toe blade problems

[hervey 0]

i have been having problems lately with my sticks wearing off pretty quickly on the toe. i never tap my stick on the ice with the toe, and i tape my stick and over the toe almost everytime i get on the ice. is there anyway i can help to stop or slow down this chipping?

[bbruins8 0]

i have been having problems lately with my sticks wearing off pretty quickly on the toe. i never tap my stick on the ice with the toe, and i tape my stick and over the toe almost everytime i get on the ice. is there anyway i can help to stop or slow down this chipping?

Which stick is it? Some of the sticks that really thin out towards the toe tend to chip quite easily. Taping over the toe is really the only thing I can think of that will help this problem. Hopefully somebody else has a solution. I'd recommend filling in with epoxy, but when I tried that it just seemed to chip off after a few shots in warm ups.

[Wolfpack_1986 154]

it's just something that happens when digging along boards, skate blades, etc.

[hervey 0]

well there is about 3/4 inch taken off of my RBK 7K sickick and my vapor XXXX is starting to chip.

[McDougalfaschnitzer 32]

Is the stick too long for you?

[hervey 0]

nope, just barely under my chin

[bbruins8 0]

well there is about 3/4 inch taken off of my RBK 7K sickick and my vapor XXXX is starting to chip.

3/4" is a lot to chip off man are you sure thats not an exaggeration?

[Ogie Oglethorpe 14]

Could it be the lie of your blade?

For instance, the particular patterns I like don't have a lie that is right for me - especially in light of how long I like my sticks. As a result they always wear at the heal first for me.

A way to check is to see the wear on the tape. Is it consistantly worn at the toe while the heal looks far newer and intact? If so, then it's telling you the lie is wrong. In other words, the toe of the blade is contacting the ice a lot sooner and more often than the heel.

Just a thought.....

[McDougalfaschnitzer 32]

My next step was to see what lie he was using. What patterns are the sticks?

[wetwilly17 6]

i doubt the problem is the pattern that he is using. some people are just tough on the toe of a blade. i have the same problem. its because i play center. faceoffs are tough on the toe and if you are the type of player that battles it out along the boards, it is very rough on the toe. i'm not too found of easton blades because of this although i just picked up 4 stealths for really cheap and the stealth seems to be decent for a hi performance stick. the synergy sl's and si-core blades i had (and probably the synergy elites but i haven't used one) have horrible toes. i got a good deal at a pro stock sale on a bunch of sl's. well it wasn't a deal at all because of how short the sticks lasted. every one of them delaminated at the toe. i even apply tape over the end of the toe to try to dampen the impact. this helps some.

[lampliter87 8]

i doubt the problem is the pattern that he is using.

square toe or round toe makes a difference

[wetwilly17 6]

i doubt the problem is the pattern that he is using.

square toe or round toe makes a difference

true. i use a round toe but would rather have a square toe. unfortunately, noone makes a retail modano/forsberg style with a square toe.

[Leafsrok 0]

the lie is too high for you. you need to buy a blade with a lower lie

[cam04 0]

both my s17s did that to me.....cant use them anymore

[Cue 0]

the lie is too high for you. you need to buy a blade with a lower lie

You got it backwards, if he's making contact with the toe more, it should be a higher lie to raise the toe up and level out the blade more.

[TBLfan 25]

Too much wear on the heel = lower lie needed

Too much wear on the toe = higher lie needed

[stickfixchaska 0]

With my stick repair business, I see quite a few of the toes delaminate. I can't really pinpoint the cause of the breakdown, but I do see it occur more in Easton sticks at a ratio of about 3:1. I do believe that is simply due to their market share in Minnesota.

[dgeesaman 0]

(New member here, forgive me for recycling an old thread.)

I'm forever destroying the bottom part of the toe of my Easton one piece composite sticks. They split and then fray apart. I should be less sloppy digging along the boards I suppose.

1) I'm thinking of repairing with Gorilla glue or some kind of epoxy. Maybe hook up a vacuum pump to the butt of the stick to help draw it in, or let the expanding of the Gorilla glue push inward. What will work best?

2) What sticks are more durable? I have an Easton Synergy ST that has held up great, but I see they're now $170/ea. Is there a durable alternative that is closer to $100? My preferred pattern is the P4 Zetterberg, and it appears that the Reebok P42 Duchene might be a good match.

[pittu 15]

I cant speak to the toe damage since I've not really seen that on any of my sticks except when stickhandling on concrete.

I did try the Gorilla glue to fix a blade that was cracked from the heel to the mid blade on bottom. I flexed the blade and squeezed glue into the opened crack, then I duct taped the blade tightly to keep the glue from expanding out. Maybe I just didnt get the glue far enough into the blade, but it broke open again during warmups prior to even starting to play. A friend of mine did the same with a cracked goalie stick and it lasted for another month of playing before breaking for good. He was impressed so maybe I just did a crappy job of it.

Interesting idea on the vaccum pump, but wouldnt there be enough solid material in the blade to keep the vaccum from getting to the toe?

[interpathway 9]

Interesting idea on the vaccum pump, but wouldnt there be enough solid material in the blade to keep the vaccum from getting to the toe?

The vacuum seal would not reach the toe of the blade. C'mon. Try soaking the damage in epoxy, placing wax paper over it, and clamping something solid and flat (like pieces of wood) over it for 48 hours.

[dgeesaman 0]

So is it widely agreed that 2-part epoxy works better here than the Gorilla glue? With the Gorilla, the expanding action should help drive the material into the blade.

[HockeySavants 5]

I put a layer of shin guard tape on my toe, not only does it seem to help with the thinning but I have not had a single chip on any of my blades.