What hollow do you like???

[Lion1]

Hey Just wondering... The guy did my skates with a 1" hollow last time and I think they are too shallow... I feel like I dont have enough of an edge. What do you like? My skates are older CCMs with the nice thick goalie blade.

[hroark2112]

[Steve L]

I'm an oldtimer and still use old Lange goalie skates with a 3/4 inch hollow.

My son is a better goalie than me (and all about modern techniques), and he keeps his skates at 5/8, and gets them sharpened about every 5 hours of use.

[TPS_Mike]

I personally go with a 3/8 cut but the ice i play on now is so hard that i would almost consider trying a 1/4 if it could be done.

[Steven]

I'm at 1/2 right now.

[TIMMAAYY]

Dale Hollow, TN.... great place to vacation.

[Spidey]

5/8........

[guest1]

3/4 is too shallow for me....I like 1/2 for my player skates and goalie skates. It's like having OBDs but without the fuss.

5'11", 170lbs

Brodeur style stance, not too wide, but play a lot of b'fly blocking.

[Redness]

You should be asking for people weight as well. I weigh 180, and I use a 5/8 hollow on my goal skates, a 1/2 hollow on my players skates. I sharpen my daughters' and son's skates at 1/4 (They're 6 and younger)

[junior1cats]

3/8 here, player skates 198 lbs.

[guest1]

I moved this thread btw.

[bc30]

7/16


But I use the Koho Thrust blades - I was at 1/2 on 'normal' blades

[RichieRich]

I have a combination of two cuts on the blade. The top part is 5/8 and the rest is 3/4

[bguminey]

3/8 and im 180

[Timberwoof]

Hollow, schmollow. I have a special router bit that's 4mm wide and shaped like a >. It cuts a nice little v-shaped groove into the "edge" of the blade so I get two really sharp edges. That's the equivalent of about a 6mm hollow.

The other day I dropped off my skates at Duke's in Toronto for a Body Profile sharpening. After talking it over with the guy, I got a 28' radius and 2mm higher in the back. Today I picked them up and went to Canlan for pickup hockey. Oh, these skates are nice now. So nice that while playing, I didn't even notice them. I just moved and skated and did what I wanted, and the skates never got in the way.