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  1. Larry54
    Elvis Stojko now in VH skates!
  2. Larry54
    If my Graf Sidas molded footbeds ever need replacing, I'll have to look into these, seeing that Graf Canada is no longer.
  3. 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.
  4. Larry54
    I saw them in your Facebook posts. They look pretty impressive. I like that they have a shorter wheelbase than the Sprungs.
  5. 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.
  6. Larry54
    Once your muscle memory gets re-calibrated to the new skates, I think you should be back on track. Keep it up!
  7. 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.
  8. 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.
  9. Larry54
    Maybe he just likes to be color-coordinated. He should have blue holders on there.
  10. Larry54
    Keith Emerson http://www.rollingstone.com/music/news/keith-emerson-emerson-lake-and-palmer-keyboardist-dead-at-71-20160311
  11. 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.
  12. Larry54
    Mike Condon, too.
  13. 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.
  14. 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.
  15. Larry54
    ...with LS2 blades being an exception since they use nylon insert locknuts.
  16. 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.
  17. 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.
  18. 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.
  19. Larry54
    "This video is private".
  20. Larry54
    I wouldn't put all copper rivets. It's better to have a combination of both types of rivets. This is the combination that is working well for me.
  21. Larry54
    After around a year I noticed a couple of rivets loosening at the toe. I had the rivets on the 4 corners of the front tower replaced by copper ones. I've just started a 3rd hockey season with them and I haven't had any more rivet problems. Since you already have copper rivets at the back of the front tower. you could have the 2 at the toe replaced. I would have it done before they get loose, because once they are loose it puts more strain on the adjacent rivets, loosening them too.
  22. Larry54
    I only used the shoehorn during heat-molding to protect the thick foam in the lining at the heel which is susceptible to permanent deformation when it's hot. I've never needed the shoehorn to get them on during normal use. I admit that the area around eyelets 3 and 4 rubs the top of my foot very hard when I put the skate on, but it's not enough to cause any kind of damage to the foot unless I put them on and remove them 10 times in a row.
  23. Larry54
    I was wondering the same thing. I thought people were requesting this. I understand the NHL licensing situation but I also prefer having the logo, and as a very satisfied customer would feel sort of cheap asking them not to put their logo on it.
  24. Larry54
    The screws on my 2-year-old VH toe caps are stainless steel so they still look good as new. I noticed black (carbon steel?) screws in recent pictures. Maybe some customers didn't like the shiny dot on the toe cap so VH switched to carbon steel?
  25. Larry54
    I never had the rusted eyelets problem but I put my skates and gloves on this as soon as I get home. https://www.maxxdry.com/product/Heavy_Duty
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