What is the correct ROH for me?
A – This is a very individual matter. I will state some facts, and then some opinions. An important thing to note is that ROH does not tell the whole story about how a blade feels. The blade touches the ice only along the edges, so what’s really important is the angle between the side of the blade and the bottom of the blade at the edge. Some blades are wider than others. Whereas an MK Phantom is 0.155″ wide, an MK Dance is only 0.11″ wide. If you have a geometric mind, you can probably see that, given the same ROH on the two blades, the wider blade will have a sharper angle at the edge. So, to give the same strength of edge, narrower blades will need a shorter ROH. A more acute edge angle (deeper hollow) makes the blade less likely to side sideways, so a deeper hollow gives more secure edges. There is more to it than that, though. It also makes the blade more determined at going where IT wants to go, so it will be harder to control (more likely to grab or “catch an edge”). And, the de
