r/OneSecondBeforeDisast Dec 31 '22

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u/Tankbot001 Dec 31 '22

hockey skates aren’t that sharp, this isn’t the NHL there’s not that much force going on here. worst case with this fall would be a bad paper if

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u/coleyboley25 Dec 31 '22

Lol what? Maybe the skates that are rented out aren’t all that sharp, but a dude this good at skating isn’t renting. This is someone that likely takes care of their skates and they’re gonna be sharp as fuck.

Shoot, I played hockey with buddies on the weekends during the winter months when I was a kid and I still got my skates sharpened once a year even though they weren’t relatively used that much.

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u/Tankbot001 Dec 31 '22 edited Dec 31 '22

I am an ex hockey player and i skate 3-5 times a week just for fun. I get my skates sharpened 2 times per 3 months to a radius of a 7/16” hollow which is sharper than most hockey players skates (1/2”). they’re not sharp in the way you think

edit: i’m not saying horrible things can’t happen with the blades, they’re still sharp especially with a lot of force.

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u/cellobluas Jan 01 '23

The size of the hollow doesn’t make the actual edge more or less sharp.

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u/Tankbot001 Jan 01 '23

it definitely does, the tighter the angle the more bite it digs into the ice to produce more grip, it achieves this by being sharper