Straight blades

[pennyandnickel 0]

Anyone know where I could find a extremely straight blade? I cant find anything really close to what im looking for. Would I have to heat up a blade and do it myself?

[Goalieboy#1 1]

pro stock Crosby.

[CTK30 0]

I have a perfectly straight blade

Right hand though

[Darkbyte 0]

Anyone know where I could find a extremely straight blade?

As in, you can use it left or right? i.e. zero curve

If you find out, Id love to know.

One of the older gentlemen at work raves about blades with zero curve and Ive been curious to try one ever since (he is ambidextrous).

[_HSB_b345t 0]

I have a perfectly straight blade

Right hand though

Wouldn't it be both left and right-handed? <_<

[Jason Allison 0]

the old easton wood modano blades were pretty straight from what I remember.

[jrhky36 1]

if your lh try to find a datsuk, larionov, or holmstrom pro stock. i know larinov's were almost complete straight.

[Dubs 0]

Old guy on my team has them made from the factory. I don't remember what company it is but I will ask him. Its completely straight.

[kovey10 0]

if your lh try to find a datsuk, larionov, or holmstrom pro stock. i know larinov's were almost complete straight.

The datsyuk pro stocks Ive seen were quite similar to the retail pattern, I dont remember them being close to perfectly straight. Im sure hes changed his pattern though.

I have a few wood pro stock Rbk blades in the m14 pattern and they are very straight, Ive seen m14 patterns in composite and the wood blades look much straighter than wood. Oh RH btw.

[vitaminZ 0]

http://www.passvilan.com/1avymennec.html#blady

scroll down to the wood patterns and take a gander at the "Benning"

[regsharp 4]

Christian (cbhockey.com) is up and running again-- you can order custom sticks or blades directly from them and I'd imagine you could spec a mostly straight blade.

Have yet to try this myself but it may be worth looking into. Best of luck in your search

[jrhky36 1]

http://www.passvilan.com/1avymennec.html#blady

scroll down to the wood patterns and take a gander at the "Benning"

they got some great patterns. esp the toe curves

[kovey10 0]

I was thinking the same thing, some of those toe curves are beautiful.

[HattrickSwayze 3]

http://www.passvilan.com/1avymennec.html#blady

scroll down to the wood patterns and take a gander at the "Benning"

they got some great patterns. esp the toe curves

It's too bad shipping is so expensive though. I emailed them a while ago to see how much it would cost to get a blade to the states. If I remember right they said shipping "starts" at around $50 for a blade. Ridiculous.

Christian's prices for custom blades isn't that bad, it's just a bit of money to shell out all at once. Getting some custom wood Kovalchuk clones with my name on them wouulldd be pretty sweet though.

[Cole13 0]

I have a sherwood RM9 with a Spezza curve... its fairly straight

[kovey10 0]

Yeah Id be all over those blades but shipping is insane.

Back on topic, I think I remember seeing a straight blade on a wooden stick at one of my LHS, but if your looking for a blade thats probably no help.

[rebel96 0]

I use a very straight blade. Only a very slight mid curve. Right handed. I've been curving/decurving my own blades at home now for a while but I'm getting kinda sick of the durability of wood blades. Still though I'm not inclined to fork out the money for a mould of a composite blade plus the extra for each blade. I'm starting to think I might make a compromise and get something like a modano in a composite.

Funny thing is though I tried a few different blade curve combos at practice the other night (composite yzerman (easton ultralite), composite ribero (mission L-2), and my own straight blade (sherwood 950)). I preferred the feel of the wood blade and every thing I did was way better with the straight curve...shooting, passing, stickhandling....everything.

Pros and Cons I'm afraid. Hard to make a decision

[CTK30 0]

I have a perfectly straight blade

Right hand though

Wouldn't it be both left and right-handed? <_<

No

It's a christian, JR though

[Flo Hockey 7 0]

Kariya Pro Stock is also pretty straight, I used that curve for a couple years and I would love to get my hands on a few more.

[dw91 0]

rebel96, whats the most durable brand of wood blade after you heat it up and curve it?

[rebel96 0]

Well the key is to find a model that you can balance durability with a curve close enough to the one you actually want. The less you re-curve the better.

The Sherwood 950 holds up pretty well. But I wouldn't say that I've tried every type of wood blade by any means. One thing about the SW is that it has a fibreglass wrap which can easily come apart from the blade if it's overheated. The toes also tend to crack a bit and stress fractures along the face and back of the blade aren't uncommon but they still perform pretty well if you don't mind softish blade.

I have been tempted by montreal blades but haven't got around to buying any yet.

[fatwabbit 93]

I'v got one for sale if anyone is interested... right hand that virtually has no curve to it. It just has a slight loft to it.

[rebel96 0]

woody or composite fatwabbit?

[fatwabbit 93]

composite, tapered as well.

I've got one that is used, and one slightly used. Both are labelled as mission prostocks, but no indication as to which pro model it is. Back to back, they look identical in terms of the curve, but the construction is different.

Heres a pic of one of them, cant remember which one though. Am currently in Singapore visiting the folks, so will only be back in Perth next week.

http://i230.photobucket.com/albums/ee134/f...it/DSCN4850.jpg

[TBLfan 25]

that pic looks like Peca.