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As long as Jeff gets his stuff together, it's going to be good.

I don't know. Could be an interesting product.

It's funny- my first composite repair was on a disc wheel. That was what the engineers told me to use. I used epoxy powder as a reinforcement like using nano-carbon. No-it isn't QUITE nano carbon, but it does add more carbon to the layup. It has become somewhat of a go-to repair method for composite sticks.

You lube your locks with it.

Remove all tape. Clean the blade with acetone. Buy household epoxy and powdered graphite. Mix a 50/50 mix of epoxy and graphite, spread it into the crack, then wrap the blade with electrical tape. Let it cure for two days.

If your son did not like your iterations, he would have HATED my April Fool's set. I will have to go on my other devise for that...

Even from the "Monster Canada" site? You saved yourself serious frustration.

You may not know about running a small business, but you do know the recipe for losing the faith of a small business' bread and butter- the regular paying customer. I am now changing my tune on Laum. Once he has your money, you just have to piss off and wait with no communication. This has become the norm. Poor customer service has become accepted practise. I apologise for EVER defending Laum.

The grade has downgraded. No confirmation from the full time rep. Queue the Genesis song "No Reply at All"...

Carbon fibre is NOT supposed to burn.

I was told once that the only carbon in the Vaughn "carbon" is the carbon pigment in the ink printed on the plastics. I wish a retailer would have a display of what is really inside of the "carbon" gear.

Jonas' shoulders look very, very square. You're not going to find this at your local Partial Hockey or Goalie Ape, for certain!

Yes- there is a review thread on the knee blocks, but now here is a gear thread. Some of you feel the same way about Jeff Laum as I do about Dave Wilcox. I get that. My initial experience was uniquely different, just like some of you had a much better Wilcox experience than I. It does not mean that either of us are liars. I can say, however, that Jeff is trying. He hired someone to be his main rep, if you will. I bought some Hals on the April 15 flash sale, as it was basically two for one. Needless to say, no email by yesterday was making the old rabbit twitchy. When I get twitchy, I get to start emailing people, then phoning them. I thought to myself "Great. I am going to be out $20". I don't even like to lose a penny, let alone $20. Being of two ethnicities that are reputed to be bargainers and misers, I get quite irritated even losing a penny. I enquired about the status of my order last night, which got a reply within an hour. I was told that the Hals for the flash sale were on back order. Of course in our email exchange, coming from a man who has owned his own businesses since a wee boy, I gave my two cents worth saying that it would have been nice to have received a "sorry, but we're out; would you accept a substitute colour/style, instead?" email when the demand was going to obviously outstrip supply. Well, I got what I wished for. It took a little bit of prodding, but it's going to happen. Flash sales should have ample supply, or at least a finite supply that should be stated (i.e. 500 units left at this price). The concept of a flash sale is actually quite an old one. They are typically a way to either thank past customers or get new ones with either an over-run or a product that is a slow mover. Flash sales should never wait for production to pick up the slack. Customers should NEVER be left hanging when purchasing from a sale like this. The SECOND it becomes a back order situation, an automatic notification should go out with each receipt, offering a substitute or a refund. The customer should NEVER have to enquire about an order's status when it becomes a back order situation. Constant contact is key as far as business success. With numerous places to complain, fiascos like this can kill a business. I am giving this ordering experience a C, being that the experience would have been graded lower had the new Monster rep not answered me in an expedious fashion and offered an alternative. It should have not taken an exchange like this to make me whole. Of course, I have not received my product, so we will have to wait and see. I have another situation with an order I had placed on Thursday with a different vendor. I got the "we took your money" email, and no shipping confirmation. If I don't either see a shipment confirmation email or my product by Monday (as I paid for 2day shipping), you had better BELIEVE I am going to raise holy HELL with that merchant, as they have more than $20 of mine!!! Stay tuned.

I think that the big gear companies think we're stupid.

Good looking masque. Can't wait to see what you do with it. Welcome to the board.

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I have heard that, but you know how urban legends go. Even as I said that wood will go away before anything else does, it would not be that hard to make your own wood hockey stick, especially since modern sticks are veneers pressed together. Just glue and a press. Veneered wood construction would be the last thing to go, and considering that the way the old sticks were made, you could make several sticks from the amount of wood in one old school stick.

If anything, it's wood that's going away. Between the problems of sustainability and the weight and heft of wood to the fact that foam cores guarantee the need for constant replacement, wood is going away, not the other way around. Note that whilst appreciating that foam is lighter, it breaks down and performs poorly after a certain amount of play. Composite sticks have the same foam core that the foam core, wood- handled ones. I don't know where that employee got his info. Who knows what King Lundy actually uses?

But through all of this- I look at hockey like I look at sex: bad hockey is better than none at all.

I think that's who was making OTNY's masques.

I'd rather poke out my eyes!

Drop in IS the luck of the draw. That's all I have for now as I work two jobs and only have one day off per week. As I say- you want consistency, start your own league.

Just proves how non-uniform rules interpretations can be!