Tom dropped off his Blizzards for a service. Apparently he picked them up second hand in Norway. It certainly appears from this small sample that our Viking friends know how to look after their kit – the edges had been tuned previously but whoever did it retained the Blizzard standard base 1 degree/side 3 degrees, and the bases were as perfectly flat as any ski I’ve seen.
Sadly Tom’s many talents don’t stretch to towelling off his edges after a week in the Alps so our first challenge was getting the rust out of the way so we could spend some time filing the steel. You can just about see the worst rust patches on the “before” photo – about level with the ear defenders – but you can get a real feel from the photo of the file below, pictured after a single swipe on the base edge:
Anyway bright metal wasn’t too far away and the edges were soon back to their best. Two coats of wax, some scraping and brushing and they are ready to rock.