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Offline hopskipjump

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What is on the bottom of your skates?
« on: August 19, 2011, 05:31:36 PM »
Varnish stuff?  SnoSeal?  Artwork?  Autographs?  Your name?  Glitter?

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Re: What is on the bottom of your skates?
« Reply #1 on: August 19, 2011, 05:43:43 PM »
Klingbeil's iconic flower, my name and the boots creation date etched into the leather.  (The main reason I won't let the skate tech "level the boot" - he'll belt-sand them off.)

I also have my last name and the most recent sharpening date written on the blade plate in Sharpie.


Those glitter-encrusted soles make me itchy, lol.
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Re: What is on the bottom of your skates?
« Reply #2 on: August 19, 2011, 06:00:29 PM »
I didn't know they did that - very cool!  I never thought about last name or last sharpening date. 

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Re: What is on the bottom of your skates?
« Reply #3 on: August 19, 2011, 07:30:18 PM »
one time i skated a whole session with a quarter in the bottom of my skate! sorry that was slightly off topic but i felt the need to share.

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Re: What is on the bottom of your skates?
« Reply #4 on: August 19, 2011, 08:04:55 PM »
The history of my ROH, with a line through the changes 1/2 (starting out), 3/8 (skating on crappy ice), 9/16 (my patch days), 5/8 (returning to skating--and I didn't care because I was going to sell the skates and use my Harlicks), 1/2 (back to where I started after I couldn't get the Harlicks to work out). This is how my tech tracks me, cause I'm all into experimentation and stuff.

There's also a string of numbers that I don't know what it means, and a piece of masking tape. Bottom of the skates is the tech's world. I don't ask, I don't touch.
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Re: What is on the bottom of your skates?
« Reply #5 on: August 19, 2011, 08:36:31 PM »
one time i skated a whole session with a quarter in the bottom of my skate! sorry that was slightly off topic but i felt the need to share.

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Re: What is on the bottom of your skates?
« Reply #6 on: August 19, 2011, 09:37:22 PM »
I'll always check there for loose change now!

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Re: What is on the bottom of your skates?
« Reply #7 on: August 23, 2011, 11:21:13 AM »
I have Klings so I have the almost the same as Isk8NYC with the Klingbeil flower, boot creation date and my last name (maiden name) and snow seal.

I like the idea with the date for last sharpening.  I will start doing that.

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Re: What is on the bottom of your skates?
« Reply #8 on: August 23, 2011, 12:06:52 PM »
Just sno-seal on mine with silicone under the blades :)

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Re: What is on the bottom of your skates?
« Reply #9 on: September 02, 2011, 11:10:27 PM »
Blades, screws, slicone, and Sno-Seal... nuttin' more!