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It's just that, the Mako's are not really that "heavy" are they? They're not the lightest out there, but they're close. They'd also feel a lot lighter if Easton had a similar product to Bauer's fusion steel, right? Which skate do you prefer due to its lightness (if we just focus on that characteristic)? If you want a stiffer and lighter Mako, maybe VH would do the trick, but I'm just guessing, I don't have anything to go off of there.
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All valid questions, but hockey players are finicky people, even those not on MSH. If he feels lighter and faster on the ice, then more power and pleasure to him. Whether or not he actually IS faster is a question that cannot reasonably be answered in a scientific setting for most rec hockey players.
One thing I love about MSH is how it's helped me cut through this kind of question. Once I found a stick that worked for me, I still had little idea why it worked, until finding this forum which helped clarify how the different pieces contributed to the greater whole, and of course, by extension, allowed for each of those components to be analyzed and modified, optimized individually. MSH is where I go to find a scientific approach to feeling good on the ice, and if icewalker_bg feels better out there, it may be due to some other reason, which, once isolated, can be leveraged for even better feeling later. As he put it, you make a few small adjustments here and there and pretty soon, you're significantly better off. If your equipment is that much better suited to your unique proportions, you'll excel beyond your previous best. That's my paean to MSH.
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Not sure why but it does bother me, i feel like i am quicker with lighter skates. Overall i try so save weight everywhere, 150gr here, 150gr there, and before you know it you are a kilo or two lighter.
Are you really quicker? Blind taste test: have you timed your skating through set courses and compared? What skates are you comparing to your Makos that you feel quicker in? It could be something other than the weight. It also could be the weight, but have you ruled out other things?
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It's wood. He's also dead, so 'used'.
Was this post a glitch in the server update problem?
Nah, not a glitch, you can see the date, April 2 2014--it was to photomatch with the MIA gloves that Penguin Fan 96 picked up, seen just above the photo of Demitra with the ONE60. And yeah, Demitra used wood for a long time, so Bauer did the best they could I guess, dressing his sticks as something people might recognize when they were shopping.
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where the indents at the aft part of the skate would compress and fold in. I would feel the holder flex a lot more than I wanted with the ls2
Huh, interesting. The LS2's I skated on only had a decent amount of steel on one foot, so I never really got a good feel for the holder.
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Good to know. I've used LS2 and it's been fine. How do you mean the towers would compress, you could feel them loading like springs or something?
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huge holders? they are the same size I have on all my skates. May just look use as they are the speed blades. I'm a 9.5D Reebok which come with 287 e pro holders, and size 10D bauer which comes with ls2 288. They are custom. I did the same size on these, 287 speed blade.
No waxed laces, The boots aren't lifted. Do you mean how does it feel with the higher holder?
tom kristensen is the man!
They are tight, no negative space. instant response
Just because they're sticking out, but I can see in my head how a VH boot would be trimmer around its base, so that may be why they look so huge; also, as you mentioned, no negative space in these.
I mean how high the boot is lifted by the holder itself--compared to older Tuuk Custom+, EPro, etc. I thought Edge and SpeedBlade were both higher holders than previous, ie, LS2. It just looks like the boot is off the ground higher, almost to the point of a lot of roller chassis+wheels.
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Sweet. Didn't even notice the tongues until you called them out. They look quite nice. Huge holders, but I would do the exact same. This is the first time it's occurring to me with these taller holders and steel, but how high are boots being lifted, front and back, compared to before and compared to roller setups? Have you gotten to try them out yet? And are those waxed laces, Graf?
Ok, enough with the 20-questions, I'm removing myself before my envy gets too much more embarrassing
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Cool! How are the AX1's, specifically in the fit between the backhand and the thumb. It looks like some negative space has been removed there compared to the Franchise fit. And what pattern on the stick, W28?
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anyone with a C width, high instep skatin in Makos ???
comments appreciated...
The Great one can do no wrong ... either him or the other old dude with the crewcut... which eventually became a Mullet...
But, Gretzky...
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god forbid the nhl ever looks like that
But you've got to see the other side, hilarious:
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But he wore Reebok in his early AHL days and for his NHL coffee, so I think he's just saying that generally. Could still be DASC, but it wasn't, strictly speaking, that he started wearing them exactly when he went pro.
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Haha, I thought maybe it was a joke about hockey player articulacy :)
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I was looking for that info last week, I dug up somewhere on here that, summary:
the Mission skate bake oven was set to 175-degrees Fahrenheit or roughly 80-degrees Celsius, convection (hot air), which makes the oven's temperature uniform inside.
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Another Panther, Brandon Pirri.
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I agree, it's always a bit odd looking at your gear after playing and seeing where you get nicked up.
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Fourth photo I'm not really sure how to describe. It's at the top of the boot where there appears to be a small separation. Not sure if that has to do with the stitching or not.
Did you get sliced by a skate up there? It looks like the leather and stitching got cut.
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BUILT IN!? I was thinking about getting some. All-carbon fiber boot won't exactly block shots that well. Just would excellently transfer all that energy straight to the foot.
Mark Stuart says his are built in (one or both of the videos previously in the thread)
It doesn't appear to make the skate look that different. Thinking the shot blockers are literally built in, hidden underneath the otherwise normal surface of the boot.
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Wait, imperfections are signs of the care that goes in? Most would argue the opposite.
I see where the most are coming from...probably why the same are swimming in Bauer. From my perspective, I guess I do like my tiny bubbles and imperfections.
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If VH gets successful enough with this to expand their operation and include a final glue-scrape quality check, I'll be sad if I can't afford a pair before that happens. There's something of a relic aura to that glue left on the boot: evidence that SVH was here.
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I found a pair of these used for $15 + $10 shipping, and I tried them out yesterday. They are in pretty good condition, and there is plenty of steel left (they don't look like they've been sharpened more than a few times).
What's the sizing like, compared to your Bauer Supremes? I'm around a 44-45 european size shoe usually, and I'm wondering where that would roughly land on Micron's size chart. I've been looking for a pair of Air 90's for a long time, but it's tough to know what to go all in for on eBay without really knowing how they might fit.
Love the review of the old skate. Can't wait to hear more.
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Saw one site saying 800g for 9D skate, even.
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Don't worry, NASA's made worse mistakes.
This is my problem. I'd blow a wad of money and be in the 20-25%.
Already lost $800 on a pair of custom skates. Can't imagine doing it again.
I am in Winnipeg, though, so it might be worth checking out a stock pair...now that I see they have a money back guarantee on them.
It seems like you're implying that custom skates won't work for you, no matter who's doing the customizing. It's unfortunate you had that bad previous experience, but just because you had bad spaghetti at one place doesn't mean spaghetti's bad all across the universe.
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What JR recommended (sitting with a bent knee) gave me the best results. Also, I found that holding a MECHANICAL pencil vertical while tracing my foot gave me a more accurate line and measurement. When I stood up and bent my knee (and used a regular old pencil), my tracings were off by about 5cm. Doesn't sound like much, but 5cm is a half-size difference. When getting custom fitted skates, being too small/too large shouldn't be a factor.
5cm should be more than half a size, it's about 2", you mean 5mm?
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