Tanabe's Lie

[Keith 0]

Anyone know the lie on Tanabe's pattern?

[Chadd 916]

5.5 or so. there were a couple at the rink but I think they're gone now.

[Flo Hockey 7 0]

What's his pattern look like? Last I saw it was a P19.

[Chadd 916]

Huge heel wedge, square toe. Closer to Lidstrom than Drury.

[Keith 0]

My Tanabe xn10 came today. He must have tweaked his curve since you last saw it. 5.5 lie, somewhat long blade, heel wedge but nothing huge by my standards. Still my kind of curve even if the lie is a touch higher than I'd like. Round toe. It sorta looks like something Mack would dig if the stick weren't just a stiff flex. I will post a photo of the face and curve shortly.

[Keith 0]

The blade sorta looks like a modano, but it is straighter and about an inch longer. I am more of a standard shaft/blade combo fan. Coming from an 1100/inno schneider combo, this thing feels creepy light. I suppose this is my annual OPS experiment.

[Chadd 916]

Damn, that's nothing like the wood blades we had here. It looks pretty similar to a P19.

[Markku 0]

Looks exactly like my P19 that I had.. mirrored though..

[black296tuuk 3]

Is that an Ebay purchase? The reason I ask is that maybe it was a pro return becasue the pattern was incorrect.

[Keith 0]

I bought it after the fact from that person with the browns and tanabes. If I like this stick, I may buy a brown, since that is a wedge too (x-s flex though) and this is a bit flexible for me. It should be fun in warmups on saturday. Stick that feels like a whiffle ball bat, wedge, slightly flexy shaft but extremely springy. My guess is that this thing will fire off rockets. I just hope it doesn't suck for receiving passes.

[Keith 0]

Just wanted to add that the person who sold me this provided great service and actually used strong packaging so if you dig either curve and want to try one, he/she is good to deal with.

[Cavs019 702]

That curve is right up my alley, unfortunately i havent had any luck finding an XN with a decent druryish heel curve in an R, W or SW.

[kosydar 0]

That curve is right up my alley, unfortunately i havent had any luck finding an XN with a decent druryish heel curve in an R, W or SW.

Same with me, except LH.

[Keith 0]

Gave the stick a shot tonight. Very impressed. The puck just explodes off this stick and seems far more accurate than my innos. I just need to adjust to this curve a bit.