who doesn't tape a composite blade?

[phoenixgold 0]

do these have to be taped? my buddy cuts the tape into squares and puts them on like diamond shapes and loves it but what does it do

[themooseisloose 0]

If there is no tape on the bottom of the blade it cuts down on friction. As for the tape cut like squares and put on like diamonds i assume is for a grip like feel on the blade.

[phoenixgold 0]

you think it works?

[themooseisloose 0]

you think it works?

The friction part I agree with completely but the tape on the blade doesn't last as long IMO. I know Chara tapes his blade normal and then cuts the bottom off. As for the diamond part I don't know. I have never tried that and i think that they would fall off during the game. But maybe you could atest to that?

[phoenixgold 0]

i was thinkin of it but then what would my wife think if i had the time to cut tape into squares and place it on my stick...lol house work or something i can only imagine, but in theory i think it would do something with the face actually contacting the puck might have to do it

[MacDaddyDanny 0]

I know that a lot of the inline guys dont fully tape their blades. They just put 2 or 3 strips of tape running horizontally down the front and back of the blade. Yea, the friction part definitely does work. IMO those composite blades are so friggin hard that I have to have tape on my blade for some cushion.

[JR Boucicaut 3804]

A few Russians did that (Fedorov, Larionov)

[kosydar 0]

I'm pretty sure Roenick did it when he was with Philly.

[phoenixgold 0]

i am gonna try it.. i deked the whole team out sat night and had a wide open net and my back hander hit the roof of the rink..lol i gotta go something and ya i agree i don't think it will hurt the blade at all

[MacDaddyDanny 0]

i am gonna try it.. i deked the whole team out sat night and had a wide open net and my back hander hit the roof of the rink..lol i gotta go something and ya i agree i don't think it will hurt the blade at all

You are going to try the diamond tape job or cutting off the tape on the bottom of the blade???

[Beflar 53]

This is going to sound dumb but has anyone tried just putting wax on the blade?

[MacDaddyDanny 0]

This is going to sound dumb but has anyone tried just putting wax on the blade?

I've never intentionally waxed the bare blade but i have gotten wax on the blade while i was waxing the tape. If you only waxed the blade without any tape, it would certainly be sticky, i don't know how long the wax would last though.

[Jarick 5]

Any time I don't tape a comp blade, the puck slides off really easily because it gets wet. I have been waxing my tape lightly because I'm using up the last of my Andover tape (tears really easily). I did put a little on the bare blade which also seems to help make it not so slippery. My favorite is still taping the full blade heel to toe and occasionally a bit of wax.

[JPB_69 0]

A friend got ahold of a Russian players (name escapes me) stick and he also taped the stick and used an exacto-knife or razor to remove the tape from the bottom. Where it looked pretty cool I don't think it would do a whole lot when we don't have the luxury of having the ice re-surfaced every 20 minutes.

[themooseisloose 0]

Chara's stick with the tape cut off the bottom:

Fedorov's stick with a strip of tape down the blade:

This one is kinda hard to see.

[lee92 2]

A friend got ahold of a Russian players (name escapes me) stick and he also taped the stick and used an exacto-knife or razor to remove the tape from the bottom. Where it looked pretty cool I don't think it would do a whole lot when we don't have the luxury of having the ice re-surfaced every 20 minutes.

I think it'd help you more, not having the ice flooded. With all the snow built up, the reduced friction of the blade on the ice is pretty handy.

[phoenixgold 0]

i think i am going to cut the tape and put it on..see what happens

[bednarz877 0]

david perron and alexander khavanov do this

[ronnychencharik 0]

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