Steel Sharpening Issues
#1
Posted 25 March 2022 - 07:35 PM
I switched back into an old set my LS3s with the FBV 100/50 that night and what a difference. Seemed twice as fast with much less work. I’m considering buying a wissota machine and sharpening my kids and my skates myself. The lack of care in sharpening around the shops by me seem to be a joke. Haven’t seen one person check for levelness of the edges in years. I’m not sure if it’s the sparx machines or the high school kid not dressing the stone correctly. Either way I’m beyond frustrated.
So I took both sets of steel sharpened at 5/8s equivalent to FBV 90/1 and now skated today and now both sets of steel now dig in like stated above. I can’t win. Not sure what to do or what steel to go with and who I can trust to put a good edge on them. I’m in suburbs of Chicago. Any suggestions or help would be appreciated.
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#2
Posted 26 March 2022 - 05:52 AM
A number of things...
1. Personally FBV for me never felt like it's equivalent in ROH as do most studies claim for various reasons. You can google the how and why.
2. Invest in a relationship with one shop guy or sharpener. Book appointments, etc. Tell them what felt wrong and what didn't. If a sharpener is switching your blades from roh to fbv there is a larger margin of error, especially if they've never skated on both or either. Sometimes it is a challenge to tell, particularly with new staff if they've made a fully formed v. Most sharpeners haven't skated on fbv. For me, I train new sharpeners by having them skate on their sharpenings.
3. It's a lot more factors than dressing the stone. Dressing FBV is very close to foolproof because it isn't dressed conventionally but on a spinner. The skate jig is adjusted with dials that modify front and back skate heights. Sharpening is a balance of knowing how to adjust both dials. It's a craft to do it correctly. I don't currently own a sharpener and have used 2 mail-in companies and they've both been awful. None of my edges have been square and one local guy over radiused and ruined one set of steel.
4. Buy a level checker so you can actually check.
5. You could also try to find a good mail-in sharpener.
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