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The birth of the Figure Skater Pro-Filer
(a true story) In 1989, our family was in Winnipeg, Manitoba with our son attending a hockey tournament. Late Saturday evening, he damaged a skate blade edge and
could barely skate.After a frantic search, I found a rink employee to sharpen the damaged hockey skate blades on Sunday morning before the next game. When our son stepped on the ice for the important final game, he
discovered that the skate sharpening had been done very poorly and he had no inside edge. He could barely maneuver. We were all very disappointed. I immediately began thinking that there must be a portable hand held
skate sharpener for emergencies like this. During the long drive home, I could think of little else. After several years of industry investigation, machining and stone testing, the first and Original Pro-Filer was
born. Now, seven years later, after tens of thousands of Pro-Filer hand held skate shapeners have been sold, Edge Specialties has introduced the next generation Pro-Filer; the Plus. We are very proud of it and hope maybe someday it
will keep you, your son or daughter in the big game. Brad Anderson, Inventor After 40 years of ice skating and seeing
thousands of dollars lost due to damaged blades being sharpened by someone who either did not know how to sharpen blades or did not care, we finally have a simple hand held skate blade sharpener that anyone can use and get a
fantastic edge on their freestyle, figure or hockey skate blades.
Just this past week one of my students had his John Wilson Gold Seal (retail price $445.00) blades ruined by someone who did not know how to sharpen the blades
by keeping the edges even and not removing the rocker in the blade. The blades were cut flat three to four inches from the toe pick. Without the rocker and hollow ground in the blade you cannot control the skate!
Your Pro-Filer hand held skate sharpener is the answer to thousands of advanced ice skaters' problems of keeping a good sharp edge without grinding the blade away. I sharpened five pairs of skates in one hour. The result was the
best edges these blades have had since they were new! Another great thing about your Pro-Filer is you get a great edge without wasting the blade away
from over grinding, and you do not get "dimples" and "hot spots" on the surface of the blade. We will never be without the Pro-Filer hand held skate shapener in our bags!
Sincerely,
John "Buck" Whitten
Professional Coach, 40 years
Birmingham, Alabama Dear Pro-Filer, Just a few lines to let you know that I received the Pro-Filer Skate Sharpener (Rose Double Kit) for figure skates yesterday and am happy to report
that I am well pleased with the way it has restored my old MK Phantom blades. As you may recall I was apprehensive about changing from a 7/8 to a 1/2 inch radius, being fearful that I would lose the free-flowing glide that I was
accustomed to for figures. Since having experienced a very unsatisfactory result form machine skate sharpening in the past, I was afraid to entrust my skate blades to anyone again, and just skated till the blades were about flat.
Then I found out about the Pro-Filer Figure Skate Sharpener. I was impressed by your guarantee of satisfaction so decided to take a chance, as it wasn't getting any easier skating on those flat, dull skate blades. Since my blades
were so far worn after some 230 hours of use, I had to do over a thousand strokes per blade to re-establish a radius with acceptable edges. But this was an extreme amount of wear and thus I was not dismayed about having to "work" a
little.
My first session with the newly Pro-Filed blades proved to me that the "gamble" and the "work" have paid off. After about a half-hour of getting used to the new feel of things, I found much to my delight that not only was
it great to have sharp edges again, but those edges are clean and true, going where they are supposed to go instead of grabbing and wobbling around like they sometimes did after machine sharpening. And last of all but not least,
the free-flowing glide was there, even with the sharp edges. Like having the best of both worlds. The only regret I have is that it took 40 years of skating to find you folks! Now at long last I have the means to maintain my
skate blades the way I want them on a consistent basis. Now that the blades are sharp I know that they can be kept that way with very few strikes as compared to my initial labor. Thanks for a great product and my wishes for your
continued good success. Sincerely,
Robert Nissley
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