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kohlrabi
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Edge suppliers

Post by kohlrabi »

Does anyone know of any suppliers of edge material in north america other than snowboardmaterials.com?

They're badly backourdered and out of stock. I'm having to resort to scrounging what I can from mildly used skis I'm finding at thrift stores and ski shops.

It is a real pain in the ass to tear out the edges, clean them up, and rebend them.

Thanks for any information at all
G-man
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Post by G-man »

I'm having simular issues. It's pretty diffucult having to be totally reliant on just one source for an item as important as the metal edges. I don't know at this time what it would take, but count me in on a team effort to find another source, even a European manufacturer, so that we can have a more available resource for edges. I'm not knocking SBM, I can only try to imagine how difficult it must be to try to project how many edges might sell in the next few months. And I'm sure it takes a long time to receive a shipment from Europe... manufacturing lead times, shipping via boat, customs, etc.

I'd also be interested in stainless steel and dimensionally larger edges.

Tearing edges out of old skis!!?? Man, I wish that I had some extra edges I could send you. That sounds like an awful chore.

Wishing us luck in finding another source.
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hose-man
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Post by hose-man »

I'll participate in a group order.
email direct at jedsterr (at) excite .dot com
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NEngineer
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Post by NEngineer »

Any update on this? Was the group order already put in?
Or did anyone find a supplier other than SBM?

thanks
-neeraj
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