WackedWing

You're absolutely right, if you want to pop in a standard (.620) blade you have to flip the shaft -- keep in mind that would defeat the purpose of the taper. However, I've put in tapered (.520) blades into 1-piece tapered sticks. But only at the point of the taper where the shaft is wide enough to allow it. For example, a RBK 7k (2007 model) and two Stealths (2006 and CNT 2007) were easy, because their taper-width was right where the hosel would fit. This year's RBK 10k also ought to be easy. Not so easy: XXX Lite, XXXX, U+CL, S19, and so forth; in fact, you'd have to cut pretty high up the shaft because their taper is too narrow (0.470) where you'd want to put in a replacement tapered blade (0.520). Which brings me to this observation: From what I saw on video (and I haven't held it yet), the X:60 Stick is a 0.470 taper like the XXXX, and thus I'm probably going to have to pony up for the shaft version if I want to use replacement blades. Anyone have any idea as to the weight of the X:60 shaft?