Had enough of my local skate sharpener

[Eazy_b97 1]

I'd like to see them, the description you're giving is kind've vague. Sometimes it is difficult to get all of the knicks, even when they seem close to the edge. I'd suggest stoning it, skating on it and seeing how it feels. Sometimes you can't even tell.

[Sniper407 0]

t'blades can actually be hard to put on depending what skates you have... jsut like anyother holder.. my only suggestion is to make sure you are getting them put on at a place that will do them well... dont let a 16 year old kid destroy your skates.

Implying age makes you a better LHS Employee? It's pretty well just throwing on a new holder, at times it'll be tricky, but a good LHS should have someone educated doing it. Sorry I get defensive when older is assumed "better".

i have a personal experiance with a kid who didnt know what he was doing try to do.. i apologize for not specifying that.. if a 16 year old can do it.. thats great.. but in my experiance he couldnt

[Icedog03 0]

Ive been working in a shop since I was 15, two differnt ones, and I agree age has nothing to do with how well you can sharpen skates. My current boss says Im better then he is and hes owned the shop for over 10 years.

[Sniper407 0]

i didnt mean age was better... the guy that screwed up my skates a year or so back was 16... if someone does the job well let them do it.. im saying if they cant do it.. they shouldnt be doing it.

[JR Boucicaut 3810]

If JR is a good sharpener then you should certainly send them to him rather than the expense of t-blades.  Is he 1 hr away?  Heck, you should just make the drive out.  I have customers who drive 2.5 hrs for a sharpening!  I tell them to mail them, it's cheaper than gas, but I guess they just like coming to the store and seeing all the latest equipment.

One caution about mailing blades.  Tape them to the inside of the envelope you use.  The post office is very hard on mail.. Yesterday I got an empty envelope from a guy in Michigan.  No blades it in. :-)

JR is like 3 hours away. I actually bought a pair of replacement steel from him and he sharpened them before he sent them out, best sharpening i've ever had. I would love to send him steel every 2 weeks or whenever I need a new sharpening, but i'm not sure if he would be willing to take the time to mail them out and whatnot on a regular basis like that.

We can work something out. You have what, two sets of steel now?

I have no problems if you want to do it.

[Vapor 0]

Well i got my skates sharpened a week ago s by my local skate sharpener skated 2 times. Well as soon as i got on the ice it felt like the skates were sticking to the ice well i played that game in them i had no glide when i tryed to turn sharp my skates kept slipping on the ice cross overs were terrible. So then the next day we had practice and it felt the same. Tonight i had to ref a game a squirt game i was following a break away and when i turned around the back of the blade just seemed to grab the ice and i went down on my right elbow. I dont were shin pads or elbow pads for squirts but it still made me mad and it almost happened 3 time later in the game on each skate. The only other decent place to get them sharpened is an hour away. So tomorrow im makeing a call to Peranis to see if they could install me a pair of t'blades. Has any one else ever had peranis install new chassis for them. Or would it be best to just call them and ask.

Come to the dark side my friend, all the lhs owners will give you dirty looks when you come in their shops (thats if they dont sell tblades) but hey, its worth it, right?