Nash palms suck! Anyone?

[wickedwrister 0]

3rd pair of pro stocks in a row. All nash palms. All top hand toast in less than 30 skates. I think I shall go back to retail. Anyone else?

[CapsFan 5]

Strange... I prefer nash palms. I find them to be more durable than *most* retail palms.

[TheProfessor 2]

Aren't a lot of retail gloves made with Nash palms? I've never looked into it, but I seem to remember 10 years ago only lower end gloves were made with Nash palms. The top end models used pigskin, leather, suede and other stuff I can't remember. Anyway, I agree that nash palms never seem to last too long and they don't seem to grip as well.

[mrusse01 0]

3rd pair of pro stocks in a row. All nash palms. All top hand toast in less than 30 skates. I think I shall go back to retail. Anyone else?

What kind of tape are you using on the knob? I dunno if it's just me, but I find white tape wears down palms waaaay less than black, and there are a variety of cloth like tapes that are even better.

[zales17 0]

add a strip of clear tape streched around the top of the buttend. itll prolong the life of your top hand glove for a while

[Jarick 5]

Try Powerflex tape, I got about six months out of some goatskin palms skating 3x a week.

[Chadd 916]

I used to have the same problem but since I switched to the foam that Oggie Grip sells, I haven't worn out any palms. It seems to soften the edges enough that they don't wear a hole. I only use the straight lines at the top, not the squiggly lines or other shapes.

http://www.oggiegrip.com/sticky-grip-foam.php

[krwwc6 0]

Yea. . . I stopped using tape on my sticks and started using tacki-mac grips about a year ago.

My right palm used to get destroyed on every pair of gloves I had and now I have no problems at all.

http://www.tackimac.com/

[JR Boucicaut 3805]

Get goatskin palms on the top hand.

Fixitbymail used to do it for me and reinforce it with another goatskin patch. Never any problems after that. I'll most likely do that to my Eastons when I get around to it. Send all of them in...

[odp 0]

No problems with Grip Dr. and Tacki-mac grips.

[TomMc#4 0]

I had this problem i wore a 1" diameter hole through the top hand of my Easton S11 gloves in about a month(skating 2-3 times per week). i only use a tiny knob on my stick, about 2-3mm away the stick at the exact width of stick tape, and then i only put about 2-3" of tape down the shaft at single thickness. its basically just so i know where the end of the stick is as i use grip coated sticks. i have a feeling it may be the subtle square profile to it, but also most probably due to the fact the palms had small ventilation holes in already so basically just widened before merging.

thoughts?

[Law Goalie 147]

Goatskin is incredible stuff; mustang is apparently quite good too.

[wickedwrister 0]

Yea. . . I stopped using tape on my sticks and started using tacki-mac grips about a year ago.

http://www.tackimac.com/

I do have a Tackimac on my stick. Perhaps they use thinner palms on the pro stock stuff, but jeesh it's like wet paper towels as far as durability.

[zales17 0]

haha, that is awesome that you mentioned "oggie grips" stuff chadd. My cousin used to play on that guys adult league team up in MA. I remember him having a couple prototypes of the product about 5 or so years ago. Its great to see his business is spreading.

[Spreedizzle 1]

I tried the Tacki Mac and liked the performance of it, but I prefer the smaller diameter, minnimalist taping job of a very thin layer of tape (white only). I would consider Tacki Mac, or a similar product if they made it a little thinner.

[wetwilly17 6]

add a strip of clear tape streched around the top of the buttend. itll prolong the life of your top hand glove for a while

good idea. i'll have to try that.

[NTKT10 0]

I use athletic tape like a trainer uses. I like it because it's thin and not anywhere near as rough and tacky as regular cloth tapes. It's very gentle on your palm.

[Chadd 916]

add a strip of clear tape streched around the top of the buttend. itll prolong the life of your top hand glove for a while

good idea. i'll have to try that.

Electrical tape forms better than clear but both of those tapes make you grip the stick harder because they're slick.

[hapamatt122 0]

I used to have the same problem but since I switched to the foam that Oggie Grip sells, I haven't worn out any palms. It seems to soften the edges enough that they don't wear a hole. I only use the straight lines at the top, not the squiggly lines or other shapes.

http://www.oggiegrip.com/sticky-grip-foam.php

you still tape over those strips though? I was thinking it was the friction of the tape to the glove that was making the holes, not the hard surface or shape of the stick.

[enwah16 0]

I started with black tape and then moved to white, but my XXX gloves continued to wear through. So, I switched to Tackimac and what was left on my palm has yet to wear through. That was over six months ago. Go Tackimac.

[CapsFan 5]

I tried the Tacki Mac and liked the performance of it, but I prefer the smaller diameter, minnimalist taping job of a very thin layer of tape (white only). I would consider Tacki Mac, or a similar product if they made it a little thinner.

Try the "sand" Tacki Mac. I've found it to be very thin.

[D-MaN88 0]

I personally find electrical tape on top of the hockey tape is the best solution. I only put it where the top part of the nob is formed. I've only blown out one pair of glove palms and ever since I've started doing this I've never had a hole in my palms since.