Re: non-lethal skate sharpening

First of all, all skates are sharpened to the same sharpness!  The red wings
simply used a shallower holllow which gave their players great speed.  The
skates didn't "feel" as sharp, to the player, but let me tell you, they will
cut you exactly the same.  I am a skate sharpener. It is impossible to do
what you say.... all skates are sharp.

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> A few years ago, I was watching a Red Wings game on ESPN, and one of the
> commentators mentioned that the Red Wings (and perhaps a few other NHL
> teams as well) had developed a new technique to sharpen skate blades
> without cutting skin.  It was a certain shape the hollow of the blade was
> cut.  It would still enable skating, but the chances of someone getting
> seriously injured by an errant skate blade were seriously reduced.
>
> Has anyone else heard about this?  If so, have more (or all) NHL teams
> picked up this new skating sharpening technique?  Is this particular skate
> sharpening technique more expensive than regular techniques?  How
> widespread has this new technique become (i.e., has it filtered down to
> the level of house and recreational leagues yet)?