You really should use an edge gauge. It is impossible to eyeball if a skate is completely level. If you can see that the edge is off, it is really off. It is a $100 investment to get a level from Blademaster and it will help to improve the quality of your edges. A dime or a credit card is not an accurate gauge.
Way to take out of context
That simply is not the case. 1/4" is severely extreme for either a skater or a goalie.
5 or 6 passes? Seriously? No wonder you're whining about taking too much steel off, it takes 2 tops.
We as in several people? Little bit easier when there is a team of staff doing it.
Sure thing bud. I'm not the one acting high and mighty here.
Wellllllll....now that I've started World Wars 3 and 4, to get back on topic...
And I'm going to take it a little off topic.
Has anyone ever heard of anyone using different cuts for different feet? Just curious...
This is stupid. Lock thread please?
Wellllllll....now that I've started World Wars 3 and 4, to get back on topic, I skated on a 5/8 last night, and it was a significant improvement. I had used a 9/16 for my prior recent sharpenings, and even though its only 1/16th of a change it seemed a huge difference.
I had a different person sharpen them last night than my usual guy, and since I have 2 pairs of G70s will have this new guy do my other pair of them as well, also to 5/8ths. I want to learn if it was perhaps my longtime sharpener who was more of an issue than the cut size.....will know this weekend as I have several skates coming up and can test both skates at 5/8ths.
Agreed, I came into to see what issues someone was having, and only to read a bunch of man-childs arguing about who the best sharpener in the west is.
That no doubt will make a huge difference, even going from 1/2 to 5/8 I noticed a big difference. I've been on 5/8 the last year. If you like 5/8, you should try a 3/4 just for kicks sometime, you might really like it. I just don't like much edge at all and I've turned several of my friends onto 5/8 and 3/4 cuts and they love them.
Does the ice you play at have any bearing on what cut to get?
When I first started the pro shop guy told me to go 1/2 cuz during the summer the ice isn't as hard.
1/2 feels good for me, but I want to try other stuff.