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what kinda heel do you have? what skates did you wear before? I'd say I have a narrow or narrower then average heel. I was wearing Graf 703's for the past five or so years. It's so hard to tell what will work for you without trying them on. Also look at CCM Vector's. They have a narrow heel and mid foot. what prompted the change from graf to rbk? Comfort. I was never really comfortable in my 703's. I had nasty lace bite, my toes always hurt after skating and me toes froze in them. Come to find out, the 703 wasn't wide enough for me and the toe box was too small. This was largely my fault though. I needed a skate with a wider forefoot. Something a little deeper too. I assumed you had sacrifice comfort for performance and dealt with it. Crazy huh. There was a huge sale at my LHS back in Aug so I thought I would look at some skates and see if I could find something a bit more comfortable. The 8k's fit great and were only $250 US. I was and still am impressed with the performance of the skate. No more lace bite, no more sore feet, and no more ice cold toes.

what kinda heel do you have? what skates did you wear before? I'd say I have a narrow or narrower then average heel. I was wearing Graf 703's for the past five or so years. It's so hard to tell what will work for you without trying them on. Also look at CCM Vector's. They have a narrow heel and mid foot.

Your heel won't move in a Graf. RBK's are a little wider. I was worried my heel my heel would lift when I bought my 8k's. It wasn't a problem.

I'm sporting 8k's. Which was RBK's high end non-pump skate. I saw quite a few NHLers wearing them at the start of last season. Looks like they won't continue the non-pump line. http://en.rbkhockey.com/gear/player/skates/8k2.php

Helmet: CCM 852 with Jofa cage Shoulder pads: CCM 1152 Elbow pads: Jofa, duel cap design (no clue of the actual model #) Gloves: Eagle X70i Pants: Vic 750's Shin pads: Nike V10's Skates: Graf 703's Sticks: Warrior Starsky, Smyth pattern 85 flex Louisville TPS Rubber Response, Sundin pattern whip flex Innovative Inno 1100 Polar Fiber with CCM Thorton blade