This means it’s time to get out the skates and run the whole family to the skating rink. But first of all, you should take care of safety on ice, which directly depends on the quality of sharpening of your skates. Be sure to test your skates before going out on the ice! And if during a push your leg breaks at a turn or slips, then it’s time to contact a specialist.
Moscow
Studio "Ideal"
Studio "Ideal" has been specializing in tool sharpening for more than 10 years. Fortunately for beginners and experienced skaters, there is a professional skate sharpening machine that is set up so that the “grooves” on both skates are the same depth. This studio is considered one of the best workshops in the capital, and therefore attracts many satisfied clients.
It’s very easy to check the quality of the master’s work: if the skates stand straight, it means the work was done conscientiously. In addition, good sharpening will definitely show itself on ice, and you will have excellent balance, glide perfectly and easily perform various steps. The workshop is located 5 minutes from the Kurskaya metro station. For busy people, it is possible to send a courier who will not only pick up the skates, but also convey your wishes to the master sharpener. Calling a courier is free. The cost of sharpening is from 250 rubles. for a couple.
Hockey store "Tochka Otryva"
You can add speed to your skates at the Tochka Otryva hockey store. A local workshop repairs, stretches and sharpens skates (both figure skates and hockey skates). Masters work on professional equipment that is used in KHL teams and NHL. Skates are sharpened “under the groove” and with the restoration of the groove, which tends to disappear during active skating. The cost of the service is 250 rubles. In the workshop you can also customize new skates to suit yourself, giving the new item an anatomically correct shape. Thanks to thermoforming, your new skates will fit your feet like a glove, and you can forget about calluses for a long time.
Chain of stores "SportLegion"
At SportLegion you can sharpen both figure and hockey skates. And yet, special attention is paid to hockey paraphernalia. It is on this topic that you can get professional advice here. If your child enthusiastically plays hockey, and you want the skates to serve the young player well, then you should look into the SportLegion workshop, where they know for sure that sharpening is a delicate matter.
The master requires skill and attention to detail. A professional asks questions that seem to have nothing to do with his job: about the player’s weight, his skating style, and whether he plays defense or attack. And this is by no means idle curiosity, since the specifics of sharpening hockey skates depend on the answers. If necessary, you can also send your hockey stick here for repairs. However, in this case you will have to be patient, since such repairs take from 7 to 10 days.
The cost of sharpening game skates is 200 rubles. Sharpening new hockey and figure skates– 250 rub. Repair of a stick – 1300 rubles.
"Site" The area where the blade contacts the ice is called the area where the blade contacts the ice. It is important that the “platform” is the same on the right and left skate.
On an automatic machine "PROSHARP" There is a gradation of the length of the “platform” from 4 cm to 6 cm.
Individual selection of a “site” is carried out only experimentally. It depends on several factors:
- athlete's weight;
- riding style;
- ice hardness.
"Radius" - this is a reduced contact patch between the blade and the ice. Allows you to increase your riding maneuverability. On an automatic machine "PROSHARP" There is a gradation of radius sizes from 3.5 to 4.3. The size of the “radius” is also selected individually for each player.
Usually area(radius) is sharpened exactly in the middle of the blade, but some players move the pad (radius) forward or backward, depending on their role or individual skating style.
Sharpening the pad or radius is not necessary, but it will help achieve better riding comfort and results.
If you sharpened "Site" or "Radius", masters subsequently sharpened skates on manual machines. This can change the geometry of the blade.
Profile point
The blade profile is the shape of the blade's angles. The profile is machined to provide better maneuverability and depending on the individual wishes of the player.
Profile and Site (radius) are separate types of work.
Complete preparation of new blades is:
- PROFILE;
- AREA or RADIUS;
- dot GUTTERS.
Such preparation is not mandatory for every player, but it allows for greater comfort and results when skating. Moreover, the ratio of the parameters of such training may be different for each player and reflects his individual qualities (weight, height, skating style).
If you have had a “PROFILE”, “PLATE” or “RADIUS” made, the craftsmen subsequently sharpen the skates on hand-held machines. This can change the geometry of the blade.
Why and how to sharpen skates
A groove is machined into the blade along its length, which is necessary for lateral stability during maneuvers, braking, and repulsion.
On an automatic machine (PROSHARP) there is a gradation of groove depth (from 40 to 6), where 40 is straight sharpening, and 6 is the deepest groove. The average gutter is considered to be 12-15. Individual selection of gutter is carried out only experimentally. It depends on several factors:
- athlete's weight
- riding style
- ice hardness
Usually they start trying with the middle one, and with each subsequent sharpening you can change the groove up or down. This is the only way to find your groove number and sharpen it with each new sharpening.
Masters advise sharpening not a deep groove, but more often, while during the sharpening process as little iron as possible is removed, and the quality of sliding is better.
Thermoforming
Its meaning is to match the shoe as closely as possible to the shape of the owner’s foot. It is not a means to adapt any skates to any foot, but serves to finally adjust boots that are known to fit, and reduce the time of getting used to them, without bumps, calluses, and other similar troubles. To do this, the design of the boot includes a layer of thermoplastic material (plastic or foam), which softens when heated and hardens again when cooled.
- After preliminary fitting, the skates are placed in a special oven, where they are heated for several minutes so that the thermoplastic material in them softens. In this case, you should loosen the lacing as much as possible so that your foot fits in very easily when putting on the shoes;
- after warming up, the boots become soft and flexible;
- removed from the oven;
- putting on shoes;
- They don't lace up much. In this case, you should place your feet on the heel, tighten the laces from beginning to end tightly, but without over-tightening;
- You need to sit in hot skates (10-15 minutes) while the thermal layer cools down and “remembers” its new shape. You should not stand up in hot skates, so as not to deform the glass and shoe of the skate;
- After 10 - 15 minutes, the skates should be unlaced as tightly as possible so that they can be easily removed from the feet.
The result is a boot that does not require lengthy break-in and getting used to, fits well, does not press, and does not rub. In principle, the molding process is repeated, and in special cases it is possible to mold not the entire boot, but a separate zone. There are special tools for this.
Thermoformable skates require compliance with certain care rules, for example, they cannot be dried near heating or heating devices, and in general, after molding, heating the boot above 40-45 degrees should be avoided.
Ice skating is a great hobby, especially for those who love an active lifestyle. Professional sharpening skates becomes one of the most important factors in our confident and correct gliding on ice. Good sharpening determines the absence of resistance, the performance of various technical elements of skating, braking, as well as stability on the ice itself.
At the Leda House of Life, skates are sharpened in two ways: with and without a groove. The groove is a small depression in the blade, also called a “groove.” It is necessary for the most reliable skating on ice. In certain places, skates are sharpened to homemade machines, using a sharpener. In this case, the surface of the blade itself will not be perfectly smooth. It is necessary that the skates are sharpened evenly along the entire length. We recommend making a small, barely noticeable gutter, especially if you don't want to visit a technician often. A deep groove is necessary for high-speed skating on professional skates.
Sharpening hockey and figure skates
As noted above, for high-quality and safe ice skating, accurate and timely, and most importantly, professional sharpening of skates is important. Only an experienced specialist will be able to complete the entire procedure correctly and quickly. We offer you a service - manual sharpening of figure skates, hockey skates, which is carried out at the highest level. Thanks to a large store of knowledge, experience, skills, as well as the availability of special modern equipment, sharpening of hockey skates, as well as figure skates, is carried out at the highest level.
By contacting us, you receive the following benefits:
- Better glide and grip on ice;
- Excellent control of both blade and balance;
- Excellent acceleration and fast rotation;
- Confidence in your own safety and pleasure while riding.
SKATE SHARPENING PRICE
The use of professional machines and constant improvement of craftsmanship allows us to provide customers with a service performed at the highest level. Go to the addresses section and contact us. In addition to quality work, we will also provide you with competent advice. When planning to go ice skating, go to the nearest Leda workshop to get expert advice and, if necessary, perform a service. We work on modern European equipment and use special stones for professional, proper sharpening of skates.
Professional sharpening of skates is carried out in a few minutes in the presence of the client. You will find this service at any of our addresses. House of Public Service "Leda" is distinguished by high quality of service. We always monitor the work in the workshops and take into account the wishes of our clients, thereby improving the service. After all, people turn to us most often when they have problems with personal belongings and expect to be helped with the repair of any item. The prices for services will pleasantly surprise you.
Price for sharpening skates in Moscow using Swedish equipment:
figure skates - 350 rubles
hockey skates - 400 rubles
DescriptionAnyone who skates knows firsthand that dull or poorly sharpened skates can “ruin everything” for both figure skaters and amateur skaters, not to mention professional athletes, just like, for example, if a hairdresser fails to sharpen scissors. this threatens the client's hairstyle being ruined and dismissal. While high-quality sharpening of skates allows you to enjoy your favorite hobby and achieve high sporting achievements to others. This business - sharpening figure and hockey skates - is delicate, urgently requiring professionalism, accuracy, special knowledge and experience. Therefore, you can and should only entrust it to a master, a specialist from the Prosper-SB metal repair shop in Moscow and the cities of the Moscow region. By using any branch of public service centers, you can be sure that the service will be performed with “five points”.
If you go out on the ice often, then you will have to sharpen your skates several times during the ice season. Sharpening hockey skates requires special attention, because their blades “kill” the fastest. You can’t do this on your own, like sharpening knives, for example, since properly sharpened skates reduce the risk of injury and significantly increase the hockey player’s skating skills, which means they increase the chances of winning and satisfaction from sports activities.
Professional sharpening of figure skates and hockey skates in the workshop of the Prosper-SB service center provides a guarantee:
- Faster, easier, smoother glide;
- Better blade control, balance;
- More confident rotation and superior acceleration
- More confidence in your own skating and more pleasure from the process
While unprofessional sharpening of skates of any type can cost a figure skater, hockey player or a simple skating enthusiast their health, since they are not able to guarantee all of the above points. Poorly sharpened skates “live their own lives”, are not well controlled, “catch” the ice, “lead” to the side, and do not maintain balance well. Need I say how serious this is!?
Falling on ice is an extremely dangerous thing, therefore sharpening figure skates, and any other skates, requires exclusively professional participation. Using special equipment that “knows thoroughly” what and how exactly should be done with skate blades- so that they are sharpened perfectly.
Professional sharpening of hockey skates in the Prosper-SB service center is carried out in full accordance with their intended purpose, namely: the peculiarity is that their blade consists of two of them, which are connected to each other by a special groove, or groove (that’s why sharpening is called “groove” or “semi-groove”). The quality of the hockey player’s skating directly depends on how well the groove is carved.
The blades are sharpened at an angle of 11-15˚. Thus, ribs are obtained, thanks to which the skater not only maintains balance, but also pushes off with the necessary force, without “falling” to the side. Professional sharpening of skates ensures that grooves are cut to the same depth, since the entire process takes place on a special profile machine, which sets the same sharpening parameters for both skates of a pair. This is almost impossible to achieve by sharpening figure skates using artisanal methods.
After sharpening, the skates must be brought to the “ideal condition” of sharpness and the desired angle. The following will help remove burrs and microparticles, smooth out irregularities and polish the sharpened surface:
- diamond abrasive stone
- special polishing stone
- rough finishing stone
At what point, and which finishing tool to use, will be decided by the master to whom you entrust your skates. It’s easy to check the quality of our work: just place your sharpened skates on the floor. They will stand straight without bevelling, therefore, the blades are sharpened perfectly.
As you can see, sharpening skates of any type “does not tolerate fuss” and neglect.
Contact the workshop of the Prosper-SB household service center, and we will do our work professionally and in a timely manner. And this applies not only to this service, but to all others. Regardless of what service you came to us for, be it
This article is dedicated to sharpening skates. I want to talk about the types, pros and cons of sharpening and draw specific conclusions.
Let's consider the concept of "sharpening skates." This is the most important thing to start with before going on the ice. The question immediately arises: Where can I sharpen my skates reliably? Our contacts and address are listed on the website.
You need to decide on the groove, the platform, and whether the skate profile needs to be ground down. Or set the technological tilt to two degrees. Which is very convenient when starting out. Speed dial
speed due to tilt and making the right choice sites guaranteed. This is determined by an experienced master. He asks, as many people think, unnecessary and incomprehensible questions about how much you weigh, where
Do you skate (in attack or defense), what kind of skating experience do you have? And only then does he draw conclusions and determine how to sharpen your skates. There are many nuances about this. Therefore we agree
further work with you.
I'll start with the most common and widespread sharpening, both in Russia and around the world.
1. Radial (standard) sharpening of skates. This is when the groove of the blade is sharpened in a semicircle inward. Has a rounded channel.
The groove has two sharp walls and between them a radius with a gradation from 6 to 40. The depth of the groove is selected individually, you will read about this below. But we created a table for selecting a groove, where we used data such as the player’s weight, experience and role Table for selecting a groove.
2. Channel - Z - unique sharpening. The uniqueness of this sharpening is determined by the fact that it also has a groove, as in the first version, as well as another groove with a square channel in the middle of the usual groove.
Channel - Z has its own gradation of proportionality. Its depth varies from 0.8 to 2 mm, as well as the width of the channel. The Z channel has three widths: S, M, L. Read more about Z sharpening below. To know the exact width of the blades down to hundredths of a mm, you need a micrometer.
3. FBV sharpening is a very old Canadian development, used for more than 20 years in North America. Many teams in the NHL use it. Most players really like it. Of course there are negative reviews. This type of sharpening has a good efficiency factor. Efficiency - good rolling plus good grip on ice and minimal effort.
FBV (Flat Bottom V) - this type of sharpening is not very common in Russia and Europe. Only quite recently has this sharpening begun to spread in our country.
The groove is unique. If the standard sharpening has a round channel in the form of a semicircle, then in this case the FBV sharpening has a trapezoidal channel.
This is when a channel is sharpened from the inner plane of the groove to the walls of the blade along a trapezoid. Here we must pay tribute to the internal part of the channel - it is a rigid landing and good stability. And the plane creates stability. The trapezoid provides a more rigid grip on ice than the radius chute.
On good ice indoor palaces, sharpening lasts an average of 12 hours.
About Radius sharpening (standard)
The standard channel is sharpened on machines, both manual SSM and the like, and automatic ones like PROSHARP and SHARPMASTER. They are the most common and time-tested in practice. Their reliability is not even discussed. The main thing here is that the depth of the groove corresponds to the weight and some other specific properties of the athlete.
Properties of an athlete.
Firstly, before sharpening, the master determines where the person will skate (on the hard ice of a street skating rink or on the artificial ice of an indoor ice palace).
Secondly, if a person plays hockey, then his role is determined, i.e. location in the game (on offense or defense).
Third, the player’s weight is specified. This is one of the main questions when selecting a groove. The master must also determine the current area of contact with the ice. Based on these data, a groove is selected. There is one more property, but it applies to figure skaters. Here the skating is specified - with or without jumps.
Fourth, the riding style is specified, aggressive or tactical, these properties are also important when choosing sites and profiles. Learn about profiling below.
About the groove
The groove consists of the tip of two walls. These walls after sharpening should be equal to 90 degrees. If one of the walls is lower than the other, then you will fall in the direction with the lower wall. Also, the tip of the blade must be sharpened over the entire surface. If you see any reflection similar to the previous sharpening color, then the blade is not completely sharpened.