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Originally Posted by Noir
That's excessive. Insecure much? Like I said, there's nothing wrong it, but some things will always have their associations whether it's warranted or not. Like it or not, that's just the nature that's been cultivated within the sport. ie
1. There's certain associations made for people who wear Ovechkin visors (for all we know, they could be the nicest people off-the-ice)
2. People who wear #99 (or perhaps other numbers considered vanity numbers)
3. Guys who wear pink gloves
4. Pink Jerseys
5. And guess what, like it or not, there are opinions attached with wheeled bags to.
I would say the same a year ago but I totally would recommend anyone at this point on against the Hockey Shop.
They can sharpen the blades adequately sharp, but I find they take wayyy too much steel per sharpen. Of course you won't notice this immediately but it's something I noticed over time.
What I really hated about it though is that by the time they grind your blades down, they grind it in a really wierd fashion. I noticed that the flat portion of my steel kept decreasing and my the curved portion of at both ends of my skates steel kept getting bigger.
Totally bad for skaters; causes balance problems. I think I noticed it rather quickly (within a year) since I bought their season pass and I was sharpening almost every other game. (i just love the feel of playing with a fresh sharpen).
My favourite: Cyclone Taylor @ Vancouver. I have yet to try the Surrey one though. I hope the techs there have the same quality as their Vancouver counterparts.
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yea actually now that you mention the blade thing, one of my buddies who gets a fairly regular sharpening at hockey shop got new blades a while back mostly because one of his blades fell out of is one95's but it seemed like it was more to do with how low the boot had become to the ice, my blade was almost 1/4 of an inch thicker by looking at it
The cyclone taylor in surrey, last 2 times ive been in there it's all young kids working, dunno if they have a different person doing the sharpening but i didnt like anything about the surrey location