Wood blades for 2010

[layziebone_ 0]

So I see that Bauer has stopped making wood blades and sticks (from what I've been told and from the 2011 catalog). Easton stopped making the Fibre Plus blade that I really liked. What are my options now for wood blades?

Also, it seems to be the year that I'll have to make the switch over to composite blades. What's a good beginner blade to start off with in terms making the switch?

[Shayno 1]

I too would love to hear options...I am in the same "boat"......TY

[zachary 2]

From my understanding there are some companies where you can submit your own custom blade in and they will make you a batch of them. I think Christian and Fury do it. I know Pro Stock Hockey Gear just did a bunch of CCM ones for the Ovi curve. It would probably require you to buy probably 6+ of them but if it's what you like then kinda the only option.

[Machinehead2k5 32]

Lots of hockey gear sites have woodies for sale. Just stock up on the pattern you want.

[sharks25 9]

The easton lami blade is still available for standard shafts and the se16 woodie for tapered shafts. The warrior composite blades are good. Thr ak27 is a solid blade, and the totalone is supposed to be decent and very light.

[jimmy 194]

How many companies are putting out turntables now a day either? The bottom line is few people are buying wood blades, less LHS are stocking them, so less manufacturers are making them. It's a natural extinction of a product. Sherwood is the best bet now, if you like woodies, order a dozen of customs from Sherwood for only about $2 more per blade. Those should last most players a year or two.

[JR Boucicaut 3810]

Technics just stopped.

How many companies are putting out turntables now a day either?

[niXon 4]

From my understanding there are some companies where you can submit your own custom blade in and they will make you a batch of them. I think Christian and Fury do it. I know Pro Stock Hockey Gear just did a bunch of CCM ones for the Ovi curve. It would probably require you to buy probably 6+ of them but if it's what you like then kinda the only option.

I looked into this with Combat and was quoted $33/blade with minimum order being 6.

[steelnation248 102]

I looked into this with Combat and was quoted $33/blade with minimum order being 6.

I also looked into Combat and they told me $35 per blade but with a minimum order of 12. This was about 6 weeks ago so they may have lowered the minimum number since then.

[Neal 41]

Also, it seems to be the year that I'll have to make the switch over to composite blades. What's a good beginner blade to start off with in terms making the switch?

If you use tapered blades, the Harrow 300 blade is the closest I have found to a wood feel. Very durable and good price as well. I've yet to find a standard blade I like.

[critch 0]

easton makes an SE16 wood blade. i just bought one in the summer....

[tigerpants 0]

cbhockey.com will make you custom wood blades with a minimum order of 3, I believe. I went the other route and had some custom one piece woodies made, I just picked from their options but they can match spec if you want.

[NextBobbyOrr 0]

Doesn't Sherwood do the whole custom blade thing? I think I almost had some made for me, I had a guy at my LHS make me a curve I really liked on my Wood One 75.

[layziebone_ 0]

I'm from Quebec, and it's winter time here. These wood blades are getting way too hard to come by at the rate I need them. I'm leaning towards getting a one95 composite blade to try out.

[GoBucky 0]

Sher-Wood is probably going to be your best bet. You are right that wood sticks are getting harder to come by, but Sher-Wood still makes wood sticks and IMO there will always be a market for wood sticks simply because they are a lot more affordable.

Composites are great, but Im a lot more OK with breaking $50 wood sticks than I would be with $300 composite sticks.