said by fartness:I don't play hockey anymore but I still skate sometimes. I haven't had my skates sharpened in what seems awhile. Today I had them done and it seemed to take two minutes per skate, if that. I was in Canada if it matters. My questions:
1. Why so short of time?
2. Were they likely not too dull to begin with? I thought they felt a little dull.
3. Is there a new method of skate sharpening? I remember 10 to 20 years ago when I played I had them done every two weeks and usually had to leave them overnight or wait 25 to 30 minutes.
Sharpening skates only takes a couple of minutes to do (check youtube for how to videos).
They didn't have to be sharp already to be sharpened quickly.
I don't know how they did it 10-20 years ago, but I'm sure the same basic principle is there - grinding the blade down a bit to get it sharp.
Ice skates should be sharpened after about 30 hours of use (it depends though on what kind of skating you're doing).