JR Boucicaut

Wow, I hate to say it, especially considering who it is, but I'm beginning to agree with TBLfan...but I'd have to see some other jobs first.

With a Sharpie.

Sounds like equivalent to a 1"

But you won't get them that way, so why bother? Why not? That's what I did with mine and I didn't have a problem.... You got lucky. Seriously, I posted that after mine. Retail customers can only have the options available in the customizer. THis is true - I unfortunately started that trend.

The same as the other ones. The word you're looking for is depth, not sharpness.

But you won't get them that way, so why bother?

I had the hockey director at my local rink "not like it." Why? He laced up in his office, which is basically office carpet (concrete) under it, then walked through said office, onto the rubber mat, to the rink. You know something happened there. Haha whatcha talking about, we have sand all year long! You know, because we all go to the beach daily...

Andoy - your theory is flawed - A premium OPS can made the same way as a lower-price point OPS. Should they be the same price? No. The manufacturer invests more into that product. When a Spinner disc costs 4 times the cost of a standard quill diamond tip, shouldn't the store charge more to recoup their costs? And once again, buying a new machine? Sharpening machines take a long time to turn a profit.

as far as I know the price hasn't been finalized, and even the service hasn't been made officially available to all customers $10 is way too much, and last I heard they were thinking the same way, especially considering that FBV doesn't last as long as conventional sharpening Obviously it won't last as long as a regular sharpening, when has stuff geared more towards performance ever lasted a long time? I am beginning to find this NOT to be the case. I went 4 games on one sharpening - I usually go one. I stretched it out as far as I could. One of my former employees (hobbes_86) called me last night and told me that she's been on the one I did for her last month, 10+ on-ice hours TBLFan, larrivee, wristshot19 in Tampa - first skates I've done on the X02 - two of them still on original sharpening and that was in January. I've got a 15 year old (one of the best players in the state) who I did his 2 weeks ago, and I will do them any time he tells me to. He hasn't told me he's needing a sharpening. I also have an interesting case - very good adult-league player who works at the rink and doesn't have to pay for sharpening. Skates 5 times a week, sharpens 5 times a week. Will he keep his sharpening frequency now that he doesn't get it for free? Not to mention that all this week I spoke to other stores who offer FBV to find out what they have been hearing... I'm willing to put it out there that it lasts just as long as a regular sharpening. Your mileage will vary based on personal preference and maintenance, just like any other sharpening.

THey are shipped to the dealer who placed the order.

LOL... "They have the Golden Arches, I have the Golden Arch." :) No..."They have the Golden Arches, we have the Golden Arcs"

Unbelieveable skates, can they be mine? Sure. Call your Graf dealer and ask them to order you a pair of 501's in your size. Leetch wants his boots back. Second guess is Gretzky, after he ran out of Daousts around 96. Leetch is correct, Sir. Ha, nice... The second guess I threw in there just because, not like I ever saw Gretz in Graf but I knew he was experimenting with boots after he ran out of Daousts.

Unbelieveable skates, can they be mine? Sure. Call your Graf dealer and ask them to order you a pair of 501's in your size. Leetch wants his boots back. Second guess is Gretzky, after he ran out of Daousts around 96.

Drew only has one hand. You didn't know that? Quit quoting pictures.

You have problems, my friend.

I hope that I get the small embroidery on mine. Luckily I went with my nickname instead of my full name.

Yeah, he used my own smiley against me...LOL

Well, I guess it is!

JR, Sometimes I get the impression that you know everything months in advance of the general hockey public. oh wait, you do :P Sorry, but I can't lay claim to that one. Reason why that logo is bigger in the NHL is for tv exposure.

Ha, funny...

Yeah, you don't say...

My dad's pretty handy with wood and I was telling him that I wanted to make a dust collector of some sort. I drew up something and he completely ignored it and made this LOL - It's actually pretty cool - it snaps into the base and I can move it in and out depending on the size of the skate. Whenever I'm done sharpening I just stick the vac hose in there and clean it all up.

Yes. The new FL4.0 is equivalent to the FL18. The FL4.0 Pro (Europe only, but available custom (although someone on here said it would be retail orderable in NA) is pro level, and not an significant upgrade from the FL12.

Not at retail

THere weren't any FL12s last year. The FL18 was the top model, which was equivalent to the FL10 two years ago.