How to: Cut the toes on your skates.
For the last few months toe cuts have been the latest craze. It seems that it’s every rollerbladers dream to fit into a size 3 skate, and while that vivid wet dream of having the skates off of barbie’s feet may be distant to some, others are getting closer to it by snapping the toes off of their skates. For lack of a better example (but probably the best example) we will be using the Valo AB.1 available here. This procedure can be done on all Valo models and come similarly done on ALL nimh skates. You can do this on any skate that has an over boot. Models that I can think of off the top of my head include some USD Grycon skates, Some of the older Cults, heck you might even be able to do it on some RB’s even though I don’t think there is a whole lot to deal with up there anyways…
How to: Valo Toe cut from AGGRESSIVEMALL on Vimeo.
What’s that you say? Toe cuts aren’t for you? Why not? everyone is doing them, so why shouldn’t you? Well you may not have to but if you want to here’s how you do it… or at least how I did it. Check more after the jump!
Ok so some of the benefits of toe cuts are as follows.
1. Fit a smaller skate. While this may work for some it will not work for all. I am a size 9 and there is no way I can go down two whole sizes. I have tired it and there is no way I am getting my foot into a 7. If you are on the edge of a shell size this procedure may help you get into the smaller shell size.
2. Fit the skate size you should fit. I am 9, My friend is a 9.5. I seem to fit most of the Valo’s in size 9 no problem, but he can’t. Since the liners have some neoprene in the front they WILL stretch. The toe cut allows him to fit the 9 skate with out any problems
3. Fit an aftermarket liner. Most aftermarket liners are a bit bigger and feature more padding than the stock liners half theses skates come with. If you toe cut the skates you will find that you can fit a wide assortment of liners into them without any troubles.
4. Why not? everyone else is doing it.
Ok here we go…
Tools you will need (that I used).
1. Sharpie pen. Any pen that will mark on the boot shell, heck you can use your moms lipstick
2. The standard allen wrenches that come with your skates. (to get the parts off)
3. Angle grinder. I use this because it’s fast. Some people may opt to use a hack saw, or a dremel.
4. Cut off wheel. I use a thin metal cut off wheel. Cuts through the plastic like it’s nothing.
5. Grinding wheel. I use a standard metal grinding wheel. You will need this to make everything look pretty when it’s all done.
Now that you have all your tools in order you are ready to start.
I have skipped the step where take the frames off. If you can’t already do that, STOP NOW AND GIVE UP. So start by taking off the grind inserts/midsouls. Just unscrew all those little bolts. put them in a little box or something so you don’t lose them.
Nice, you got them off…
You know those little baby allen wrenches that come with your skates? Well here is what they are for. Removing the buckles!
Ahhh, here we are. Okay unscrew those little screws one by one. You may have to end up holding the backsides of them with vice grips or a little open end wrench to stop them from spinning. This step can be a pain in the ass. In fact now that I recount, I hate it the most. Save the bolts in your little box deal along with the buckles.
Take out you liners. I shouldn’t need to post a picture of that either. Then get rough with the memory buckle. You should be able to spot where it is clipped in and just press it out with your two hands. If you can’t do it have your mom or sister help you, wimp.
Got the buckles out? Good… now start slipping the skin off the boot. You may have the bend the plastic part where the buckle mounts but it’s super easy.
Alright here is where you can feel free to get creative. Some people cut a lot out, others cut a little. I like to leave the shell intact where the laces are because this keeps the integrity in the skates. So what I am basically going to do is cut off the shiny part of the toe. GET YOUR F’N PEN OUT AND MARK IT WITH ME NOW!
There you have it. Lined up and ready to cut. Notice how I curved it back a little? This will allow slightly more relief on the ball of your foot along with the outside edge of your foot.
Time to get out your safety goggles! Wouldn’t want any flying debris to get in those eyes of yours.
While securing the boot with one hand, flip the grinder on, juggle it few times for good measure and begin cutting with the other. Just follow your line and you should be cool. Don’t worry about being too exact as we will come back and clean it all up with the grinding wheel later.
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Once it’s cut through for the most part and hanging on by a thread or two, sift through your piles of plastic powder and pull it off. Beware of molten plastic! It’s going to look awful and all jagged. But we are going to fix that here in the next step.
Put your grinding wheel on and smooth away! ZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZ!
Once you finished with that, you can see that it looks pretty clean.
There you have it. Liner and soul plates back on for a mock up. I sincerely hope you know how to put them back together. You can see how much room you have now. At least 1/8″ in just removing the plastic. With an additional 1/2″ all the way up to the soul plate. If you wanted to put a bigger liner in them I think you could get away with it by cutting back further back on the sides and wouldn’t be a problem. Just be sure to remember your toe is exposed and you can now easily smash it. Oh and you can’t return them once you do this, so I hope you like them!
-Justin
December 30th, 2008 at 8:33 pm
#3 is the best reason of all and I completely agree with it:
“3. Fit an aftermarket liner. Most aftermarket liners are a bit bigger and feature more padding than the stock liners half theses skates come with. If you toe cut the skates you will find that you can fit a wide assortment of liners into them without any troubles.”
December 31st, 2008 at 8:36 am
thats fuken stupid
December 31st, 2008 at 1:38 pm
i think you should sticky this in the forums so all the groms don’t post 7,000 threads on how it’s done
January 5th, 2009 at 8:37 pm
Since those were my skates that JH cut in the example I want to first thank him for doing a proper job.
I had the toes cut because I have a size 9.5 foot and the normal size 9 Valo’s felt too tight and the size 10’s were a little loose in the heel since my foot is narrow. By cutting out the toes in the size 9 Broskows, they now fit perfectly. I am using the same size 9 Valo liners that came with these skates and have no plans to skate an aftermarket liner in them.
This worked for me because my foot size is between the shell sizes and I have a narrow foot. If I had a full size 10 foot with an average width I would not do this and would simply skate the size 10 or 11 Valo skates.
Again the downside is that there is pretty much no toe protection and once the boot is cut there is no turning back.
January 10th, 2009 at 12:03 pm
the liners in the video look like white version of the mystery liners that were posted on a tv2 setup on here not too long ago.
i like the revolution style cut better…
January 10th, 2009 at 4:23 pm
I was wondering the same thing about the liners. At the end of this tutorial you see they are clearly a new liner, not on the market. What are they though?
January 12th, 2009 at 9:09 am
hahahah…. you think its new… ive been doing that shit since 2002… when rb detail came out… so nothing new…..
and you cant skate 2 sizes smaller… u are an idiot… ive been skating them 3 sizes smaller since i skate xsjado…. from usd 47- xsjado 44….. ive cutted all the padding in the ankle and it fits perfect…. so … it s all up to u and your feet ….
peace
jaro
January 15th, 2009 at 1:17 am
Great tut.
But what are those frekking liners!?
May 12th, 2009 at 4:58 pm
can you toe cut the razor cult 8’s?
July 24th, 2009 at 7:59 pm
So…if i’m 8 1/2 (real shoe size) and i buy a valo EB 8 size ..for example.. and cutin the toe will it fit me perfect?
Sorry about the stupid question but im outside the US and wanna buy one of those skates.
July 28th, 2009 at 3:11 am
I think it’s Trust’s Catalys liner.
August 5th, 2009 at 7:43 am
the liners in the video are the trust liners. the liners in the pictures are the stock valo liners, if you look they have no lacing on them and the trust liners have laces. and yes the trust liners are amazing.
October 3rd, 2009 at 8:23 am
I just did this yesterday and it is amazing!!! Do not fret if you dont have a demmel kit and a grinder. i just used a hacksaw. worked better and faster and cleaner cut than in the video. super sick guys.
March 16th, 2010 at 7:43 pm
im a size 11.5 and my friends are telling me to go buy a 10 and toe cut. like i wann buy the TV.2’s. will this help me fit in a 10 like my friends said?
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I just did this yesterday and it is amazing!!! Do not fret if you dont have a demmel kit and a grinder. i just used a hacksaw. worked better and faster and cleaner cut than in the video. super sick guys.
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