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Lee "Scratch" Perry.

Riley Gale - Power Trip's vocalist.

Hi JR! I've been mostly lurking because I have pretty much all the gear I'll need until I have to hang 'em up. I appreciate the intel, and am happy to hear I can bake these. I was really afraid to screw them up, since I know there's almost zero chance of finding another, suitable pair. Hope you've been well!

The ones you posted the link to are like my daughter's skates, and have a carbon outsole. The outsole on the ones I have are thick and white, like what I was used to seeing on old school skates. My best guess is that they are too wide for the stock outsoles so they made some out of the white material instead. I'm worried that material might not be safe to bake.

After years of looking, I finally found a pair of nice Pro Tacks that I thought would fit my feet. They were custom made for someone else who also has very wide feet. They were constructed with the old school, white outsole. My daughter’s Pro Tacks (retail, perhaps from the same year) have a composite outsole. The previous owner also applied Toe Pro. Would these skates be safe to bake lightly?

It is a 6.0, I think SBP. Standard. I'm not sure which generation it was.

The toe of my almost new True 6.0 blade chipped and is starting to split after very little use... maybe 3-4 shinny sessions. I tape over the end of the blade to protect it. I don’t remember anything happening that should have damaged the blade that way (though you can never know for sure). I’m afraid that the durability of the blade looks like it’s going to be garbage. I wouldn’t buy another True blade.

I have used 2 piece setups for a very long time. I have used both the standard and tapered versions of the True SBP 6.0 Shaft. They are among the best shafts I have ever used (XN10s, True 6.0, Combat 52 Cal/52 Cal RL). I can't yet comment on the durability of True blades, but the 6.0 standard blade pairs very well with the 6.0 shaft. The balance is as good as any shaft/blade setup I've used. I never had a Combat 52 cal blade (or shaft) break or soften prematurely, so I'm hoping the True blade will hold up for a while.

I don't have any insight to add, but I hope that your surgeries go well and that you have a smooth recovery.

+1 for Coffey. I've been looking for some tapered blades with this pattern for quite a while.

Thanks for the suggestion. Unfortunately, I'm a lefty and that lie wouldn't work for me.

I have been struggling to find P77/Coffey tapered blades. I checked out your patterns on the site and wasn't 100% sure which blade pattern would be closest.

Will there be a p77/Coffey clone available in the tapered blades? If so, which pattern should I pick up? Thanks!

The party in heaven just got a lot louder. R.I.P. to one of my all-time favorites.

You forgot about beer.

Daoust 555 Gold (custom extra wide, extra stitching/stiff). RBK 11k CCM 1052 Hoping that my pretty much new Graf G3 Ultras will fit somewhere on this list. Lots of potential and great fit if they hold up well. Lange plastic/molded skates, just because it was my first pair of hockey skates.

I just found out that I'm getting to play in a good part of the World Pond Hockey Championships next weekend! I thought I was going to have to pass on the invitation because I have a prior commitment with my daughter on that Friday.

Chippa, you hit the nail on the head. I'm thinking and hoping that the clown is just trying to get his medical stuff covered (since he also has no health insurance) and that he doesn't sue for anything beyond that. I have definitely informed the insurance company of the fact that he is the guy that is supposed to take care of our plowing and sanding. I'll be really pissed if this winds up costing us a lot out-of-pocket and/or causing our premiums to spike.

That's my gut feeling. I doubt he'll sue or try to get anything other than medical expenses covered. It seems like he tried to wait it out to see if it got better. In the end, I suppose he did make the decision to put it on us. Nothing I'd do to a friend, for sure.

Our neighbor/friend just told us yesterday that he is making a claim against our homeowner's insurance for a fall that he took in our driveway a couple of weeks ago. I'm not sure if he is going to sue us/our insurance company yet. He also happens to be the guy who does the plowing and sanding of our driveway (we have an agreement that he does it every time that it's needed). At the time, he was picking up his granddaughter after we babysat her (free of charge), while he went out and played virtual golf at the bar. He just so happened to decide to do that before sanding the roads/driveways that day, even though we were just had a pretty significant ice storm. I'm pretty nervous about what happens next and how it might affect us financially. I'm also pretty irritated that this is what we get for trying to help the guy have a little fun/free time.

That sucks that your daughter wound up with a concussion. Hope she's well soon! Is it possible for you or another parent (with the coach's approval) to lace 'em up, take the other youngster aside and help them work on a few skating fundamentals like stopping? Sounds like it could help everyone enjoy things a little more, including the youngster.

Definitely not as bad as some of the stuff here... but probably better on MSH than anywhere else. Some douche broke my R9XN10 shaft with a slash (in a beer league game) the other night. No way in hell I'll find another one of those.

Bump - I think the issues earlier today prevented my last question from being shown as new content. Trying again.

Sorry if this is a dumb question. I'm currently in 11ks with epro holders. I have Step Steel and Blackedge runners that I rotate in/out, depending on what's sharp. I picked up a pair of Graf G3s that I'd like to use more, but skating on them feels way "off" coming from the epros. If I bought Step Steel for the Cobra 5000s (I think those are the holders on the Grafs), how close do you think it might feel to using Step Steel in My epros/11ks? Any chance that it might feel close to how Step Steel feels in Epros and or LS2 (used in the past). Thanks!

Really sorry to hear that. Hope that you're feeling better and able to get back at it soon!