JR Boucicaut

Then again you work for a giant in the industry - plus you already had Stealths before FBV. All of these smaller stores who have either a) invested in retrofitting their machines or B) bought an X02/F-02 Spinner portable have to recover their initial investments. They need to make a distinction between FBV and a normal hollow sharpening. Not only that, it's a premium sharpening.

All the guys I know are charging more. You have to. It cheapens the concept if not.

Please refrain from using "duller" and "sharper" when talking about hollows. There's no relation. Deeper and shallower, longer and shorter. You can have a 1" hollow that is sharper than a 5/16." I mean, I'm a 1 and done sharpening guy - since I've always had access to a machine, but I'm going on my 4th skate with FBV and no problems with the 90/75 whatsoever.

Wrong - Did a pair in Tampa yesterday. So, you can have a grill in the arena parking lot, but you can't sharpen skates in an arena parking lot? Because one number corresponds to the flatness of the blade and the other of the bite angle. 100 would mean that there's more of a flat, therefore, the edge on the 50 will be more pronounced than the same edge with a 90 flat. Make sense?

The telling sign is that he was fine on synthetic and bad in the game. It's not the method, it's the edge.

When I was up there I noticed most kids skated on old or pond skates, not their game skates. Ponds do quite a bit of damage to your blades, synthetic ice isn't easy on them either, especially if it's "pond hockey grade." I used to sharpen a lot of Disney parade skaters and they always get 3/8" and deeper. That's why you see a lot of kids getting them done after they have treadmill sessions - it destroys the edges. I strongly believe him blowing out on turns would've happened anyway, FBV OR standard hollow.

Call them.

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Nah, we just go way back is all.

Guys, keep in mind that the glove options that I have are not available at "retail" customization. So, you can't request them because they will not be fulfilled. Just want to put that out there and I appreciate Warrior for doing them for me.

They were, for certain players. Not anymore.

Not happening guys.

The same sharpener who did them says they're uneven by eye, or is this someone else who is saying this? I'm assuming it is the latter. Well, here's the thing - if they used a Quick Square and the magnetic angle (the piece that goes on the blade) is scored, then the edges will sit in the grooved part and will always look level when in fact it isn't. I always put electrical tape on mine so that the actual metal part never gets scored. But, the human eye can't pick out 1/1000". Then again, almost all skaters can't feel 1/1000". But as a sharpener, it is our job to remove all doubt and make sure it is dead on.

Because I can You must be special ;) My mommy always thought I was. :) Final mockup - Thanks Keith -

WITH ONE HAND! ;)

Had to change mine up a bit - carbon backroll stripes (no material in classic) and a black cuff roll with silver print and yellow outline.

Yes, your final pass needs work. It comes over time, or in some cases, doesn't come at all.

Because I can

I'm pretty traditional.

Yeah but if he has a conventional Blackstone sharpener, which I am pretty positive he does, he can't do them. You are right again JR...damn.. Hate to reread all 47 pages of posts but what Blackstones (beyond the X01 and X02) can take the fbv spinner? Stealth triple head and F-02-SPIN portable.

Yeah but if he has a conventional Blackstone sharpener, which I am pretty positive he does, he can't do them.

Put one kid from University of Central Florida in them - his linemates are next. Might have the whole team in it soon enough.

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Nah, I'm borrowing a page from mack and doing regular Franchises, but essentially no cuff on them. NHL graphics package (full Warrior print on cuff) and no stripes on the fingers or the cuff roll, just on the backrolls. Will look pretty traditional in that sense. MSH colorway, and different palms on different hands.