Throwing it back to when Brent Burns pulled up in Gold blades
August 20, 2025
Brent Burns rocking the 24k Gold Bladetech Hockey Blades
6 comments
Okay, I don’t know anything about this happening and honestly I don’t know shit about fuck…But how the hell does a soft metal like gold make a decent skate blade??
Highly doubt it was 24k. They don’t even make rings much higher than 10k – 14k cuz it’s so soft you could scratch it with your fingernail
These + a tinted bubble and surplus Sharks gear for my 11:15pm d3 games
Beer league teammate rocks these blades with his matching shiny gold helmet too.
Guy is hilarious and rocks what he likes. Respect!
I had skates with ‘gold’ blades around 1989-90.
It was a coating that was supposed to hold the edge longer and require less sharpening.
IIRC it was not actual gold, but something like Kashima Coating that is used in Mountain Biking and Motocross on the forks and shocks.
These were a sweet marketing gimmick. Kind of like how North American cars in the 80’s had seats made from “Rich Corinthian leather” which was absolute hot garbage. Lol. Marketing.
6 comments
Okay, I don’t know anything about this happening and honestly I don’t know shit about fuck…But how the hell does a soft metal like gold make a decent skate blade??
Highly doubt it was 24k. They don’t even make rings much higher than 10k – 14k cuz it’s so soft you could scratch it with your fingernail
These + a tinted bubble and surplus Sharks gear for my 11:15pm d3 games
Beer league teammate rocks these blades with his matching shiny gold helmet too.
Guy is hilarious and rocks what he likes. Respect!
I had skates with ‘gold’ blades around 1989-90.
It was a coating that was supposed to hold the edge longer and require less sharpening.
IIRC it was not actual gold, but something like Kashima Coating that is used in Mountain Biking and Motocross on the forks and shocks.
These were a sweet marketing gimmick. Kind of like how North American cars in the 80’s had seats made from “Rich Corinthian leather” which was absolute hot garbage. Lol. Marketing.