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By one-piece skate do you mean the goalie skates with an integrated holder or the monocoque boot versus traditional boots with quarter panels glued and stapled to a separate sole?
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Looks like he's onto a pretty standard X28 this year after using the P92 last year. What you describe and what I've seen of his Kovalevish patterns, they remind me of the Leino I have: pretty much a Kovalev crossed with X28: similar rocker as the Kovalev has, but with the crest closer to the toe than the heel; curve wise it's like a kinked X28: more open and more mid-toe on its second curve than the Kovalevs I have. Both Kovalev's straighter-toe patterns and later major toe kink patterns have a longer second lie portion, where pretty much the last 1/2 - 2/3 of the blade are higher lie than the heel. The Base Kovalev is even higher in the secondary rocker area, I'm guessing to work with the curve meeting the puck further forward from the shaft's neutral line.
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Just to clarify, I'm only interested if the lie is as low as or lower than a PM9.
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There was discussion of doing a lie 4 to compliment their lie 5. As far as I've seen, Base only has one lie for their BC28. Every lie-5-X28 I've checked in person has looked to be closer to 5.5. The closest lie+rocker profile I've found comparing the X28 to other patterns is the old Easton Drury, which was never considered a 5, but rather 5.5. I've written this in other places on here, but I suspect the X28 originated as a modified Drury, with the standard Drury lie.
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I've played both new and old Kovalevs and find the Base pattern requires a longer shaft because the heel is more radically rockered. The toe is definitely higher, but I think the toe kink makes up for that. What about the lie-4 Kreps that was discussed a while back, was that ever close?
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I think of them as somewhat flashier than anything else out there, with that foil badge on the side. Just, it's a focused flash, compared to the garish vomit that adorns pretty much everything else. Graf pulled the look off first: let the quality of the materials speak for themselves and add just enough bling to say, I cost a pretty penny. VH, now True, has been the best at it lately. The VH1's had incredible bling. They're a bit muted now, but there's still a clear vestige of solid bling :)
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I was quick to criticize the new True look, but seeing them in context, they've really grown on me. Especially the custom color options look better in the new scheme. Looking through the gallery of the CBJ opener, there were so many versions on display. The new ones do look really good actually.
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Prostockhockey had a bunch of his sticks about a year ago, but they made it sound like he had a crazy high lie, 7 or something 5 does sound closer to reality. I've just been burned by high lies so many times I didn't bother. They had a lot of Kulikovs too, and PSH's stock looked like they were pretty much the same curve on both his and Barkov's sticks.
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If it's like this one, and a lie 5 like Cannon says their Barkov pattern is, I'd be in.
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Where are you ordering them from? Might be worth it to ship it in to DK considering the price of sticks here!
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A lot of his curves look nice like that, seeming like softer E28s. I'm suspicious of his rocker though. It looks like it goes really high. Do you have some good shots of the blade face on his sticks?
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Also, from browsing KHL photos, VH was already really catching on there and True seems at least to be continuing that trend if not improving on it. -
Great! There's so much here 1: When do I know I've learned enough where I can start making the ridiculous statements? 2: Interesting! 3, 4: Highly doubtful.
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Is that weight too much on the ball of the foot really a thing? Skaters were fine wearing Grafs when they're just as low cut as Trues but usually also incorporated a flared upper cuff to allow full range of motion. If you go long enough back before that, skates were even lower cut and much less stiff than anything seen recently. If being on the balls of your feet were an issue, players would have constantly been injured in those skates and I'm pretty sure they weren't in fact injured more frequently due to their skates than players are today. How does the range of motion differ between the Trues and 1Xs?
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It should probably be a new thread: @Skate Mod's thesis is broader than just VH, Flare, etc.
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Both Flare and Scott Van Horne's work are based in university research. I'm trying to follow your logic, but I'm missing the connection.
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"Hobby type approach," what do you mean exactly?
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The Scott Van Horne boots have been in that neighborhood: MLX, VH, now True. Makos were rather long too: between 12-18 minutes or something IIRC. It's just a different layup/cure(?) recipe that allows for unlimited bakings as well. Pretty sure that's not possible with Bauer, CCM, etc. There just isn't a comparison between these and other lines in that regard.
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How strong are your lower legs? Are they getting put through harsher paces because it's a lower cut boot? (Is it lower cut than your Vapors? That would be my guess.)
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Is it muscle pain, from suddenly over-exerting a muscle group that is exposed to a new level of strain, or is it contact/rubbing pain from the top of the boot, à la Mako Bumps?
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Which part of your shins? Is it a muscle burning feeling or a rubbing on tendon or bone, etc.? Can you find an anatomical diagram that shows the part and pinpoint the spot?
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http://www.ebay.com/itm/3-Easton-PRO-NHL-Tapered-Sr-Replacemen-blades-LH-Pattern-in-descriptiption-/152044792858?hash=item2366936c1a:g:7DkAAOSw5ZBWH7b2
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What about the top eyelet that falls on its own line? That's strange to me. The stitching looks regular and orderly, that's for sure, and the 4+ pieces that made up the quarter externals on the latter day VHs seem much more streamlined in the three that take their place. The tendon guard looks a bit bulgy though (on player skates, not Sparks', obviously).
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Interesting alteration to the cut of the top of the boot: eyelets more in the old Easton recliner position compared to VH's normal 90's CCM Tacks upright L.
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What curves were you using / had you tried before that one?
