Joe Thornton on 3/8" hollow

[lb33knight 0]

man Im only 165lbs. or so and I hate a 3/8 hollow, I wouldn't have thought a single guy in the NHL would use it. I skate with a 5/8, I'd go shallower, but every place around here bitches that "it ruins their stone to keep regrinding it"

They are just being lazy. Yes, some of the stone is cut away everytime it dressed but one stone should last for well over 100 pairs. The money made off of just 3 sharpenings will pay for a new stone.

Real pro shops love those lazy sharpeners. Let's not "encourage" them to do it right! Anyway, lets also not oversimplify the profit one makes on a sharpening. It's not "that" much! Everyone fails to remember the gov't (federal and state) get a huge chunk of the profits. In my case, it's 30%, so I have to do about 7 sharpenings to pay for a stone. :)

Federal and state shouldn't matter. Skate sharpening is considered manual labor and therefore not taxable.

Income is taxable, no matter how achieved. There is no tax exempt income, unless you are a tax exemp org. What's your address, I'll have the IRS visit you and explain it. B)

Somebody lied to one of us then...

[Chadd 916]

man Im only 165lbs. or so and I hate a 3/8 hollow, I wouldn't have thought a single guy in the NHL would use it. I skate with a 5/8, I'd go shallower, but every place around here bitches that "it ruins their stone to keep regrinding it"

They are just being lazy. Yes, some of the stone is cut away everytime it dressed but one stone should last for well over 100 pairs. The money made off of just 3 sharpenings will pay for a new stone.

Real pro shops love those lazy sharpeners. Let's not "encourage" them to do it right! Anyway, lets also not oversimplify the profit one makes on a sharpening. It's not "that" much! Everyone fails to remember the gov't (federal and state) get a huge chunk of the profits. In my case, it's 30%, so I have to do about 7 sharpenings to pay for a stone. :)

Federal and state shouldn't matter. Skate sharpening is considered manual labor and therefore not taxable.

Income is taxable, no matter how achieved. There is no tax exempt income, unless you are a tax exemp org. What's your address, I'll have the IRS visit you and explain it. B)

Somebody lied to one of us then...

Many years ago services weren't taxed, that hasn't been the case for quite a while though.

[wonderenzo 0]

i (165) went from 3/8 then to 7/16... loved the change.. then to 5/8.. then to 11/16. now i feel so much more stable all around. not to mention the speed picked up.

but thats just personal opinion. As a sharpener i try to get people to try different things, and if they come back hating it, ill re sharpen on my expense.

as for prices, we do 3 and 8, a lot of people in our area buy online, so we offer 3$ for those who buy in store.

[mew1838 0]

I'm 120lb and skate on 9/16"

[Kovy_Ribs_Fedo 3]

The best technical skaters can skate without problem with an 1'' hollow. That being said, you need to be a great skater.

[jon93 0]

im 5'4" 142 and use a 3/4th cut. just find what your comfortable with. If thorton uses a 3/8th, so be it. The deeper or shallower your hallow is doesnt mean your a better player.

[willy0314 0]

IIRC the deeper a hollow, it can seem more forgiving as far as edge control because its cutting deeper into the ice, but as you get shallower, you can turn better...something about the radius and the angle that the steel makes contact with the ice?