Brewskee69

Are these recent wait times? If so I'm a bit surprised considering they don't seem to be a hot commodity in the nhl anymore.

It's held up well in the year plus that I've owned this. Coming from a beefed up brown I've definitely gotten my fair share of stingers in this unit. The two main issues i've been having is the odor and the outer arm flaps sometimes fold and get tucked inward. Not sure if that issue is because this unit isn't made off of my measurements.

Can't give any advice for fixing it as I'm not too handy with the sewing machine. You could also look into bringing it into a shop that'll fix it but depending on the price you might as well get a new one. If you're looking for a new jock I recently made the jump to the Vaughn Ventus SLR Pro Carbon Double Cup.

I'm told it's a Hutton return with Hellebuyck arms.

Good to hear, I was a bit skeptical when I first got it and played around with the strapping. Coming from a Brown chest protector I'm not use to having all the strapping options at the back. I don't hear very many people talking about Kenesky's chesties anymore.

I made a few posts about the situation on the Brown chest protector thread back in November. Long story short he didn't want to make me a streamlined version.

I've always liked the Osgood and Cloutier look, I get flak from the guys for wanting that combo look. I guess there's not a lot of 20-30 year old guys that dig that style. I recently just got a Coveted 2 piece combo and I'm loving it so far, in all honesty besides the better vision and fit to my head I cant notice a huge difference coming from my old Eddy mask.

So can anyone update how their PP1's are holding up in the long run? After a failed attempt at getting a streamlined chestie made by Brown I put my name on the waitlist in Nov for a PP1. I saw Mike post a pro return up for sale on his facebook page, I ended up biting the bullet and buying it since the measurements were similar to my current Brown. I'll post some pictures of it shortly.

You just get that off of sideline swap? That might have been the one I was contemplating buying.

I use to tuck but have since gotten smaller sized pants that fit perfectly without suspenders. Now I leave my c/a untucked and I tie the front of my pants and c/a together.

Small world eh. Yea I saw he and his wife have a baby boy now, he use to light me up during our old roller days.

Nice, its great to see that hockey is alive and well over there. The guy I see out here is named Howard (Howie) and the buddy of mine out your way is named Jasper.

You by any chance play with any HK national team guys up there? A friend of mine use to play for HK and is living there right now, I also shoot around with one guy here in Vancouver.

I'd say my elbows and the elastics are a happy medium between tight and loose and I like the wrists on the tighter end. I haven't had to touch any of the elastics for years.

I recall having the same thing happening when I first got my 2400. I use to tuck when I had bigger pants as well as use suspenders. My chest protector is now around 5 years old and I don't have that issue anymore. With time it'll loosen up and feel like it's a part of you. Only thing I find is that the arms are still not as mobile as I'd like, but I think that has to do with the Russian spec arm protection.

I wear my 2400 out without any suspenders, all I do is tie my pants to my chest protector through the front loop with lace. I have the waist straps done up tight, I usually get one of the guys to yank on them.

Who did it for you? You mentioned him the other day.

Did you end up getting it reduced by anyone else?

I'm a big fan of what they're doing over there at Brown, which is why I contacted them to do this in the first place. I'd rather support the little guys when I can. John wasn't rude in his contact with me but it was just strange being lectured by him about how NHL spec isn't safe, etc etc. The lady I was dealing with after was also very nice and apologetic but I was still getting the vibe that I'm the only average joe that ever requested the NHL spec from them, they seemed rather confused as to why I wanted to ditch my Russian spec c/a for a streamlined one.

Hmm I think the issue is that he doesn't agree with these NHL streamlined chest protectors, so he refuses to make anything meeting those specs for non-pro players. I recall reading his comment on a older social media post about his distaste for smaller more mobile chest protectors and that bigger is better. I own a five year old Russian spec 2400 from him and the thing is a beast. Having tried out a friends more streamlined C/A that's what got me wanting to go down the Kenesky route or trying to see if Brown can make it happen. So from what I gather I doubt he's going to make the 3 piece design because the smaller design is still "dangerous" to him.

Got in touch with someone else through their social media to get a better understanding and they replied with: “Oh shoot, sorry about that. What he may not have explained is that the nhl spec is really just smaller elbow floaters. They have to be a certain width to be legal in the nhl. Unfortunately this makes the elbow rather tight and not the best flexibility for goalies that are just playing for fun. Other than that... we can make you anything” Regardless this goes down as one of the strangest ordering process I’ve gone through.

Yea I asked him for the current NHL spec unit, I respect his opinion but what caught me off guard was that it’s advertised on their site that they can do the 2400 in the NHL spec.

Well scrap that, after further discussion with John he refuses to make the streamlined version as he thinks that they’re unsafe. Looks like I will be going down another route for my next C/A.

Him as well as Ilya Samsonov of the capitols are wearing them. The Russians love their Brown C/A's

I'll be sure to post some pictures. John has been a bit on the slower end at responding to my emails so the ordering process has been a bit longer then I remember, it's all good though he must be busy. I've been wanting to get a streamlined version made for some time and seeing that one or two Russian goaltenders in the NHL use them got me intrigued. I was wanting a Kenesky unit as well but the 5-6 month wait kind of turned me off.