Replacement blades skates

Replaceable blades

— ability to remove and replace skate blades. This feature can come in handy if the “native” blade has become unusable, or if you want to install a better one or a better fit in its place instead. Some models even allow you to replace the blade with rollers and use skates in the summer. In addition, skates with this feature are well suited for public ice rinks: with regular intensive use, most of the blades wear out, and it is more profitable to change them than to buy whole skates every time. Anyway, this design is most popular in recreational skates (see "Purpose"), it is occasionally found in hockey and rarely used in other varieties.

Note that blades from different manufacturers differ in the design of the attachment and, usually, are not interchangeable.