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    48 minutes ago, Westside said:

    Not sure your size or color, but if you didn’t want to buy new gloves, why not buy a donor pair and take the parts you need from them?

    I mean these are only $10

    https://sidelineswap.com/gear/hockey/gloves/2088096-easton-black-senior-used-synergy-800-gloves-12

    That's not the right glove, but I understand where you're coming from. I have some other gloves I can use that are newer, so this is just a project for me.

    I'd rather learn more about this and how to do it myself.

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    Been a while.

    I'm looking for info on what type of materials would be best suited for a glove DIY repair, not for palms and gussets. My Easton 800 pros are pretty beat up but they are absolute butter and I can't get rid of them if I can help it. To that end, I know about the different types of foams, outer shell, etc. What I'd like to know is the exact type (if possible) would be ideal for this. Now, I have no disillusions that this won't be perfect and I figure this is something that Pat at CPR could do but I'd like to give it a shot and learn something new.

    I've got 3 missing PE inserts in the backroll, a couple decent sized tears on the top of the backroll and in a few finger segments, and finally I've got one backroll piece that no longer has foam in it. Now, my assumption is that the shell is Polyester or Nylon and I have no idea what the inner padding could be - VN, EPP, dual density, etc. If anyone has some insight into what would be the way to go for my purposes such as what exactly to get and where to get it, that'd be appreciated. 

    Cheers.

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    29 minutes ago, navy21 said:

    So, been skating in my trues for about 6-8 weeks now and still can't seem to get them dialed in.  Definitely feel like I've lost a step or two in straight line speed.  Had my blade profiled (from the stock LS3) to a combo radius with a little more forward pitch, hasn't really done much.  (For reference I am coming from a pair of Bauer one.9's that I used to leave the top eyelet undone.)

    I've been lacing the trues all the way up, that is about the last thing I feel I can fiddle with to see if I can get comfortable on them.  

    Anyone have any advice?

    Could add a 1mm shim between the boot and tower, for the pitch as well. A rebake too could potentially help. It's definitely an adjustment coming from any other pair of skates besides VH or Makos.

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    I wore a Mako I on my left foot and a Mako II on my right foot during a pick up game for funsies once. I barely noticed anything.

    One bit you might be able to notice is that the Mako II boot feels a lot fuller than the Mako I. In a good way though I think. 

    If the skates are sub $400, buy them. 

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    4 hours ago, marka said:

    Howdy,

    I'll be interested to hear details about what you think are the differences between Makos and the Trues...  I'm in Makos now which were the first skates that I felt like they "fit".  I'm figuring it'll be Trues next for me as well.

    Mark

    I was one of the largest proponents of the Mako skates, both the I and II when they launched. I skated in the MLX before those. Now having gone through each version of the skate on up to the True version I can say that the fit is largely unchanged. Same wrap, some minor changes such as a taller toe box (at least in my case).

    Basically, you won't have much to worry about if anything at all. Adjusting on the ice is always varies from person to person. 

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    Officially done with the Makos since I can't find them anymore, and I am on the VH train now. Huge shout out to the crew at TRUE for hooking me up with these. Took less than two weeks from getting scanned to having the skates in my hands. Already baked them and the first skate will be next week which coincidentally will be the first time back on the ice since my season ended too.

    Can't wait.

    36384664_10155655936313527_3964989601507

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    1 hour ago, Jdm77 said:

    Thanks I appreciate that! Maybe I will stick with Easton after all and give the mako II a shot. I am a defenseman and a bigger guy who skates pretty hard so hopefully they can take a few shots and some hard skating.

     

    thanks again!

    Give them a shot if you can find your size.

    I've blocked my fair amount of shots wearing Mako II's, and like any other skate out there if a shot hits you in the 'right spot' it's going to hurt. 

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    21 minutes ago, sparky1 said:

    It looks like they're going with different liners/fits for the jetspeed & the super tacks. 

    Not too sure what the liner material and inner construction on them are though. According to CCM's website, the Super tacks is an "Anatomical" fit, so I would imagine it would be similar, but I am not 100% sure as I don't have the $$$ to buy myself a pair of super tacks :\

    CCM would need to incorporate an adaptive thermoplastic and something similar to Easton's Tru-Fit Last to achieve as close a fit to a Mako as they could. Bauer has that R&D now, and I don't think we'll see something like that from CCM because they know the kind of skate the want to produce and who they want to market to. That said, I would happily try a pair of their skates if they did something similar.

    For now though I'm going to ride out my current Mako's, maybe find another pair, and eventually move to VH. Nothing else fits the same anymore.

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    1 hour ago, sparky1 said:

    If you look at the super tacks or the new Jetspeed FT1, it is a monocoque construction of the boot with no outsole like a traditional skate has. The biggest feature IMO of the easton Mako's.

    Now, it may not have the form fit that the makos do, but with it being a single piece of CF, it should hopefully be heat mold-able like the Mako's & VH Skates are

    edit: here's a review between the super tacks and Mako 2 that I found online. Surprised someone had posted this. Very rare you would find something like this.

    https://reboothockey.wordpress.com/2016/12/22/honest-hockey-review-ccm-super-tacks/ 

     

    The monocoque construction is part of it, and they will be heat moldable, however the liner material and inner construction would need to be the same as the Mako's for the fit to be comparable.

    The goal was zero negative space, which was the single biggest feature of the Mako's, and the CCM's simply won't be able to accomplish that. Not that they are since that would severely narrow the marketability of the skate, I'm just saying that the skates won't be able to fit the same.

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    34 minutes ago, sparky1 said:

    It's alright, there's more skates coming out with the same tech.

    VH namely, and CCM on the new super tacks and the Jetspeed FT1's

    VH would be the direct replacement for the Mako's, more or less. When Dave went to Easton, Scott went back on his own to VH. If anything, VH is a much more refined version of the MLX than the Mako.

    With Bauer acquiring Easton's skate R&D, it would be more likely they'd have the tech implemented before CCM does, though I don't know anything about the Super Tacks or Jetspeeds. I've been out of the gear research and modern offerings for a while. That said, I'd imagine CCM skates wouldn't have the same fit even if they have the same tech put in since each company has their own idea of what a skate should fit like.

    1 hour ago, IPv6Freely said:

    Congrats on starting one of the biggest threads of all time on MSH! 

    EDIT: 7th largest thread ever. Only the Show it Off, FBV, eBay Idiot, and three years worth of gear sightings threads are larger! 

    Damn. That's kinda cool.

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    If Bauer releases a skate with the Mako's thermomoldable tech, then I will be buying my first pair of Bauer skates since 2005. If they don't....over to VH is where I'll go.

    Can't say just how disappointed I am we won't be seeing the release of the next skate, which I would venture was named "GX". Now that Easton skates are done, I wonder if anyone actually got to see the skate design or in person. Would've been cool to see.

    Oh well, stocking on skates for now.

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