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Law Goalie
post Nov 5 2009, 08:56 AM
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Fear not, Bill - there but for the grace of Mods go we all.

The first number (numerator) is the width in thousandths of an inch of the flat-bottom cut in the FBV sharpening; this as compared to the total width of a player's blade (~.110") and a goalie's blade (~.160"). The second number (denominator) is the depth in ten-thousandsths of an inch (IIRC): how far that flat-bottom is pushed into the blade to create the edges.

So, for example, 80/50 is a relatively small flat pushed not very far into the blade, resulting in fairly low-angled 'fangs' as edges. 100/50 would create much more sharply-angled edges because of the much wider flat; 100/75 would make the edges a little more sharply-angled, but significantly (+50%) taller in pushing the same flat-bottom further into the blade.

(Someone smack me if I'm wrong.)
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post Nov 5 2009, 11:47 AM
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Another skate on the 90/50 last night and 4 skates in two days at a tourney last week for a total of 6 games. So far Still crisp edges, and shuffling feels just fine. Might be that it's just the perfect combination for my ice/style/weight. Even at the other rink the edges felt just fine. Again, this is on non stainless Bauer 7000 steel. I usually got about 5-6 skates out of my previous 3/4" ROH cut, so we'll see how many more beyond this the FBV can last.


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post Nov 5 2009, 12:14 PM
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QUOTE (wex12 @ Nov 5 2009, 10:47 AM) *
Another skate on the 90/50 last night and 4 skates in two days at a tourney last week for a total of 6 games. So far Still crisp edges, and shuffling feels just fine. Might be that it's just the perfect combination for my ice/style/weight. Even at the other rink the edges felt just fine. Again, this is on non stainless Bauer 7000 steel. I usually got about 5-6 skates out of my previous 3/4" ROH cut, so we'll see how many more beyond this the FBV can last.


I have been running a smooth stone along the outside of my blade to keep the outside sharp and it has kept them pretty sharp overall.
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post Nov 5 2009, 07:05 PM
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I got this from the NYTimes article on FBV

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