Blade Alignment

[greatone 0]

Anyone ever try the blade alignment service for your skates which is offered by some LHS?? Is it worth it??? Any improvement noticed?? Thanks.

[trox_355 0]

Do you mean straightening the steel if it's warped or re-aligning the holder to the boot?

[Fredrik 0]

I think he means this...

[greatone 0]

Nice job Fred, that is exactly what I mean and the store I was referring to.

[AnthonyJTa 0]

Nice job Fred, that is exactly what I mean and the store I was referring to.

taken from the website....

* skating using only the inside edges of the blade

* difficulty handling a specific edge using good skating technique

* knee strain or lower back pain

well if the reason you're considering is either of the top 2...look into shims. This would be my solution, but I know my issue lies a lot deeper than my skates. I have a lot of foot and ankle problems.. so I've seen a podiatrist and gotten custom orthotics. They have helped a lot, and if it's not the solution, I'll be shipping my skates out for shims.

[B-Nads 0]

Not wanting to thread-jack or anything, but I seem to have a problem like this with an older pair I have been using for outdoor hockey - the outside edge of the right skate will not cut, regardless of fresh sharpenings or how often I take a sweet stick to it - the blade looks straight, but maybe it is an allignment issue.