Sniper9

Agreed

Nice, I'm glad they sent you the updated ones. I wonder how well the stitching will hold up and if the 3d lattice structure can withstand the thread or if it'll eventually cut through. Only time will tell I guess. Unless you constantly take your tongues off it shouldn't really encounter much stress anyway.

I always thought it was a goalie only option that was advertised and the players that had it just asked for it to be done for player skates since essentially the only difference in the goalie two piece and player skates is the tendon guard/Lundy loop and holders.

Also did you happen to just sharpen them when you put them on the new skates? If so it could be just a bad sharpen?

Are you using different insoles? Insoles with more cushion and thickness can reduce edge feel/connection to the ice. Also the new powerfly holders could be attributing some difference in feeling too. How is the overall feel of the skates? Do they feel foreign? Is could be that you're focusing so much on how different the skates feel that it's affecting your edge feel too.

Never had this happen to steel I've owned. I chunk actually broke off. This isn't your typical rolled over edge from stepping on something. The damaged area is actually missing a piece and would require me to sharpen it down 3mm or so to remove it from the hollow..... So far not impressed with my experience.

Fill with epoxy, redrill and secure with copper rivet?

No input on oversized holders since I always used the standard size for my skate size. That said being a size 7 the 263 is more or less end to end and anything larger might have some overhang which I don't want. If I was a 7.5 I might consider it. As for xs holders. I'm actually quite tempted to swap my machs edge holders for xs holders for a couple reasons. First mainly being availability of step as a steel option. Secondly, when I had SB holders back in the day on my trues, I liked how they were stiffer than tuuks. I imagine the xs is similar in stiffness to the SBs. Lastly, edge holders tend to wear and don't seem to fake a beating as well as XS holders. I've already had to replace one holder due to a crack but at least it was under warranty still.

Both sets of steel were identical heights and shape and matched the shape of my current steels profile exactly so there's that lol. But it always did make me wonder how their machine could profile AND sharpen a set of steel together at the same time. Profile yes, but creating a hollow on two stacked blades? Lol

Then get customs

Well the thing about customs is that right now you still don't know what tongue works for you. Potentially none would and then you're out of money on customs. At least with these, the worst case is you spend money one or two sets of tongues and it doesn't work out and you return the skates because true has their fit guarantee. Obviously the first tongue to try would be their traditional felt tongue or their molded tongue that has no t guard. You can always look on marketplace or sideline for them. Or, pure hockey or another shop near you may have tongues in stock to try. I know my LHS do have them in stock and allow you to try them with your skates.

Try dropping the top eyelet. When I wore trues I had to drop the top eyelet to get proper flexion. With true skates instead of rebaking the whole skate it's best to just use a heat gun and spot heat the problem area.

Which is kinda bunk. I don't really care because I have a sparx and it was free with the blade purchase. But if I paid for brand new steel and paid for profiling and sharpening as well I would be upset.

And they supply NHL and other pro teams too. So weird. Maybe it's just for the convenience of being able to order bulk and getting them profiled. Trainers might re sharpen them. I also am not a fan of the way the skatescribe sharpens the skates. Leaves a scale like finish in the hollow. But with that said their "like new" pro stock steel with free profile and sharpen is a good deal regardless of uneven edges lol.

The last two blades I got from tydan came back with quite uneven edges. Just barely staying in the green zone on my sparx edge checker. So ya.. even that machine isn't always perfect.

I frikking knew it! I've always felt on my sparx that going with my 1/2" hollow was equivalent to my local pro shop's sharpenings 9/16 or even closer to a 5/8. I thought I was doing something wrong with deburring but I always felt this way. I also noticed with the fingernail test that the edges for the sparx feels smoother and less "crisp." I can run my fingers along my sparx sharpen and not really worry about getting cut but with a hand sharpen I would be cautious. I'm glad this proved what I felt all along. I still love my sparx though and it just means I have to remember to ask for a 9/16 or even a 5/8 if I'm ever get it manually done.

Kind of makes sense that the dlc coating is so hard it can be brittle almost in some circumstances.. the actual steel on bladetech is supposed to be one of the hardest out there too so maybe that's something....

Ya im aware of tydan and their good deals on prostock but they only have mainly Bauer steel for that. They must have something going on with Bauer bc they don't sell any other steel for Bauer skates such as jrz or blade tech but they carry those brands for other skates like true and CCM

Thanks for the update. I wonder what's going on with the set I have. Maybe not enough passes with the sparx since the steel is so hard. A bit of a pain though since I didn't have any issues with the fly /pulse ti steel on the sparx.

Ya I'm thinking of getting rid of these. Something is to with the edges as they come seem to hold very well. The steel is strong in that they didn't have nicks etc but I'm finding random logs of edges twice now after fresh sharpenings. This along with my sparx not liking the steel. Might just get the jrz pro black

I think I'm going through this right now. I ordered mine online (not from bladetech) had had them profiled and sharpened. When I got them I ended up re doing the hollow from 1/2 to 9/16 on my sparx because 1/2 was too deep. I ensured it was deburred and I also did the finger nail test to make sure there was an actual edge. I skated on it once but after, I noticed an inch near the rear of one skate had no edge. You can't visibly see any damage but that area doesn't shave off any fingernail at all. I assumed okay maybe I stepped on something and resharpened again with 3 passes on the sparx. Deburred fingernail rest along the entire blade and checked for level edges. All was good. This second sharpening lasted two Ice times before I noticed another approx one inch section on a different part of the steel with a dull edge. I don't know what's going on. But if I'm required to sharpen these every 2 skates that defeats the whole purpose of having these.

Don't the low to mid tier lines still use D and E?

No. It's been so long and different lasts used to make the boots. Even a fit 1 and 2 Mach changed from the ultrasonics fit 1 and 2 (in the toe box), and these are just 2 years apart.

I've seen quite a bit of issues with their goalie gear too. But maybe that stuff is kind of standard across all major brands

News flash. True products are already mediocre slop.