ICM holder?

[asdfa 0]

what are they? someone mentioned it in the "razorbladz vs tuuks" thread and there was a picture. Are ICM's the ones they have on the old bauer chargers?

[kosydar 0]

Yes they are. They aren't too common anymore. Mack has them, I'm sure he'll be able to give you more info.

[Chadd 916]

Last I saw you can still buy them. They're a bit heavier but very stable.

[kosydar 0]

A lot of the bigger guys in the NHL wear them, I know Sundin does, and the others are slipping my mind....

[black296tuuk 3]

You can still order them from Bauer, they are not in the catalog but they are in the price list.

[mack 44]

Best holders I've used but I'm weird like that.

[joshy207 15]

ICMs don't have stainless steel blades, they're carbon-steel, a bit softer so they go dull quicker but they're easier to sharpen. The steel is molded into the plastic, so the steel and holders are not interchangeable. They are quite durable though, and were quite popular into the mid- to late-90s with pro guys.

[sn1per 0]

You see a couple of guys using them in the NHL. The only problem for most people is that if they intend to keep the skate for very long, you have to replace the entire thing and both of them unless you want two uneven height blades. If one holder goes and you've used almost half of the blade, then you gotta get two holders and you also don't have the convenience of removing the blades and replacing them like the prolite3/tuuk/tblade/other holders.

[mojo122 541]

They were popular because the earlier Tuuks were notorious for having the holders break. Josh, are you sure about the carbon steel? I used them a long time ago and thought mine said stainless steel on the blades.

[JR Boucicaut 3805]

They say Super Steel...

They are carbon, not stainless.

[Neo5370 132]

Sorry to bring up yet another old thread but I was wondering.........

Would the holders on these skates be similar to ICM's? I had a pair of these when I was very very young, but I forgot what they felt like. I think the holders on these are called ICM Comps or something like that.

http://www.1800faceoff.com/prod_selected.i...=197&shop_id=12

I was thinking of harvesting them for my 703's.

[joshy207 15]

Yeah, those are the ICM Comps. I'm thinking about doing the same thing when my blades run low, just rummage through some PIAS or Ebay for cheap skates with the same blades, remove them and toss the boots.

[hockechamp14 0]

Why would you want a pair of ICM's? Is there any kind of advantage to it?

[Neo5370 132]

As mentioned before they're supposed to be very stiff/stable.

However, I am not sure if the model I posted is as stiff as ICM holder's used by most pro's.

Though I have Cobra's, I'd like to try them out just to see if I like them.