All we need is ice.

Pitchy · Post by **Pitchy** » Wed Sep 19, 2012 2:07 pm

Made the wife some old fasion ice skates for this winter.
I bought a pair of the steel clamp on type on ebay, should be here in a couple days.

Rusty · Post by **Rusty** » Wed Sep 19, 2012 2:21 pm

Hans Brinker look out!!!

piller · Post by **piller** » Wed Sep 19, 2012 2:22 pm

Cool. Or,maybe, cold. Hope you have a lot of fun with them when the ice gets thick enough.

Ironwood · Post by **Ironwood** » Wed Sep 19, 2012 3:00 pm

Good looking skates! I did a little ice skating but never got the ankles strong enough to really enjoy it. I might have done better with skates like those.

Pitchy · Post by **Pitchy** » Wed Sep 19, 2012 3:56 pm

Thanks, i made the blade low so the ankle couldn`t twist as far.
I think we`ll flood a spot in the yard for a small rink instead of going to the lake. more private when us old fools try this out.

Nath · Post by **Nath** » Wed Sep 19, 2012 4:05 pm

I can see a video of balero, bolaro, think it called that coming our way!?

Nath.

ollogger · Post by **ollogger** » Wed Sep 19, 2012 6:42 pm

Thats cool, me & Boots use to skate,But im skeerd the ice may be harder now

ollogger

awp101 · Post by **awp101** » Wed Sep 19, 2012 7:16 pm

Nath wrote:I can see a video of balero, bolaro, think it called that coming our way!?

Nath.

Like Ravel's Bolero?

Click the pic...

madman4570 · Post by **madman4570** » Wed Sep 19, 2012 9:12 pm

Like em!

Pitchy · Post by **Pitchy** » Thu Sep 20, 2012 1:35 pm

Check these puppys out fellers, seen a pair on the web so made some.
They had a spike at the heal that holds your foot from moving

Bill in Oregon · Post by **Bill in Oregon** » Thu Sep 20, 2012 1:43 pm

Pitchy, here is a colonial pattern pair I just had to have last winter. Love the curls!

Borregos · Post by **Borregos** » Thu Sep 20, 2012 1:56 pm

Pitchy those are real neat

I don't want to deprive you of your exercise but I hope we don't get that cold just yet

Pitchy · Post by **Pitchy** » Thu Sep 20, 2012 2:07 pm

I hear ya Pete, another 2 months would be fine.

Bill those are cool, i like the straps and the heal gaurd.

We added some steal heal gaurds on the first pair.

bdhold · Post by **bdhold** » Thu Sep 20, 2012 2:24 pm

Bill in Oregon wrote:Pitchy, here is a colonial pattern pair I just had to have last winter. Love the curls!

the curly maple is nice, too

Nath · Post by **Nath** » Thu Sep 20, 2012 2:43 pm

awp101 wrote:
Nath wrote:I can see a video of balero, bolaro, think it called that coming our way!?

Nath.
Like Ravel's Bolero?

Click the pic...

No, Torvil and Dean.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=E8obUdxnTlc

N

Birdman · Post by **Birdman** » Thu Sep 20, 2012 3:22 pm

My skating days are over but my compliments on some fine workmanship Pitchy.

Pitchy · Post by **Pitchy** » Thu Sep 20, 2012 3:25 pm

Birdman wrote:My skating days are over but my compliments on some fine workmanship Pitchy.

I don`t know if my skating days are over or not, haven`t tried it since i was a kid

I may be joining ya soon.

KirkD · Post by **KirkD** » Thu Sep 20, 2012 3:39 pm

Pitchy, I'll look forward to seeing a video of you and your wife skating trying out those skates later this winter. They look more comfortable than the bought skates that kill my feet.

Ironwood · Post by **Ironwood** » Thu Sep 20, 2012 3:44 pm

Now if you could just put some training wheels on those things!

Pitchy · Post by **Pitchy** » Thu Sep 20, 2012 3:55 pm

You`ve all seen those walkers

Ironwood · Post by **Ironwood** » Thu Sep 20, 2012 4:08 pm

Okay I get the picture.... the walkers you can turn around and sit on. That'll work!

Old Ironsights · Post by **Old Ironsights** » Thu Sep 20, 2012 4:26 pm

Frankly, any/all of those are more practical than built-in laceups.

Ditto for rollerskates.

Never cottoned to the idea of special shoes unless you were "pro" at whatever...

jkbrea · Post by **jkbrea** » Thu Sep 20, 2012 4:36 pm

Very cool. Wish you could make my kids hockey skates. Darn things run about $700. Why didn't I push them to play baseball?!?

Old Ironsights · Post by **Old Ironsights** » Thu Sep 20, 2012 4:40 pm

jkbrea wrote:Very cool. Wish you could make my kids hockey skates. Darn things run about $700. Why didn't I push them to play baseball?!?

Because then they'd want Jordan/Rohdman/whomever $X,xxx Nikes....

Bill in Oregon · Post by **Bill in Oregon** » Thu Sep 20, 2012 5:26 pm

I can see it now: Pitchy builds the world's first walker with ice skates on all four contact points. No more broken tailbones! It has a couple of arrows sticking out of it and it can be converted to a mechanical can crusher ...

Pitchy · Post by **Pitchy** » Fri Sep 21, 2012 5:13 pm

Nothing new huh

Check this video out.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4yVWg7-KFe0

Gobblerforge · Post by **Gobblerforge** » Mon Sep 24, 2012 6:21 am

Good job Bro. Interesting tid bit. My wife, being Dutch, told me that they never heard of Hans Brinker and the silver skates. It is an American only story. Blew my mind. Then I asked if the little boy realy stuck his finger in the dyke? She said no, the dyke would never allow that.

Gobbler

Pitchy · Post by **Pitchy** » Mon Sep 24, 2012 8:05 am

Check out these skates, very cool.

http://www.ebay.com/itm/Pair-Of-Rare-Un ... 27cb395ef1

Ironwood · Post by **Ironwood** » Mon Sep 24, 2012 9:52 am

Wellll, I know what Lenn is going to be doing today!

Borregos · Post by **Borregos** » Mon Sep 24, 2012 9:55 am

Ironwood wrote:Wellll, I know what Lenn is going to be doing today!

You likely got that right Ironwood

Pitchy · Post by **Pitchy** » Mon Sep 24, 2012 1:34 pm

Thanks, i`m thinking hard about making those.

Just got these today

Had to make a key.

Pitchy · Post by **Pitchy** » Tue Sep 25, 2012 2:42 pm

Sure ya knew Winchester made skates

Wait until i have a video wearing them on ice after a ice storm hunting snow snakes carrying my model 94 turdy turdy.

Griff · Post by **Griff** » Tue Sep 25, 2012 3:43 pm

I can see that the future of ice-skating will never be the same!

I know what toe-loops and axels are... but, what do they call old folks fallin' down, besides broken bones?

Be careful, and enjoy!

Pitchy · Post by **Pitchy** » Tue Sep 25, 2012 4:37 pm

Ya know that lariat i posted about throwing a while back. Well i`m gonna lasso a big buck by the horns and have him pull me down the road at turdy mph.

And after i break him down a bit doing that i might just ride him home.

Ironwood · Post by **Ironwood** » Tue Sep 25, 2012 5:10 pm

Well now that gives a whole new meaning to "I'm gone get my Winchester and go a hunten!

Can't wait to see the video of you skating!

Pitchy · Post by **Pitchy** » Tue Sep 25, 2012 5:33 pm

Thanks pard, bet a guy could really get to going down that hill at Tejas park huh?

Ironwood · Post by **Ironwood** » Tue Sep 25, 2012 9:18 pm

You've got that right! I guess it wouldn't make to much difference if you were on your skates or your bottom!

Pitchy · Post by **Pitchy** » Wed Sep 26, 2012 3:01 pm

Got another pair today, these are German made and are very heavy duty. They are adjustable for length and have teeth on the jaws.

Ironwood · Post by **Ironwood** » Wed Sep 26, 2012 5:59 pm

Man! That's a neat looking skate. Looks like they mean business. You know, it never entered my mind there would be so many skate manufacturers. I might have to wait a long time for the lakes to freeze over with ice thick enough to skate on!

Borregos · Post by **Borregos** » Wed Sep 26, 2012 6:03 pm

Pitchy, how are you going to sharpen them??

Pitchy · Post by **Pitchy** » Wed Sep 26, 2012 6:16 pm

Gene your right, might be a while before your skating in East TX

Pete, hadn`t planned on sharpening them, the ones i made got the side grinder treatment.