with grip powder matte since January 2015, playing 2-3 times a week and the only wear is on the corners where the stick gets slashed and from stick lifting. Other than that the finish seems very durable.
  13. Larry54
    Once your muscle memory gets re-calibrated to the new skates, I think you should be back on track. Keep it up!
  14. Larry54
    I went through the online ordering process just to check it out, and there's a BC04 7.5 LIE available only if you select right-handed. No other details are shown though.
  15. Larry54
    I notice that the blades on my SuperNatural and Nasty sticks have the checkerboard appearance like your Xtra Stiff blade whereas my Savoy Specials look like the other blades. I'd like to know what blade stiffness my sticks have. Thanks.
  16. Larry54
    Maybe he just likes to be color-coordinated. He should have blue holders on there.
  17. Larry54
    Keith Emerson http://www.rollingstone.com/music/news/keith-emerson-emerson-lake-and-palmer-keyboardist-dead-at-71-20160311
  18. Larry54
    But have you or your son tried wearing your old skates again? Sometimes that's what it takes to notice and appreciate the improvement of the MLX - Mako - VH skates.
  19. Larry54
    Mike Condon, too.
  20. Larry54
    Instead of transferring your weight forward from your right leg to your left leg, your body is moving downward as you swing. Notice how your right knee is bending as you swing. In a way it should be doing the opposite, straightening as you push off of it to transfer your weight forward from the right leg to the left.
  21. Larry54
    I'm still loving my VH skates after over 2 years, but to be quite honest, I'd be disappointed with the eyelet thing. If the eyelet configuration doesn't feel like you expected, definitely tell them you're not happy about it. It's not what you asked for. Maybe Scott should have refused the request for such a radical departure from his standard VH model. Since he didn't, he must be ready and willing to deal with the consequences. Having said that, I'd be wary of asking for anything that differs that much from the standard VH design that NHL players are wearing, and that Scott has refined over several years. I get plenty of forward flex on my ordinary custom VH pair laced normally to the top eyelet. I also wonder how you'll get your foot in and out of the boot once the heat-molding has wrapped the top eyelets together, completely closing the gap with rock-hard thermo-plastic around the ankle.
  22. Larry54
    ...with LS2 blades being an exception since they use nylon insert locknuts.
  23. Larry54
    If the top eyelets are more forward, and the back of the skate remains at the same angle, won't you just get more wrap at the top eyelets, maybe even too much unless you like to keep the laces really loose at the top or have humongous shins? With my VH skates laced up, the wrap is pretty even from bottom to top. If the eyelets were leaning at the top, the two sides would get really close to each other at the top.
  24. Larry54
    First of all, finding the right size phillips bit is not rocket science. It's pretty obvious when the bit fits the head perfectly. And you shouldn't be cranking the screws tight enough that you risk stripping the head. You should use blue loc-tite and not over-tighten the screws. And for the washers, it's not at all about the cost. It's just that the less parts there are, the less chance of things moving, the cleaner looking the installation, and the less unnecessary weight you'll add even if it's minimal. Just my 2 cents worth.
  25. Larry54
    For the next time, I suggest you get truss head machine screws. They have bigger diameter heads so you don't need to add washers.
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