straight/closed-face blade patterns

[cause4alarm 7]

I like straight/closed face blades, particularly moderate/not-too-deep mid curves. I've used Recchi (145-0) and Amonte (RBK P30) which in my opinion look practically identical (Amonte looks like it has a slightly bigger curve). What other straight/closed-face patterns are there?

This is all I know of so far (from my recollection of having seen them in person, not just reading off an online chart), so correct me if I'm wrong.

RBK P30 Bergeron: identical to the Amonte

RBK P38 Datsyuk: according to the customer service rep at CCM/RBK, it's identical to the Recchi

Sher-Wood Coffey: deep curve

Sher-Wood LeClair: mid curve

TPS Messier: deep curve

Montreal Euro: deep curve

Koho Jagr: deep curve

CCM Thornton: deep curve

Yzerman: deep curve

Iginla: heel curve

Also, does anybody have any accurate lie information? I've seen various sources saying that the Recchi is 5.5 and some saying that it's 6. (Obviously, somebody is 'lie-ing' here! :o)

[topshelf11 0]

Warrior Robitaille Deep

TPS Brendl/Sundin/Afinogenov Deep

[Jarick 5]

What are you looking for that the Recchi isn't giving you?

[mack 44]

Old TPS Hulls had negative shovel going for them.

[cause4alarm 7]

What are you looking for that the Recchi isn't giving you?

I like it just fine, but if there's a nice online sale on non-CCM OPS, it's good to know what might work for me. But aside from that, I'm a little curious to try to experiment with different lies. I just cut a few inches off the length of my stick, and even though I like it so far, I've been flubbing the occasional cross-ice pass and I'm wondering if a different pattern might help there.

[odp 0]

The Bergeron P30 seems quite short in length, compared to the Thornton.

[tips09 0]

the iggy is a mid not heel curve

[jeffw 1]

I've been using the Recchi for awhile and just picked up a Bauer P88 Lindros.

It looks to have a little more toe-ish curve but only very slightly open.

It gets it's first go round at drop in tonight.

Also tried the P92 Naslund. Very similar curve and lie to the Recchi but much more open.

L-R Recchi-Lindros-Naslund (mis-labeled as PM66)

Naslund

Lindros

Recchi

[ju87 0]

How do the lies on the Recchi and the Lindros compare ?

[cause4alarm 7]

Regarding those Lindros curves, I thought that they were more on the heelish-end, but I don't have one in front of me right now.

As for Iginla, I'm willing to compromise and call it a mid-heel. It's also worth noting that the blade itself is tiny.

[jeffw 1]

How do the lies on the Recchi and the Lindros compare ?

The Lindros is slightly closer to a 6 than the Recchi and has more rocker on the bottom of the blade. I used it at pickup last night and I'm in love. ;)

cause4alarm is correct, it is a little more heelish than the Recchi. I was going off initial impressions but after comparing the two side by side I'd call it more heelish.

It also looks to be very close to the TPS Messier but I only held it for a moment.

[Rustpot 1]

How do the lies on the Recchi and the Lindros compare ?

It also looks to be very close to the TPS Messier but I only held it for a moment.

The TPS Messier I have is a slight mid with a lot of open, and a short blade.

[halfmoonyote 0]

RBK P38 Datsyuk: according to the customer service rep at CCM/RBK, it's identical to the Recchi

Their CSR said that? That's surprising, because I just looked at a Datsyuk last night and it seems deeper than the Recchi. Interesting though.

[DamnLocust 0]

heatley is close to the iginla, but with a 5 lie. (iginla is 5.5)

if you're willing to go with a slightly open mid-heel, there's always the forsberg (5 lie; the eastons seem to be just a little less open than the clones, save Tkachuk.)

[Jarick 5]

Yeah it's a tough call on the Lindros lie because of the rockered heel. If you put the mid through toe on the ground, it's 6 lie, if you put the mid through heel on the ground, it's 5 lie. I seem to play well with anything from 5 to 5.5 and the Lindros works fine for me. The Recchi (at least mine) has no rocker and it's just over 5 lie. The curves are very similar although the Recchi has a more square toe and it's longer.

Left to right, Montreal Euro, Easton Heatley, Bauer Lindros, CCM Recchi

[cause4alarm 7]

Yeah it's a tough call on the Lindros lie because of the rockered heel. If you put the mid through toe on the ground, it's 6 lie, if you put the mid through heel on the ground, it's 5 lie. I seem to play well with anything from 5 to 5.5 and the Lindros works fine for me. The Recchi (at least mine) has no rocker and it's just over 5 lie. The curves are very similar although the Recchi has a more square toe and it's longer.

Are you able to measure these lies yourself?

Any side-view pics of this rockered lie on the Lindros?

And regarding the CCM customer service rep and Datsyuk/Recchi, there's a possibility that I may have misunderstood her or paraphrased incorrectly. Now that I think about it, I'm not entirely sure if I've really looked closely at the Datsyuk pattern yet, despite what I wrote earlier.

[Chadd 916]

Yeah it's a tough call on the Lindros lie because of the rockered heel. If you put the mid through toe on the ground, it's 6 lie, if you put the mid through heel on the ground, it's 5 lie.

Neither is the proper way to measure lie.