Master list of skate boots by maker and level?

[Quintuple]

I feel like this has gotta be somewhere on FSU or on the internet, but I can't find it: A master list of skate boots made by the major makers over the past decades, with their associated intended level of skating? And, same for blades?

I remember a site I visited a decade ago but can't find it now. And it seems historical, discontinued boots are really hard to find info on.

For example, I find this list:

Skate Shopping

Boot manufacturers : Jackson Riedell Edea Gam Harlick SP-Teri Risport Graf Klingbeil (went out of business)

holfigureskating.weebly.com

Pretty good! But anything more comprehensive that you may know of? Thanks!

(I moved across the US to the East Coast, didn't bring my magically-inexpensive-but-yet-advanced skates, looking for something affordable for this non-permanent home. In the list above, I'd say I'm "intermediate freestyle".)

 

[Sylvia]

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Best Figure Skating Boots & Blades for Adult Beginners | Buying Guide

Find the best figure skating boots and blades for adult beginners. Expert buying guide with recommendations for new skaters. Start with the right gear!

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Also: https://adultsskatetoo.com/blogs/guides/the-ultimate-boot-guide-for-adult-figure-skaters

 

[Quintuple]

^ Thank you very much. I would say I've read and incorporated a lot of what's in these articles. I am more looking for somewhat of a matrix of current boots and blades available, and even historical. But I'm glad to learn about stiffness ratings.

I am actually about to buy used Jackson Mystiques tomorrow ... and now having read about the soft support am somewhat worried it won't be enough. I left behind Risport Diamant and Jackson Freestyles at home -- though I was really only doing all singles and a few spins.

 

[Sylvia]

I am actually about to buy used Jackson Mystiques tomorrow ... and now having read about the soft support am somewhat worried it won't be enough.

Good luck - let us know how your skating goes in them!

I should dig out my old Riedell Silver Stars with Coronation Ace blades and see if I can still skate in them in 2026!

 

[Quintuple]

Reporting back!

I got the skates -- and that was a 2-day ordeal involving going to a luxury residential lobby for an exact window of 30 minutes only to stand around and pontificate with the doorperson on why someone would want to communicate up the wazoo until the appointed lobby time then ghost. Then, waving in to a car in Times Square and quickly sizing up the skates to my feet. There was an onion skin in the bag.

But they work! Half a size too big; but that's better than the 1.5 sizes too small a few years ago. And dang does it hurt -- I need the Tonya Harding style lambs wool and make-up pads setup.

Maybe I just grit through things or maybe I'm just that simple; but somehow the blade alignment is magically fine for me. No shakiness on edges, enough bite, plenty of glide. Turns are fine! Though I really only went through about a quarter of the mental inventory of steps and turns.

I'll be building up the length strength over the next week on scratchy public sessions. Then maybe I'll consider lessons again!