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Why do you sharpen ice skates?

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In a nutshell, to keep ice-skating enjoyable. Dull skates are not fun. For the skater athlete, it's also about optimising performance. read more

To add to this, hockey and figure skate blades are very different from a speed skate blade and are sharpened very differently. The first diagram is of a hockey or figure skate blade, if you were facing the blade from the front or back. You can see a concave bottom to the blade. read more

skates are sharpened so when you look down the skate upside down, the profile looks like a U. run the nail down the edge of both sides of the U. in the middle, front, and back. you can get self-sharpening kits but it takes a bit of elbow grease. i dont recall whether they are expensive or not. read more

In general, hockey players and figure skaters use ice skates that are "hollow-ground" and sharpen them using a machine. This means that each blade connects with the ice at two points with a center line that has been ground-down or "hollowed" out. read more

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