Ivan

It may be well for hockey, I agree. Yet, it's kinda hard for me to agree that European players use shallower hollows. At least the majority of players request 1/2 ROH from me or 100/50 FBV. 100/75 FBV appears to be having too much edge for most here. Initially I did think that Prosharp uses a spinner of their own. My bad.

Witness protection program?

I assume you do witness marks, don't you?

I wouldn't get Prosharp's Skatepal if I were you. You'll be much happier with an X0 series machine. Learning how to shrpen is not that difficult.

You got that right. NONE of my customer went back to traditional hollow (ROH). Been doing it for over 1.5 years now. All seem to like the combination Step Steel/FBV even better

It also may be due to your passes. ESpecially the final pass. Dress the wheel before the final pass and do it slowly with minimal pressure using either one of polishers (Lube Tube or Fine Shine).

Below is an e-mail message from Blackstone that I got: ______________________________________________ To all of you who purchased an upgraded X-12 or X-12-Youth skate holder for your X-series machines....we now have a calibration block available for sale! This calibration block will allow you to easily re-calibrate your holder. At any time, you can dial in the holder to its original setting! Simply insert the block between the lower and upper base plates at the three adjustment points. Dial up or down accordingly, until the two plates come in contact with the calibration block! The calibration block will be available for sale by the end of March at a price of $15.00 Thanks, Gerard Hebert Black Stone Sports 800.405.3433 ghebert@blackstonesport.com

Prolly. Yeah, try the 90/50

Absolutely. I was lucky enough to get the Turbo version of same. I'm glad I didn't go for a professional Prosharp

This is what Jaromir Jagr bought http://blackstonesport.com/product_details.cfm?product_id=40

We ain't gonna trash them if they're bettter, are we? The rreason I posted is that I smell somethign that ain't right IMO

Ivan me w/ your e-mail by PM and I will forward you the spam I got from Prossharp. I am a little biased here. Like I said in my previous post - time will show. The way I see it, nobody but Blackstone came up with a new concept that does wok. The rest of the folks have no choice but to try to fit in. It's all about the market share. The truth is that nobody ever thought about this until Blackstone came up with the FBV. I am not saying that FBV is gonna be the best. There's no limit to perfection. Again, time willl show. Yet ya'lll get the point.

I'd disagee. The trend has been set by Blackstone. Time will show.

Here we go: first Blademaster (those guys seem to have shut up some). Now these folks - Prosharp http://www.prosharp.ca/editor_upload/111_P...harp%20News.jpg http://www.prosharp.ca/Know_how.html I'm sure this is something Blackstone Sports have taken into consideration before bringing the FBV to the market. Too bad the end users (IMO) are the ones who are going to suffer as all this will require fighting patent infringements. The price the inventor has to pay for the innovation that does work...

You can't use shaper bars on the X0 series sharpeners. They can be used only on machines that have Accepts Blackstone Shaping System in product description on Blackstone's site