Wow, Bill! Plenty sharp indeed
NiceIce, yes… I realised my mistake about it being a final polishing.
My sharpening woes are having moved to another continent from the guys I trust. My options since last june were:
-while open a trip to Romania having a guy hand holding them to sharpen, vertically, freehand, with a bench grinder.
-a Sparx machine at a very hockey oriented rink.
-sending them out with the group for sharpening in another city not knowing the place/tech at all.
-learning to deal with dull blades after 7 months until my mother could bring the Pro-Filers I bought.
I used to let the guy with the bench grinder do it and was actually entirely happy, but since splurging on Pattern 99s I’m now extremely cautious. I’m debating bringing my skates home next month to have sharpened in NY, but I’m getting my customs then and have a lot of things I want to bring back… not sure if I should take up the precious space and weight.
(Currently leaning toward not bringing them.)