Black Holders... What are your thoughts

[beaver5 1]

Watching the oilers game and seeing petr nedved with his "Black Widow" skates it made me want to make this thread.

Ive got black tuuks on my graf 705's and i think it looks great. Others dont seem to see it the same I do. Just wondering what you guys think.

Also lets see if we can name all the players who have black/colored holders.

NHL Players w/black holders...

Paul Kariya

Petr Nedved

Ryan Smyth (Dark Navy)

Jaromir Jagr

Doug Weight

ill update it

[SickWithIt 0]

doug weight and do you have a pic of your skates

[Maka 0]

All I know is that Paul Kariya's 8090's with Black Tuuks is actually pretty classy in my opinion. I don't think it looks tacky at all.

[beaver5 1]

i agree i love kariyas. they look the best out of all the nhl players skates IMO.

Those are mine

[Fury of One 6]

Sweet skates. I'm a fan of black holders and I wish more skates came stock with them. I'm actually thinking of getting the black CCM holders put on my 9Ks.

[texanhockey 0]

those are real sweet man

[beaver5 1]

i agree fury, they just look different because you hardly see them.

[RadioGaGa 162]

There is another guy on the Rangers...Prucha or Nylander??? Can't remember.

[EDIT] Checked Gettyimages...it isn't either of them...could've swore I saw someone other than Jagr with them during the NYR-MTL game.

[DamnLocust 0]

Straka's in grafs with black custom+.

It depends on the skate, really. I'm thinking about dyeing my pitch holders on my L7s and trying to find some decent black waxed laces for them.

[djinferno 2]

There is another guy on the Rangers...Prucha or Nylander??? Can't remember.

[EDIT] Checked Gettyimages...it isn't either of them...could've swore I saw someone other than Jagr with them during the NYR-MTL game.

it's Straka

i think it's one of the hottest things...

it's like a tint on a car...

[Fletch 219]

I've always thought that black tuuk's make your skating "stick out" or look choppy...not that I'm altogether opposed to them (I've had two pairs of skates with them) but they have always seemed to make players look like choppy skaters to me.

[bekster 0]

I loved black holders in the mid 90s (supreme 4000/comp era) but now ..

I like when there is a contrast between skate and holder, black skate - white holder, so probably i would like a white/light colored skate with a black holder!? I really love blue holders, though (royal not navy)!

And i think colored holders will be a big trend in the next years!

[odp 0]

I've got an old set of black Pro Lite 3 holders on my first pair of CCM 994's. Who knew they might make a comeback.

[Doctor Hook 0]

I'm old school, I like white holders for me, but I'm fine if others rock colored.

Black holders never come stock, right?

[Wolfpack_1986 154]

i like em

[Monty22 835]

Seems like every 5-10 years or so the black holders become standard, then after a couple of seasons they are replaced by white. Everything old is new again.

It all depends on the skate as far as if they work with black holders.

[tryandstopme 35]

Black holders never come stock, right?

I'm not sure about recently but the Bauer Supreme 5000 Composites came stock with black Tuuks.

[wristshot19 0]

Vector 10.0 SE skates come stock with black holders.

[stick9 905]

I'm old school, I like white holders for me, but I'm fine if others rock colored.

Black holders never come stock, right?

Black was the standard back when Tuuk's first came out. White wasn't used until later on. So at one point black came stock on all skates with Tuuk's.

For me it depends on the skate. I think they look great on Graf's like Jagr's.

[JPB_69 0]

As wristshot19 just mentioned, the Vector 10.0 SK. Ovechkin wears them. Pretty pimped out skates. Saw them in person at my LHS, all I can say is you better have some game to wear those babies.

[NWoodhockey17 0]

black holders look sick but they really have to be tuuks, ccms just don't look as good, plus colored holders make any imperfections in your stride stand out more than just white

[EBondo 242]

Love them. I have black holders on my 5K Pumps

[KYHockey3 0]

i think the balck holders look good depending what skate they are on. i mean any color can look good, it just depends on the boot.

[stick9 905]

As wristshot19 just mentioned, the Vector 10.0 SK. Ovechkin wears them. Pretty pimped out skates. Saw them in person at my LHS, all I can say is you better have some game to wear those babies.

Ovechkin himself has white tuuk customs on his CCM's.

I thought the boot was nice, but the black e-holder was a little too much.

[Fletch 219]

Black holders never come stock, right?

I'm not sure about recently but the Bauer Supreme 5000 Composites came stock with black Tuuks.

My Bauer Comps came with black tuuks -