Skate & Blade Services

Rust is the slow death of steel. Left alone it pits the blade, eats your edges, and spreads — a blade that sat wet in a bag for a week can come out looking done for. Restoration grinds out the rust and pitting, re-establishes your hollow, and brings the steel back to skating condition. We restore both hockey and figure blades.

And the honest part: if the rust has gone too deep into the edge, restoration is a waste of your money. We will tell you that up front and set you up with new steel instead of charging you to polish a dead blade.

Blades bend — a blocked shot, a hard impact, a bad step off the rubber. A bent blade never holds an edge evenly: it steers you on glides, bites unevenly through turns, and no sharpening can fix it because the problem is the steel, not the edge. We check your blades for trueness and straighten them back to spec.

Rivets fasten the holder (the plastic chassis your steel sits in) to the boot. They take a beating, and over time they loosen, back out, or shear off from impacts, hard stops, and plain age. A loose or missing rivet lets the holder shift even slightly, which kills your edge consistency and, left long enough, becomes a safety problem.

We replace in two materials. Steel is the standard, strong, and what most skates ship with. Copper is a little softer and is the choice for high-stress areas and for players who want a touch more give in how the holder sits. Whether you are adding copper rivets to high-stress spots for performance or replacing ones that keep falling out, it is the same job done the same careful way.

The holder is the plastic chassis that the steel runner locks into. When it cracks or breaks, your skating goes with it, and skating on a compromised holder is not safe. We remove the old one, drill out the rivets, and mount a new holder square and solid.

Already bought a holder, or have a specific model you want? Bring it and we will install it for you. The precision work is the same either way.

Eyelets are the metal rings your laces run through. They tear out from lace tension, sweat, and age, and a blown eyelet means you cannot get even, proper lace tension, which leaves your foot loose and your fit sloppy. It is a fast fix that gets your lacing, and your fit, back to solid.