what cut do you like on your skates

[srv2miker 0]

Well thanks to this thread I've now switched from a 3/8ths hollow to a 1/2" hollow. That was just the standard shop cut, so thats what I went with. I'm 240lbs, and I realized after reading this that I was digging in way too much. I'm hoping after a few sessions I'll be ready to move upo 5/8ths. So, thanks guys, I'll let you know how they work out.

[Chadd 916]

Well thanks to this thread I've now switched from a 3/8ths hollow to a 1/2" hollow. That was just the standard shop cut, so thats what I went with. I'm 240lbs, and I realized after reading this that I was digging in way too much. I'm hoping after a few sessions I'll be ready to move upo 5/8ths. So, thanks guys, I'll let you know how they work out.

I always like the look you get when you ask for 5/8 the first time. Then they ask "you mean 3/8, right?"

[BNotar35 0]

You Guys will laugh at this, but keep in mind, Im a goalie.

1 7/16" hollow, very shallow. I barely catch anything.

[analog999 0]

3/8 is standard at all the rink shops I've been to in Washington. I just wonder why?

[jimmy 194]

3/8 is standard at all the rink shops I've been to in Washington.  I just wonder why?

I think it has to do with the machine manufacturers training they get. I know most of the rinks and shops in the south use 3/8 as the standard. I would say all my southern customers, florida, alabama, NC, georgia, etc, that's what they get. Also, a bad sharpener can get by using deep hollows, kind of like a bad carpenter who can cover mistakes using trim.

[roadkill34 0]

You Guys will laugh at this, but keep in mind, Im a goalie.

1 7/16" hollow, very shallow. I barely catch anything.

man, how do you get any power in a b-fly slide. I go 1/2" and can't imagine going shallower now.

[Chadd 916]

You Guys will laugh at this, but keep in mind, Im a goalie.

1 7/16" hollow, very shallow. I barely catch anything.

man, how do you get any power in a b-fly slide. I go 1/2" and can't imagine going shallower now.

Damn, our local AHL guy uses 1/2" in net. I can't imagine trying to get an edge to push off using a shallow hollow like you use.

[roadkill34 0]

You Guys will laugh at this, but keep in mind, Im a goalie.

1 7/16" hollow, very shallow. I barely catch anything.

man, how do you get any power in a b-fly slide. I go 1/2" and can't imagine going shallower now.

Damn, our local AHL guy uses 1/2" in net. I can't imagine trying to get an edge to push off using a shallow hollow like you use.

Most modern bfly goalies use a sharp cut. You just can't push while down with a shallow hollow. Sure, shuffling is easier, but once you get used to the deeper hollow, the power on your slides is amazing.

edited for spelling

[analog999 0]

I put my skates to a 7/8" cut yesterday, by the way (when I had the run in with the figure skaters)...

I couldn't tell the difference between 7/8 and 3/4... I'm sticking with 7/8..

[truSteh 0]

I have no idea what cut. I go to my "lhs" at the rink, give them my skates. I come back and they are sharp :P Guess they give everyone the same sharpening job :P

[#44wannabe 4]

1/2" slowly getting shallower.....

[biff44 0]

I still can not believe that there are shops out there with the standard being 3/8" hollow. The only explanation I can think of is gross incompetence and ignorance. Why doesn't someone with a stake in this, like Bauer, come out with a weight/experience/hollow depth chart so that the players who are being abused by the LHS morons can finally learn to skate.

[wardyhockey11 0]

I was at 3/8 but wasn't getting enough glide. Now I'm at 1/2.

[millertime99 0]

9/16s baby!

[irbenaid 0]

I was at 1/2" and a few months ago I tried 3/8". I liked both but felt I had to work too hard with the 3/8". I went back to the 1/2" and then after reading this thread I went to 5/8". The guy at my local hockey shop looked at me like I had 3 heads when I asked for it, but he did it. I like the 5/8" and will probably stick with it. If anything it just feels smoother to skate on. I don't feel like the skates are going to dig into the ice when I don't want them too and it didn't affect my turning at all.

By the way I'm about 5'8" 190lbs.

[Eazy_b97 1]

Went to 1" again today and loved it. It's awesome feeling the bite, but also flying around without trying.

[Chopper C. 0]

My LHS uses 13/32. I like it.

[analog999 0]

I think the best things about the wider hollow (5/8+) is speed and the fact that it makes it much easier to pivot. I have not noticed a significant decrease in my turning ability, but I have noticed significant increases in the other two things I just mentioned. I will push myself to 1" soon...

[Norm 0]

I've been a "shallower is better" convert ever since a certain little LHS in NH suggested 5/8" over the standard 3/8" that's the norm where I go. Its been a while and my skating's improved so I asked for the next shallowest they could do ("umm, that's 6/8", sharpener boy said; hooray public schools) and tried it at stick and puck. I didn't notice any difference, but I wasn't really pushing it. We'll see what happens at my next powerskating class, though.