Aluminum sticks

[BK 0]

theres a guy on ebay who makes his own and sells um.. from what I have read, they are pretty good. Anybody here get a set from him?

http://cgi.ebay.com/2-New-Pro-flex-1000-Al...1QQcmdZViewItem

[captainnifty 0]

These are very interesting and informative arguments into aluminum/titanium vs. composites. I do recall the feeling of tendons popping due to shock while taking a slapshot with my Bauer aluminum.

Aside from the technological and scientific arguements into the malleable properties of metal and ease of manufacturing, I was wondering if there was an official answer from any of the manufacturers or documented statements from representatives. I've searched the net far and wide for an answer for this, but came up with nothing but more questions and a lot of porn.

I do recall seeing the wood -> aluminum -> graphite/composite phase out process in tennis raquets, but that was years before the Gretzky started out with that silver easton in the NHL, from what I remember that is (I could be wrong).

[BK 0]

Hoenstly, I think its the supply and demand factor.

Nobody really wants an aluminum shaft anymore because there are newer, more advanced sticks. Companies could make them... but honestly, I think they would sit on the shelves and end up in the clearance bin.

[LetsGoWings13 0]

I think they should make a small amount of them. There are awalys the few die hards who refuse to change. I saw a guy using ancient supremes that were beaten up very badly and just refuses to change.

[jrhky36 1]

still have an easton v-flex 100 and gretz siliver tip i sanded down to silver with no paint. don't plan on using them any time soon.

[Neo5370 132]

I think there's a small niche for aluminums. "Older" guys that still like/love/use them. Not worth any companies time but if the re-released some old school shafts like they re-release retro Jordans they'd get snatched up.

If there is ever any new condition aluminum or a/c shaft on ebay I'd say they go as high as forty to fifty dollars. Eastons do at least.

[thejackal 46]

I';ve seen new SMU cyclones.

[SailRace 1]

You guys should also remember that at the end of the day, once the R&D has been completed, Alluminum and Alloy would be more expensive to produce than composite.

Composites can be formed using a mold, where as high quality alluminum sticks or alloy sticks would most likely need to be extruded in order to create the same taper and flex points that a composite can give.

Just like the top of hte line chassis are extrueded rather than die-cast, the same would hold true for sticks, and that process can be very expensive, because you'd need a large piece of alloy to start with in order to extrude a hockey stick.

Then think about the whole OPS craze. How would you make an alluminum OPS? If anyone here has ever complained about the puck feel of a composite blade, imagine the puck feel on a OPS alluminum stick with an alluminum blade.....talk about a weapon.....

[Duder84 0]

i own one of those smu cyclones, they're actually pretty flexy, though thats probably a bad thing with aluminum.