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Perhaps teak oil would have been better, but it was more than twice the price. They looked terrific after 6 coats of boiled linseed oil. But after a few runs in warm snow, they look like they need some more...
I fell in love with purple wax this season. But my new love is tar pine. I'm totally amazed by its properties. I didn't use any wax on them yet, I wanted to try with tar only. Amazing! Even after completely removing all residue on the base, it still somehow grips on the climb and does not on the descend. It might be different on colder snow but I'll start messing around with different waxing possibilities soon... My brain still can't seem to allow my hands to put polar grip wax everywhere on the skis for gliding.
I also found out that the scent of bubbling tar pine on wood goes very well with fine Cognacs...
/...\ Peace, Love, Telemark and Tofu /...\ "And if you like to risk your neck, we'll boom down Sutton in old Quebec..."
Amazing job on those skis! Hey, don't bother with the polar wax if you like the glide as is. The tar will rub off more easily though. I do find my polared skis go relatively slow in colder temps....
I have a friend who has never even kick waxed her woodies in 20 years of use. Sure, she's not into caring for her skis or "performance", but her experience is that she has had better K&G and uphill capabilities while touring the backcountry then her friends on the ptexed based backcountry skis.
Good idea with the rottefellas. I am working on swapping the bindings on mine. From NNN/NC back to 75mm. My Alfa Quests will be a better match for them.
I live for the Telemark arc....The feeeeeeel.....I ski miles to get to a place where there is guaranteed snow to do the deal....TM
wood is good, and it's not a surprise to me that we are using them... I have a set of 70s Norway trolls and
8 pairs of 1920 - 1950 skis (in GER), most with their old alpine bindings, but one tele. I had a thread on TT
once, but it's gone.
Gnarly!!! I really need tar soap and ice cream to get deeper in that Tar Craze...!! Woooaaah...!
I wouldn't want to start another 30-page thread, but while I now put 3pins on all my XC kick and glide skis, for serious steep terrain and downhill-oriented skiing, NNNBC (with the proper boots) is FAR more superior...
The only reason I picked the 3p bindings is because at first I wanted to install an old-school cable on the skis just for the looks... And that special ST binding is the only one with cable thingies to hold the cables on the side... Do you guys have any info on this? When they came out? It's the only pair I've seen with those thingies...
It turned out it looked better without the old-school cables... Plus it didn't add any more control at all so I removed them...
Please sell me your NNNBC bindings so I could swap the 3pins from the woodies as soon as possible...
/...\ Peace, Love, Telemark and Tofu /...\ "And if you like to risk your neck, we'll boom down Sutton in old Quebec..."
Johnny it's great to see your update! Isn't it simply magical about the pine tar?! Really cool that is kicks AND it glides. Magic. The skis look very nice!
Have to give Voile some credit for designing a cable without the little doohickey on the front. Back in the day they were all like that. those skis are gorgeous, I'd mount them on the wall to admire them.
"All wisdom is to be gained through suffering"
-Will Lange (quoting Inuit chieftan)
