Mission Team Comp Shaft

[EBondo 233]

I picked up a Mission Team Comp shaft today at a rink I was at, liking the feel of it a lot....I have a question, is it a tapered shaft or standard?? I was confused cuz I looked at 1800faceoff.com and I got 2 different pictures, the one on the list of all the shafts, and then the display, they were both different. Can anyone clarify this for me? I don't wanna buy a standard blade for it if it's tapered or vice versa.

Thanks guys

[JR Boucicaut 3804]

The Team Comps we had in the shop were tapered.

Why didn't you just look at the one you had in your hand?

[EBondo 233]

i did...but i dont know if it is tapered or not...the guy said that it was a standard shaft, but he didnt seem too trustworthy. were the ones you had in your shop white and then black at the bottom?

[JR Boucicaut 3804]

No, ours were purple. I think those you are talking about are standard. IF they say Ether on them they are tapered.

[echi24 1]

if its a senior then compare its length to a standard shaft?

[EBondo 233]

ok thanks....then ill just pop in my Lecavilier blade in it

[notorious#29 0]

Im pretty sure the Team Comps are tapered. I am almost positve a guy on my team has a tapered mission blade in his..........................

[dietzie27 0]

there were old team comps that were blue and white and were standard. but the ones from peranis and stuff wtih free blades were dark and tapered.

wheres justin to clear this up?

[JR Boucicaut 3804]

On a plane to China. He took off today.

[EBondo 233]

of course....right when i could use his help

[Cavs019 710]

The white and blue one is definitely tapered. Someone bought a clearance shaft today in the shop and the ether woody fit perfectly.

[EBondo 233]

wait...for a definite answer....would it help to have a picture of it? becuase i would like a definite answer for this, so i dont have to spend 50 bucks for a blade that i wont use

[Ranger-#8 1]

you should be able to tell a tapered from a standard by looking at the shaft shouldnt you?

[EBondo 233]

yes i should, but iwant a definite answer from the people i can definitely trust

http://img91.exs.cx/img91/1002/0502270922485yi.th.jpg - theres one pic

http://img147.exs.cx/img147/6536/0502270923342bn.th.jpg - pic of the shaft

hope this helps

[fatwabbit 93]

popped a standard blade into a mission temp comp - top half of the shaft is white... bottom is black...

[cobrAA 0]

i would think is standard but it only on a pic...what i would do is...go at the store(with your shaft) and i try to fit a standard blade in(no heating just push) if you found the hole is big enough for the standard blade...then your shaft is standard! if the blade is too big then your shaft is tapered(but do the same thing to be sure the tapered blade really fit in)

By the way...some blade have about a inch of glue...so consider this when pushing the blade in your shaft!that my advice

[tyler9 0]

If you have another shaft lying around the house i'd compare it to that. if you don't have a spare i'd just try and compare the buttend and the end the blade goes in.

[Kobe 0]

Just take a tape measure and measure out the buttend opening and the hosel opening. There's about an 1/8 inch (~ 4 mm) difference between a tapered and non-tapered shaft so that should be enough to tell a difference. Make sure you compare only the short sides of the shaft and not the broad sides because tapered shafts only taper by their short sides.