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Offline axelwylie

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What do you do with old blades?
« on: February 26, 2014, 08:49:10 PM »
I am in need of a new pair of blades soon. What do I do with the old ones? They are too worn down to re-sell.

Is there such a thing as blade recycling?
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Re: What do you do with old blades?
« Reply #1 on: February 26, 2014, 10:17:11 PM »
In your town is there a recycling center? If so, they probably have a spot for steel and metals.
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Re: What do you do with old blades?
« Reply #2 on: February 26, 2014, 10:28:00 PM »
They don't weigh enough to bother with selling them for scrap, so a recycling center is probably your best option :)
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Re: What do you do with old blades?
« Reply #3 on: February 26, 2014, 10:58:16 PM »
Could you give them to someone who wants to practice sharpening without worrying about ruining someone's blades?
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Re: What do you do with old blades?
« Reply #4 on: February 27, 2014, 02:20:09 AM »
Quote from: skategeek on February 26, 2014, 10:58:16 PM
Could you give them to someone who wants to practice sharpening without worrying about ruining someone's blades?

That could be an excellent use of them, but most sharpeners "learn" and later "practice" in the never-ending supplies of rental skates at most rinks - a majority of which are always in need of sharpening :)
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Re: What do you do with old blades?
« Reply #5 on: February 27, 2014, 07:24:49 AM »
Quote from: sarahspins on February 27, 2014, 02:20:09 AM
That could be an excellent use of them, but most sharpeners "learn" and later "practice" in the never-ending supplies of rental skates at most rinks - a majority of which are always in need of sharpening :)

True!  (I was told at my rink's pro shop that they train the new guys on the rental skates... and about the only time the rentals get sharpened is when they have a new guy to train.)  I guess I was thinking more of someone who wanted to learn to sharpen their own skates but didn't work in a shop with access to a lot of rentals to play with.  I think there was a conversation elsewhere on the board about that recently but I don't remember details...
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