Skate Sharpening

[joey2665]

Originally Posted by ishoot308

So are you saying a 1/2” is good for me or is my fat ass in for a beating??

When I was a kid playing hockey and skating, I had a friend of my fathers who was semi professional sharpening my skates...had no idea back them how good he really was but apparently most of the monarch / Blackhawk team sent their skates to him... I never had a clue how lucky I was.....till now!

Dan

Lol. No 1/2” should be good. Smaller kids start with 3/8s and real big men 5/8”.


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[ishoot308]

Originally Posted by joey2665

Lol. No 1/2” should be good. Smaller kids start with 3/8s and real big men 5/8”.


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This is the chart I was given at Monkey Sports...it might as well be written in hyroglyphics... The chart should say...”fat old people need not apply”!

Dan

[joey2665]

Originally Posted by ishoot308

This is the chart I was given at Monkey Sports...it might as well be written in hyroglyphics... The chart should say...”fat old people need not apply”!

Dan

. Cool chart never seen one like that I’ll have to save it. The box on the left is all you ready need to know about deep and shallow con-caves.


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[Descant]

Good luck, Dan. I'm sure you'll have fun. I hung up my skates years ago. Later, my daughter, who had skated in school, convinced my wife to join a women's league. She did OK considering no on-ice hockey experience--figure skates only, as a kid.
Last resort: my last time on the ice was driving a Zamboni.
Last last resort: I never had one, so new boat next year will be christened "Hat Trick", and I will finally have one.

[ishoot308]

Originally Posted by Descant

Good luck, Dan. I'm sure you'll have fun. I hung up my skates years ago. Later, my daughter, who had skated in school, convinced my wife to join a women's league. She did OK considering no on-ice hockey experience--figure skates only, as a kid.
Last resort: my last time on the ice was driving a Zamboni.
Last last resort: I never had one, so new boat next year will be christened "Hat Trick", and I will finally have one.

Descant,

Great story!!

LOL at...

“ my last time on the ice was driving a Zamboni.”

That is hilarious!...😂😂😂

Dan

[JEEPONLY]

Originally Posted by Descant

Good luck, Dan. I'm sure you'll have fun. I hung up my skates years ago. Later, my daughter, who had skated in school, convinced my wife to join a women's league. She did OK considering no on-ice hockey experience--figure skates only, as a kid.
Last resort: my last time on the ice was driving a Zamboni.
Last last resort: I never had one, so new boat next year will be christened "Hat Trick", and I will finally have one.

Still have my Super Tacks w/Tuuk 2000 blades- 1980!. My understanding, later, was that the black, plastic blade frame/mount (which was hollow) was susceptible to cracking when hit by a puck.

I worked at a VERY busy rink in Darien, Ct. Home ice to four high schools and the largest youth hockey program in New England. Saturdays started at 5am with the little guys (all dressed, with skates already on (rubber guards). The day's schedule allowed for 4-5 hours of ice time. Public skating at noon (or 1:00?) so, make quick ice, sharpen 100 pairs of rental skates (you think we need masks now?) and wait for "bleeders" who fell!

The NY Rangers sometimes used our ice for preseason practice before the Playland ice went in at Rye. Some of those guys were freakin' huge!

Ya! Make perfect ice- the crowd loved you- chant your name! Screw something up- berate you like you'd killed one of their own! DON'T FORGET TO CHOP THE ICE WHILE IN PROGRESS!!!

I still use the Zamboni pattern when mowing my lawn- two times around the perimeter, once down the middle, then one pass on each opposite side till done.