Skatescribe profile, anyone skating on?

[OCpuckhead11 1]

On 11/9/2023 at 7:28 AM, pgeorgan said:

What quad profiles were they on, specifically? The quads are a little aggressive and require quite a bit of athletic balance. They're not for everyone.

What exactly is a 981/Quad hybrid, anyway?  

 Got a set of profiled steel en route courtesy of Paluce. Boy went from stock to Quads early this year and took to them immediately. He’s coming from a Quad 2 to Hybrid so I’ll do write up after some time on ice. 

[pgeorgan 77]

1 minute ago, OCpuckhead11 said:

 Got a set of profiled steel en route courtesy of Paluce. Boy went from stock to Quads early this year and took to them immediately. He’s coming from a Quad 2 to Hybrid so I’ll do write up after some time on ice. 

Nice. 

I spoke to the good folks over at Tydan and they're going to cook me up a Quad XS/Zero hybrid. 

[Gally1111 1]

On 9/23/2023 at 9:10 AM, Paluce said:

The Skatescribe Gold Profile is really nice fast and Agile Profile. Probably my favourite from them.  (12’ heal, 14’ Center, 8.65’ toe.)  My boy tried it out of curiosity and he liked it a lot, but went back to his previous profile which was a ME Quad/981 hybrid. Other boys on his team also tried it and liked it. 

What hollow did your kid and his buddies like the gold at? Mine just tried the gold , straight ahead was fast but he didn't like the crossovers....felt like he was going to wipe everytime he crossed over....

[Paluce 24]

He was on a 92/75 FBV.   
It’s a year later now and he skates on the 981/Quad Hybrid (CompetitiveEdgeHockey.ca) and a 98/50 FBV.    His edge work is top notch so he can skate on a /50cut now.   So fast. 

[Goonsquad 209]

Just had SkateScribes powercut done this weekend and really enjoy skating on it, to be fair, the guys at SkateScribe said that I had to adjust the hollow to a shallower cut when getting the profile, which i did. I am now on a quest to figure out how to get the rest of my runners done.

[nchan2000 3]

6 hours ago, Goonsquad said:

Just had SkateScribes powercut done this weekend and really enjoy skating on it, to be fair, the guys at SkateScribe said that I had to adjust the hollow to a shallower cut when getting the profile, which i did. I am now on a quest to figure out how to get the rest of my runners done.

IIRC you had a really short profile.  The Powercut would have more contact area, so that's why we suggested a shallower hollow.

Shoot us an email and we'll set you up with a UPS label.  service@skatescribe.com.

Thank you for stopping by!

[KennyWu 24]

I went with the powercut. I did not adjust to a shallower hollow so it took some time to adjust. It felt very good on the ice at MLG. Skated the other day on a harder ice surface and noticed a lot more outside edge glide, but everything was still good. Due for a sharpen so I plan to run it on my Sparx for 1-2 cycles and will see how that goes next week.

Thanks to Nick and team for the profiling/sharpen and advice. I like the how the computer visually shows how parts of the blade need correction. I've recommended the product to those I play with, so hopefully a few of them swing by to get their corrections done.

[Sniper9 529]

You guys find the hollow for skatescribe a bit interesting? The edges don't feel as sharp as traditional sharpenings (by touching with your fingers/fingernail). But also if you look closely you can see faint horizontal lines on the hollow which traditionally on regular hand sharpenings is considered a no no.  But skating on it feels completely fine. 

I know it's a completely different method of sharpening so traditional rules don't really apply. 

Edited August 8 by Sniper9

[218hockey 50]

On 8/1/2024 at 12:25 PM, KennyWu said:

 I like the how the computer visually shows how parts of the blade need correction.

What does this mean? What computer?

[Paluce 24]

When you put your blades into the jig on a Skatescribe machine, the vision system measures, draws, and shows a line trace of the profile for each blade on a computer screen. You can see how much steel will be removed and in what areas when it is getting profiled/sharpened. 

[Gally1111 1]

On 12/4/2023 at 8:34 PM, Gally1111 said:

What hollow did your kid and his buddies like the gold at? Mine just tried the gold , straight ahead was fast but he didn't like the crossovers....felt like he was going to wipe everytime he crossed over....

The machine was off last weekend so my son was actually on a Gold p5.....he was pitched way too much, couldn't stop or turn but was lightning straight ahead.  Got the pitch put down to 0 and he doesnt have the same jump he had previously......doesn't make sense to me , he was on Gold straight out of the box so wouldnt the zero pitch gold i just put on it be the same ? 

[Paluce 24]

50 minutes ago, Gally1111 said:

The machine was off last weekend so my son was actually on a Gold p5.....he was pitched way too much, couldn't stop or turn but was lightning straight ahead.  Got the pitch put down to 0 and he doesnt have the same jump he had previously......doesn't make sense to me , he was on Gold straight out of the box so wouldnt the zero pitch gold i just put on it be the same ? 

Find a pitch that he likes and try and stick with it. P1-4 is where I usually like setting my pitch for different people. P5 is getting pretty extreme in my opinion.  

Any change in Pitch will take a bit to get acclimated. The change from P5 to P0 will be very different / strange for the skater the first couple times out. 

Keep in mind if you’re going from a pitch of P5 to a pitch of P0, you’re taking off almost 1mm of steel at the heal, So you’re not going to get many sharpenings out of your blades. You should get at least 50-100 sharpenings out of a set of blades. 

Edited September 30 by Paluce

[Gally1111 1]

2 hours ago, Paluce said:

Find a pitch that he likes and try and stick with it. P1-4 is where I usually like setting my pitch for different people. P5 is getting pretty extreme in my opinion.  

Any change in Pitch will take a bit to get acclimated. The change from P5 to P0 will be very different / strange for the skater the first couple times out. 

Keep in mind if you’re going from a pitch of P5 to a pitch of P0, you’re taking off almost 1mm of steel at the heal, So you’re not going to get many sharpenings out of your blades. You should get at least 50-100 sharpenings out of a set of blades. 

The skatescribe scanner was misaligned so I asked for a P2 and got a p5.....lol

So I decided to go back to just a standard gold and he looks like hes lost a step.....is way better backwards though! Lol

May be time to try a Quad Hybrid.....do you have 230 Powerfly steel? 

Edited September 30 by Gally1111
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[Paluce 24]

31 minutes ago, Gally1111 said:

The skatescribe scanner was misaligned so I asked for a P2 and got a p5.....lol

So I decided to go back to just a standard gold and he looks like hes lost a step.....is way better backwards though! Lol

May be time to try a Quad Hybrid.....do you have 230 Powerfly steel? 

I do.  I stock Bladetech steel in Black DLC, Mirror polished, and Gold for the powerfly holder.   It’s great steel. Sharpens really well. The steel has a High chromium content so it never rusts even if you put your skates away wet. (Great for kids)

[pgeorgan 77]

On 11/3/2023 at 8:07 AM, Paluce said:

Both my kids were on Quads prior to going to the 981/Quad Hybrid.  Never looked back.  I skate on this profile myself now for beer league 🙂. We did a blind test with 5 other boys on his AAA team, and 3 tier 1 girls. All 8 kids preferred the 981/Quad Hybrid over the Quad which they were on previously and moved to that profile.  The speed is noticeable, but they still have all the agility of the Quad.     Some did mail in profiling, others just bought new blades from CompetitiveEdgeHockey.ca It’s a great profile!

I navigated over to this site. Correct me if I'm wrong, the 981/Quad Hybrid appears to be a modified old school Hudson? 

[Paluce 24]

8 minutes ago, pgeorgan said:

I navigated over to this site. Correct me if I'm wrong, the 981/Quad Hybrid appears to be a modified old school Hudson? 

No, not close at all. The profile is continuously variable from the glide surface. That is 16 foot slowly tapers down as you move along the length of a blade to the toe.  That is more like an ellipse than anything else. But with a shorter Glide surface.

It is the max edge, 981 and an Omni Quad morphed together in CAD. That is what the quad hybrid is. But also designed for each size blade. Smaller sizes. Have shorter glide surfaces. Longer blades have longer glide surfaces.

[pgeorgan 77]

1 minute ago, Paluce said:

No, not close at all. The profile is continuously variable from the glide surface. That is 16 foot slowly tapers down as you move along the length of a blade to the toe.  That is more like an ellipse than anything else. But with a shorter Glide surface.

It is the max edge, 981 and an Omni Quad morphed together in CAD. That is what the quad hybrid is. But also designed for each size blade. Smaller sizes. Have shorter glide surfaces. Longer blades have longer glide surfaces.

Ah gotcha. Ya I did not like the Ellipse whatsoever, tbh.