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A good rule of thumb for sharpening skates is to do it after around 40 to 50 hours of skating. This will keep the blade sharp.
Most seasoned skaters know when the feel of the blade on the ice is too rough and their blades need to be sharpened. They will feel that their skates are not making a good cut in the ice, and that the blades seem to be rubbing and that the acceleration is not as easy as it was before.
There is also a difference depending on how you use your skates. If you play hockey or do trick moves on your ice skates, you may wear the blade down unevenly which will prompt you to need to sharpen the skates to improve the gliding surface of your skates. If you are a person who skates around in circles in the local ice rink then you won't need to sharpen your skates as often.
Ice skaters and hockey players are pretty hard on their skates, with accelerations and jumps, abrupt stops and starts, and someone who does this kind of skating may wish to sharpen their skates more often than every 40 hours. It really is, however, all in the experience of the skater to just "know" that their skates are in need of sharpening.
Most seasoned skaters know when the feel of the blade on the ice is too rough and their blades need to be sharpened. They will feel that their skates are not making a good cut in the ice, and that the blades seem to be rubbing and that the acceleration is not as easy as it was before.
There is also a difference depending on how you use your skates. If you play hockey or do trick moves on your ice skates, you may wear the blade down unevenly which will prompt you to need to sharpen the skates to improve the gliding surface of your skates. If you are a person who skates around in circles in the local ice rink then you won't need to sharpen your skates as often.
Ice skaters and hockey players are pretty hard on their skates, with accelerations and jumps, abrupt stops and starts, and someone who does this kind of skating may wish to sharpen their skates more often than every 40 hours. It really is, however, all in the experience of the skater to just "know" that their skates are in need of sharpening.
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