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    For anyone that was interested, skated on these for the 4th time on Saturday and they felt a lot better. The ice was actually half-decent for once, felt a lot quicker in a straight line and turning was massively improved. Not sure if I can put it all down to the ice, maybe it just took a little time to adjust. Regardless, really starting to come around to FBV.

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    Henrik Zetterberg Z-Air Gloves.

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    They've got a really interesting elasticated cuff that ensures complete coverage. More photos..

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    It was better last night, I think I'm starting to get used to it.

    It's interesting what you said about soft ice, it was bone dry because the ice was 'dry cut' before we got on but it's been consistently 25oc here for the past month or so (which is unusually warm) and for the past few weeks there has been a constant haze above the ice. It didn't feel terribly soft, but I assume the external weather conditions will have been playing their part.

  4. Posted · Edited by stuie7 · Report reply

    Sounds like you need to try out an FBV with a little less bite. The end result is worth it.

    Zach

    Thanks Zach - that confirms my suspicions.

    I'm skating on them again for the 2nd time tonight, going to see if it's just an adjustment period I need (or if it was because the ice was shocking last week - corrugated in spots).

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    Sorry I should have clarified that a bit further - losing momentum in turning, straight line was an improvement.


    To find out if that shop does the real FBV and that they weren't lying to you, go to flatbottomV.com, and select the find a dealer tab. It will tell you who does them. If they are not on the list, you likely didn't get a FBV.

    Just had a look now, I had them sharpened by the only dealer listed in my country.

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    Are you sure it was a true 100/75 and not some shop with the imposter BFD telling you they do the FBV? In my 4 yrs doing FBV's not one who was on 3/8 hollow thought 100/75 was too sharp. It's pretty much spot on the same.

    As far as I know yeah, never skated on FBV before so I couldn't be sure.

    If the sharpener doesn't give him a clean edge it's going to feel rougher...maybe that's what he's feeling.

    Skating backwards and forwards was great, it just felt that turning was a lot more responsive, but I was losing a lot of momentum than before. Is that expected with FBV?

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    I'm about to shift over to FBV from ROH for the first time and would like some advice given my specific situation.

    I'm a reasonably heavy guy (100kg) and current have my skates sharpened at 3/8" ROH, just because I always have done. The general consensus seems to be that I could drop down to 1/2" given my weight and I'd see some benefit. The ice I skate on is hard, often very cut up, poor quality ice.

    Given my situation, do you think I would I better off going with 100/75 (3/8" equivalent) or giving 100/50 (1/2" equivalent) a try first time round on FBV?

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    I've had my custom Easton Synergy 800 gloves for about a year now but haven't had much use out of them because the cuff was too inflexible. I had a play around with them and decided this could probably be remedied by cutting them open and removing the totally un-bendable plastic from the cuff and possibly some of the padding.

    In each of these photos, the glove that has been modified is on the left.

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    This is the amount of padding & plastic that was removed from the cuff of one glove. I ended up removing one of the two layers of padding.

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    I'll remove the plastic and one layer of padding from the cuff later in the week.

    I have no doubt that the cuff will break-down sooner than intended, and in reflection I might have left all of the padding intact and just removed the plastic. You'll notice from the photos that the cuff now appears "flatter", it certainly is emptier now it's had all that removed. However, I want to use these gloves, and at the minute they're sitting around doing nothing.

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    Now with the BlackEdge and nitinol blades available, I am wondering if Step Steel is my best choice to replace the regular Step Steel I have in my holders now? (LS2). I sharpen at home with the XO2, but would prefer to have a long lasting edge. If you all were to get new steel, how would you rank the current offerings? For me, being able to sharpen at home would impact my decision, so i guess the Nitinol blades are out. Thanks!

    I'm pretty much in the same boat as you, it'd go with whichever is the highest grade steel; which sounds to be either Step or the new Easton steel.

    I'm not an industry insider or anything, but Step must be looking into different blade coatings..

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