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I have a feeling the TPS brand is going to essentially be a branded blackout sticks. But that's just a hunch. Don't think they'll offer anything that will get me to stray from a CCM or bauer on clearance or gepettos pshs

Fwiw, the instructions I think call for 5-7 mins baking time? In reality it should be like 7-10. When I baked it cat pros which are the same as the 9s shell, it was barely moldable after 7 mins.

They may not be wide enough for your feet but it doesn't mean they aren't for wide feet. Just depends HOW wide you need them. Depending how long you baked them it also could've not been hot enough. And you would t be punching the forefoot, to increase volume/width you'd stretch them which is a different process, but you'd need to leave it at the shop for a couple days at least to do it properly.

I see these a lot with trues. They will tell you it's not an issue. Epoxy and cf won't be compromised from water. And that's just the outermost layer. The problem I have with this is not only is it sloppy/lazy work, that area technically is structurally compromised as you can probably pick it with your fingers and cause the CF to fray. The outermost layer is mostly cosmetic and likely won't affect the OVERALL integrity of the boot, but still not acceptable imo when you're spending $1500 bucks. The good news is you can easily just fill those with epoxy yourself. That's what I would do vs shipping them back to true to do and pose the skates for 1-2 weeks.

https://www.instagram.com/p/DCXb6OthJD1/?igsh=Z3hrZnU5dW1leWR6 Looks like they're back.

Oh right this one loll. You're right

The tuuk perforated steel has a bunch of little triangles. This looks more like blade tech steel with the notches. The true shift steel has one notch in the back and these look just a couple more. Maybe for weight savings.

Well only way is to find out. No one has your feet. General answer is yes it would open up a bit but to how much you actually need, only way is for you to do it. You can always stretch the boot too. With trues it's easier bc the entire boot is one shell and doesn't have a junction where the plastic toe cap is attached to the quarter package.

It's a proto... It's gonna probably look nothing like this so there's really no point picking away at what is or isn't on the skate.

Also keep in mind that with ls2 holders you generally want to drill a hole in the rear of the boot to access the bolt to swap the steel unless you want to remove the holders every time you switch steel.

Same. It'll be an easy swap. I love the ls2 holders too. And the good thing is you can still get quality dlc steel for them. companies like jrz still make em

I wore a d supreme and wear a fit 1 in machs. the cat pros I got made for me were made in a wide shell to accommodate my pinky toe. They fit fine but the only thing was that there was a lot more wrap after molding than say if I had a regular width. It was fine but it could create flexion issues for you as theres less "lace" that stretches a bit, and also make it even harder to get on and off.

If you're from Canada, the sport chek friends and family sales include them at 25% off

Cat 7 is fiberglass. Cat 9 was carbon fiber. Totally different construction.

Rubber hone works fine for me to deburr pulse ti and step dlc after it's been sharpened on my sparx.... Unless you're talking about actual nicks