be careful with the dolo

[BMcDonald19 0]

a kid came into today. he was looking at new sticks. and i asked him like what he used before. he ran to the car grabbed his warrior dolomite.. it was in great shape. i was surprised so i asked him why he was buying something new... he told me, the warrior was broken. for a second i thought maybe i shouldnt have drank so much the night before, then he handed me the stick and said shake it. soon after that.. i realized the blade was loose. i was like no worries bud, ill just re clue your blade and it will be okay. he look at me all weird and said how are you gonna reglue the blade on an OPS? i was like wait a second this isnt a tapered shaft? he is like no.. my first one piece... right around the fused area was a line. so after being stunned for a second, i thought well hey ill it off, and throw a new blade. i took the heat gun out and as i heated up the fuse point. i pulled and boom... one piece turned into a two piece. it looked just like a tapered shaft and the small hosel blade. i was a tad shocked so i cut the tape on the handle, and sure enough it had the player pattern name bar, so it wasnt a shaft. used alittle glue and tape, sure enough a "one piece" was born again...i have never seen anything like it before ever... and even when i pulled the paint cchipped off showing me even more that it was a one piece, it was painted right over the fuse... weirdest thing ive ever seen

[kovalchuk71 212]

A lot of Dolomites have had loose blades like this. Pretty normal.

[tro 4]

No offense but for working in a shop, I am surprised you don't know that most OPS are two piece fused, and very few are true OPS.

[Keith 0]

Yeah, besides nobody has ever proven a true ops is better... A plain old xn10 can mop the floor with most anything shooting wise and that is a two piece.

[kukakid 0]

Yup, had the same thing happen to my dolomite, popped the blade out, added some tape and glue and put it back in no problem.

[BMcDonald19 0]

A lot of Dolomites have had loose blades like this. Pretty normal.

that wasnt what surprised me, i was shocked i could just pull the blade out

[D aka speck 0]

A lot of Dolomites have had loose blades like this. Pretty normal.

that wasnt what surprised me, i was shocked i could just pull the blade out

Construction and marketing are two separate things.

Most "one piece" sticks are actually fused shafts and blades, simply cleaned up visually.

[mack 44]

Jesus, I thought our LHS was bad.

[Cove 39]

No offense but for working in a shop, I am surprised you don't know that most OPS are two piece fused, and very few are true OPS.

Which are 'true' ops ?

[Remman 0]

I believe Vapor XXX, MacDaddy... probably a few more

[BMcDonald19 0]

I believe Vapor XXX, MacDaddy... probably a few more

stealth cnt

A lot of Dolomites have had loose blades like this. Pretty normal.

that wasnt what surprised me, i was shocked i could just pull the blade out

Construction and marketing are two separate things.

Most "one piece" sticks are actually fused shafts and blades, simply cleaned up visually.

i am aware of that, but when was the last time you pulled the blade out of your OPS like it was a shaft

[Remman 0]

Many members on here do it to a variety of OPS'...

[yipperzz 28]

you're lucky...when i broke my blade i spent 40 minutes pulling that thing out of my dolo. :)

[hockey is life... 0]

This happened to a kid on my team. It was a Royale. But he did it on the bench during a hockey game.

[Hockeydog 8]

I have a one90 pro return stick that has a blade I have come to hate ( 7 lie)

could I pull the blade out and stick another in? ( or have a LHS do it to be more precise)

[chippa13 1844]

I have a one90 pro return stick that has a blade I have come to hate ( 7 lie)

could I pull the blade out and stick another in? ( or have a LHS do it to be more precise)

Nope, Monocomp technology on the One90. You can probably cut it but you can't heat and pull the blade out.

[Rustpot 1]

Don't chop it! 7 lie is a hard find, try and sell it or trade to get another

All of Montreal's sticks are true one piece, even their pricepoint 4500.

[Chadd 916]

I believe Vapor XXX, MacDaddy... probably a few more

Actually, I would say only the Busch/Graf sticks are true OPS. The rest are still multiple piece construction.

[Aussie Joe 0]

Is there a precise technical reason Chadd? I was under the impression most "true OPS" type sticks are knock offs of the Inno True1. Or is that a grey area also?

[Chadd 916]

Is there a precise technical reason Chadd? I was under the impression most "true OPS" type sticks are knock offs of the Inno True1. Or is that a grey area also?

The "true OPS" tend to be manufactured like wood sticks in as much as the shafts are attached to a blade at the very end of the shaft. The shaft of the stick is really one piece but the blade is attached later. Whereas, to the best of my knowledge, Busch sticks are formed all at once.

That isn't to say that Busch sticks are better in any way, simply that their production method seems to fit the "true OPS" description better than any of the others I've seen.

[Ogie Oglethorpe 14]

The Busch product is superior in many ways (durability, puck feel, good balance), but have fallen behind the times in others (no taper, and with everyone hyper sensitive of weight their once cutting edge weight advantage is now over 100 grams heavier than the lightest offering 395 gram stick).

BUT, yes, I agree with Chad to a degree. It is the "true-est" one-piece out there.

[Law Goalie 147]

(Stupid question coming from a goalie about to order his first non-wood player sticks...)

Is it always this easy to get the blade out of a fused OPS? Just a little heat-gun, pull, and out it comes?

I'm particularly interested in the Dolomite, since I can get Warrior stuff really, really cheaply through a friend.

[Chadd 916]

(Stupid question coming from a goalie about to order his first non-wood player sticks...)

Is it always this easy to get the blade out of a fused OPS? Just a little heat-gun, pull, and out it comes?

I'm particularly interested in the Dolomite, since I can get Warrior stuff really, really cheaply through a friend.

If you can do it, Warrior and TPS are the brands most people have had success with. I've never been able to do it with any of my TPS though.

[wullymc 0]

Is it always this easy to get the blade out of a fused OPS? Just a little heat-gun, pull, and out it comes?

I'm particularly interested in the Dolomite, since I can get Warrior stuff really, really cheaply through a friend.

I have read that you can do it {subliminal - Share your Source} but some blades are very hard to get out! Grease up the elbow!

[leafs1967 2]

With my dolomite ops i use a long piece of steel rebar heat up the fuse point put the rebar in the stick and pop the blade out. Works everytime