Sweet-Stick

[RadioGaGa 162]

Since this thread has mentioned sharpening....does anyone on here use the Sweet Stick. I've got one and I think it is great. I know it isn't a replacement for a pro sharpening, but I find that freshly shaprened skates have a bit too much bite (not sure of that is the right description) but I think you know what I mean...

I run the Sweet Stick over them once or twice and I have a nice edge for my skating style...I usually skate once a week, occassionally twice (an hour at a time) so I get my skates sharpened every 8-10 skates. BTW, CCM Tacks with Pro Lite 3's.

It's hard to find SS's though, because most of the the places that sold them also do skate sharpening, so they are giving away there business by selling them...

http://www.sweet-stick.com

Thoughts?

[JR Boucicaut 3801]

It doesn't work. It gives the user a false edge.

[RadioGaGa 162]

Hmmm....I know a few guys that are using it, so we all must be getting fooled...*L*

I'm a pretty small guy (5'8" 165 lbs). It's not like I'm a big Bertuzzi/Lindros sized mofo. Maybe that is why I can get away with using it.

Thanks JR...

[JR Boucicaut 3801]

I just about throttled a guy today - it seems that I sharpen his skates every week...he came into the store with a SS and was doing his edges...

[Eazy_b97 1]

It doesn't work. It gives the user a false edge.

care to explain to the less educated sharpenees?

[JR Boucicaut 3801]

It's all in the SS literature.

It "rolls" the edge back in.

By using it, the edges will no longer be square...

Before SS = l l

After SS = / \

Further proof - when you kill an edge, your edge is bright silver. Run the SS on a pair of skates, and the entire edge is bright silver.

The only reason why I have one was to hone skates by running it along the side of the blade.

[ambro 0]

It doesn't work. It gives the user a false edge.

It works. Obviously it isn't a sharpening, but it does what they say it will do.

[Chadd 916]

It doesn't work.  It gives the user a false edge.

It works. Obviously it isn't a sharpening, but it does what they say it will do.

Assuming you consider damaging you steel "working".

[ambro 0]

It doesn't work.  It gives the user a false edge.

It works. Obviously it isn't a sharpening, but it does what they say it will do.

Assuming you consider damaging you steel "working".

What I consider working is what the company claims it will do. And it does that.

[Buzz_LightBeer 969]

my ADHD wouldnt allow me to read everything, but it seems like a counter-productive de-burring stone to me

[Chadd 916]

It doesn't work.  It gives the user a false edge.

It works. Obviously it isn't a sharpening, but it does what they say it will do.

Assuming you consider damaging you steel "working".

What I consider working is what the company claims it will do. And it does that.

No matter what it does that they neglect to tell you?

[ambro 0]

If it does something else that they don't tell the customer, but still does everything they say it does, it works.

[JR Boucicaut 3801]

http://www.sweet-stick.com/images/sweet-2.gif

Look at the diagram closely. Not only does it roll your edge in, it misshapes your existing hollow.

You need your edges to be square, NOT angled.

Sounds like you'll buy into any scam, Ethan. Beware of pyramid schemes later in life.

[blackhawks4ever 0]

JR--- I was told by the sharpening guru here that the points of the hollow often curl out because the steel is so thin, and if you took a flat piece of steel (not stone)and ran it along side the blade it would "push" the rounded out edge back up into place and give your edge a little more life. This contradicts you picture which shows the edge worn down. Am I mistaken???

[JR Boucicaut 3801]

Well, that's what happens when your edges are skated on, they roll outward and are no longer square.

Figure something like this ) (

My whole point is that you want square edges - not convex or concave edges.

I don't know about metal - that sounds like you'd remove whatever edge you have.

A regular honing stone does the trick...a very good stone is the Miraclestone. I picked one up from the Predators during training camp and I use it as my final pass stone. It's a very fine grit. It's a wetstone - so use water.

http://www.miraclestone.com

[Dave 1]

Whenever I use my t'blade stone on a used set of t'blades they trun to sh...

I feel that they get sharper by using the stone. Yet, it's very very weird. I loose my edge on a reg basis during a skate on hand-stoned t'blades.

This may be due to the t'blade stone beein very rough, though. This miraclestone looks much finer-grained.

[PH_Hockey2 4]

What abot just a normal edge stone, that will work just fine wont it?

[sweetblazer 0]

so if i were to get one and only use it in emergercies..say 2 times would it really affect the blade that badly??

[JR Boucicaut 3801]

You'd get better results out of a 220 grit honing stone/Miraclestone than the Sweet Stick.

[sweetblazer 0]

ok thx JR

[hockeydude2003 0]

id just like to add that the person who designed the sweet stick knows what he does and he sold the rights to some other person . The SS would be better for sharpening knives because knives have that type of shape where skates dont.

[icedog76 0]

Hi there,

Does anyone use the sweetstick on their skate blades?

Does it work well and how often do you use it?

http://www.sweet-stick.com/

thanks

icedog76

[Wayne 0]

It's a temporary solution to the problem of having no edge. You swipe the blade with it 3 times and it gives you a bit of an edge. Nothing like a fresh sharpening, but it will suffice temporarily. I'm not sure what damage it does to the blade itself, I've heard conflicting views. Some guys I knew would use it every intermission.

[hockeymom 2]

They ruin your edges - don't use them. JR gives a wonderful explanation of why and how they ruin your edges in this thread:

http://www.modsquadhockey.com/forums/index...66&hl=false

This works better - and is pinned in the Equipment Forum:

Miracle Stone

[jimmy 194]

They do not ruin your edges if used properly. A single light pass with barely no pressure is enough to lightly sharpen an edge. Like other hand helds, they cannot restore edges, just perhaps extend the interval of a blade that still has edge. Many people use them with great success.