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Mine were the later 3000's, with the green color accents and the 5000's were the top of the line. I'm not sure if it had that tongue design still.
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My first two pairs of skates were 1997 Bauer Supreme 3000's and 5000's. I can't remember too well what the tongues were like--did they still have the channel then or was it prior to that?
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Have you tried a Forsberg pad? I developed sudden lace bite a while back and discovered that the irritation was because of how much the tendons bulge out when they contract to lift the foot, which happens when you forward flex in a skate. I just cut a 3/8" channel down the middle of the heel of an old footbed I wasn't using anymore and it was perfect. I couldn't tell it was in there, but the pain was completely gone. I have no idea why tongues aren't built with that channel to begin with, allowing the tendons to flex without having to face the majority of the brunt of the pressure from the laces over the tongue. If the volume is borderline for you, maybe altering the tongue would be sufficient for you to continue in your VH's. Here's a link to pictures of the pad I made, in case you want to try something similar: http://s284.photobucket.com/user/prm776/library/?sort=3&page=1
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Still taping the tendon guards of course :)
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Aha, but it's not visible from the photo that those are any particular brand of skates. That one you'd have to know. Also, I said Tierney, but the Easton stick means that's probably wrong and it was Wingels instead.
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I only see 4 there: Tierney, Dillon, Pavelski, and Karlsson. Where's the 5th?
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Base Hockey shafts, blades and new features
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The blades would look great with the BASE logo on the sides, like on blades back in the golden days of two piece sticks, similar to what True has on theirs.- 114 replies
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The Flying Blood Oranges.
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Good to hear. I have a couple Malkin Eastons, so I was going off of that. I haven't compared the Warrior Gionta to the Base Malkin. The Easton Malkin to Warrior Gionta differences are more slight: the lie and rocker shapes are almost exactly the same, the Malkin curve is bit more pronounced instead of smoothed out across a larger area and the blade is a bit taller as well as a bit longer. Otherwise, they're pretty readily interchangeable.
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The Malkin pro is incredibly close to the Gionta. You should try that.
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Indeed, the PM9 has an underrated smooth rocker. I love that pattern. If only it were curved like the Iginla or hybridized with that curve, but kept the same in blade face and lie, that would be perfection for me.
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They're very different: _09 pattern curve: heel lie: 5 toe: round length: average/short height: roughly consistent from heel to toe _10 pattern curve: mid-toe lie: 6 toe: square length: long height: shorter at the heel and taller at the toe
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I haven't tried the high end Nespresso...I'll be on the look out :) Couldn't agree more, the calculus of what's the best sharpening option includes a lot of factors and in some cases, the professional options available are depressing to say the least...again, just like finding a consistently great espresso supply.
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That music is epic...that's a morning show? I was thinking I should sprinkle some MDMA on my cereal.
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It's like espresso: incredibly expensive and difficult to replicate high quality results at home--even achieving the minimum platform for quality to shine through to the end of the whole process requires significant investments of time and money. It's worth it to take it to the professionals.
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Yes, it's strange, trying to nail down what the lie is. The Leino is more continuously rockered where that heel-middle-toe difference is more drastic. The Kovalevs I have are all just a bit higher than the E4 I've compared it to from 1/4 of the blade length beyond the heel and further forward. I didn't have much stick+puck time to play around with it though. I think I may be able to dial it in, it just ended up playing higher than I expected...If I'm right in what that experimenting has taught me, it's more important for me to have the lie stay low at least to 2/3 - 3/4 of the length away from the heel, so the puck doesn't slip under the blade when I'm carrying it. I think I just need to try some lie 4's, in which case, I'll definitely be drawing on Base's vast offerings in that range come next season. I'm not sure, but I suspect it's due to a curse of long arms that I'm lost with anything but really low lies.
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On Coffey curves: Montreal's PC had less rocker and was a little less banana-ish. I think Frontier's COF may be the same as Montreal's oldie, but I haven't seen one in person, so it's hard to say. Loved that curve.
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I have one of those and it's a slim standard. It fits in my Mako M5 and AK27 shafts with a little strip of tape to fill in some negative space. Forgot to mention, I also have an SE16 Leino with a tapered modified version of Kovalev's curve. It's a significantly lower lie, thinner blade and more dagger-like toe shape, but generally the same. For me personally, I was incredibly keen to try Kovalev's patterns after having read about them, but they end up being a bit too high in the lie for me, though I found the Leinovalev more accommodating. I also didn't like the shortness of the blade by the heel. I tend to handle the puck there and it felt as though my feedback from the puck was reduced in the heel half of the blade.
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Maybe the extra protection in the tongue contributes a bit as well...maybe 10-20g, but add 10-20 here, there, a couple other places, and soon you're up 100g total.
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In the second round: a couple other Sharks: Tierney, Karlsson, Wingels, Dillon; one Isle: Hickey; some more Blues: Paajarvi (if he gets in the lineup), Schwartz; one Penguin: Cole.
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I saw an old Gretzky Titan at the Hockey Hall of Fame that was pretty close to that.
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BC28/Kreps but lower lie, around the Easton E4's 5.0 lie. Every X28 I've seen is closer to 5.5 in the heel "low lie" section. Otherwise that curve is perfect. Even lower could be good, around 4.5. I'd get behind the (left hand mirror) Kovalchuk too if it's a low lie.
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Wilson could ask Marleau how he's kept it going for 10-years!
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It would be a reversion if he did: Wilson was already and went over to the Mako side.
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Epic :)