Johnny Law

Those look like the ones from Grand Rapids. If you don't mind me asking what number is written in marker on the cuff or palm ?

They have a volume fit similar to NBH 4 rolls but are a little heavier. Craftsmanship and such are on par with any of the other higher end gloves. I wouldn't go out of my way again to pick a pair up but they are pretty nice gloves.

Picked up some new gloves Kolosov (Grand Rapids Griffins) Cleary 4-rolls from Ebay Draper Warriors Hossa Warriors The last two I got from a from a friend who works at the JLA and picked them up before they hit Hockeytown Authentics.

nice. did you go to hockeytown authentics or did you get them on ebay? Ebay for sticks, though I know a usher at the JLA who keeps a look out for stuff at hockeytown authentics he got me some sweet gloves I'll have to post.

New sticks Hudler SE16 Brad Stuart 10k (I'm pretty sure its something else) Datsyuk 10k Franzen SE (SE16 graphics)

From the picture of your skates, I can't imagine a small chassis has a shorter wheel base at all as there is not much room between your wheels. I would guess, the difference between a small and medium would be where the mounting points are. Does that make sense? FYI, I know that the small Vanguard chassis on the Soldier series skate uses the 80/76mm combination. Good luck! By the way, the skates look great...I think the medium chassis was the right call. Thanks, my thoughts mirror yours about the mounting points being different as I couldn't think of a way in which they could make any of the other dimensions smaller.

Good call their an 8EE. I know technically they should have a small chassis as mission mediums start at a 9, but I had the chassis lying around and figured they would work. I wish I knew the differences in length between the small and medium as it would really help.

Medium, the boot is right on the bubble between a small and a medium. I went with the medium, mostly because mentally I didn't like the idea of a small. I skated on them last night and the longer chassis didn't affect my skating whatsoever. Skates were faster though I think that is more do to weight.

These just got finished, stoked to be on a boot that fits so well and is super light. Install was by Fixitbymail.com, they did an excellent job.

Not to beat a dead horse but if you have any experience in high end metal work you know a human will never be as good as a computer controlled machine. Through college and high school I worked in a very high end prototype shop of sorts, if you own an oven your gasket was made by our machines. CNC's , plasma cutters, etc. are doing far far more complex cuttings and millings than skate sharpening. This is why they invented the lathe, CNC and a billion other automated metal working machines, humans simply cannot provide the same level of consistency let alone adherence to strict tolerances. The fast majority of things you purchase from large/medium scale manufactures were produced by an automated process. The point is moot though as all these machines are very very expensive and need to be run by a skilled operator who knows the ins and outs of metal working. I don't see a day where you could get any significant return on investment because you would still need to hire an operator that knows at least the basics of sharpening, so why not train him and forget the million dollar CNC. This takes nothing away from a skilled sharpener, any person who is capable of examining metal and then using a tool to properly shape that metal is an artisan to some degree. The higher level guys skills are truly impressive and if you have the good fortune of having one close by I envy you. As an aside I don't know how some of you came up with some of the ideas posted in this thread, automation is what makes all of our lives possible. Automation is in everything from breakfast cereal to paper mills, I suggest you learn more about it before posting.