Wow wow wow I can’t believe you pulled all that off! I really enjoyed seeing the restoration of the skates (I recently got into watching art restoration, but seeing the process on a 3D object was so cool). I find it fascinating when people try new-old things, like skating on 1919 skates. It’s incredible how far technology has come in the past 102 years. Oh and also, the 1919 outfit and hair, beautiful. You knocked it out of the park with this project!
I bought a pair of vintage ice skates, probably from the 50's, at a garage sale once. They fit my feet, I thought they were actually usable. :) Boy was I wrong. There was absolutely zero ankle support (the leather looked much more broken down than yours) and my ankles were flip flopping all over the place. I made it around the rink once, clutching the side of the wall for support, and gave up. I now use them as part of my Christmas decorating. :) I loved watching this video, I've always wondered how in the world people skated back then without the modern ankle support we have. And imagine they used to just tie on blades to their street shoes too!
After my grandfather moved out of his house, I inherited a pair of 1950s ice skates that belonged to my grandmother when she was a teenager. Seeing you clean up 103 year old ice skates and be able to use them gives me hope that I can use my grandmothers ice skates though they are over 70 years old.
I actually had to do this when I was younger. We were out of money, and the skates we had inherited from my grandmothers youth were the ones I had. They had as much support as a pair of gloves but it worked and I skated on them for a season. Now, when I've been figure skating a couple of years I would have liked to try them again. Sadly, nowdays they are four(!) sizes too small for me.
I'm impressed you were able to manage on those old skates. Out of curiosity, were these the same type of skates used by Sonja Henie and other contemporaries for their competitive skating, or was this more of "street skates" for the common person, used for recreational skating?
I was wondering about this! Wonder if you could you put a blade with a small toe pick on it like a dance blade on an older skate if you had just the boot.
Such a fun video! I love what you mentioned about the lines you were able to make with the flexibility of the ankle - all the historical videos of people skating in the first part of the 1900s are so gorgeous and mystic even though it’s considered ‘basic’ by modern standards. There was something so beautiful about the simplicity of the movements and lines created by the body!
Glad you liked it!! If I had more practice time I would have loved to try some harder moves. But I am glad I was able to skate in them. I can see why spirals and spread eagles were so popular back then, because with flexible ankles, they would have been so pretty to do.
I love all the history (this one was particularly outstanding), and tutorials you do. Figure skating is a sport I’ve been interested in my whole life, but I’ve only embraced it since the start of the year. Of late I sometimes don’t even have to check in at my local ice arena cause the staff says, “Go ahead. You’re here all the time, I know you’re on the list somewhere.” Honest to goodness if I’m not on a flight deck teaching people to fly a plane, a equally happy place for me to be is on the ice working on one of your tutorials. Thank you for your channel as it’s opened up a far too long delayed world to me!
Wowza! That is so impressive! Thanks for sharing more of the history and pioneers of skating on your channel, besides the nowadays skating world. For me, it helps to appreciate this unique beautiful sport even more!
This video really made me chuckle because after being off skates for 50 years, I started skating again last year. I really related to your situation because I found my figure skates from high school! A pro at the rink asked how I managed figures because my softened leather skate boots offered absolutely no ankle support whatsoever. They were comfortable but certainly not conducive to having control and balance! So, I recently bought a new pair of Jackson skates (we share the ice with Mr. Donald Jackson for the 55+ Skates twice weekly) and the contrast of having a molded boot has been shocking! I am finally breaking them in but -- what a difference!
You did knock this one out of the park Julia! Madeline and I got the privilege to see you taping this with Scott so it added to the awesomeness of this video!!
Really nice to see 100 yrs.old skates back on ice! If things have souls, these skates must have been so happy after all long years ❤️ When I see the comparison here, I'd like to know, how do the true professional figure skates look like nowadays. How are they supposed to be reinforced, supportive, and on the other hand in which direction and how much are they supposed to be flexible. Because we, hobby skaters, don't have opportunities to see or touch any really professional skates. And when we want to buy new skates, any better than we do have, we don't know, what is the key, what to search for. That is my suggestion for a video I'd personally appreciate very very much 😀 Greetings from the heart of Europe ❤️
Hey Coach, I noticed how thick the blades were just before you mentioned it at the skate shop with Matt. He mentioned it took longer to sharpen those skates but much time not going unnoticed is spent dressing the wheels and adjusting the fixtues to get the grind just right, that's skill as well.
The skates are beautiful and now I understand more about how their darling looked so different than today. My take is that the boot shape/support, and of course blade design, had a lot more to do with how fast skating difficulty moved forward in the modern era.
Aplause!!!! very interesting video. Its is amazing to see you doing some many diferent steps with such a little anke suport, it really looks scary! and you did it great, beautifull video thank you Julia!
This is so cool! I would be afraid of tripping over the pointed front of the blade that sticks out so far. When I teaching, I bought a pair of "coach boots" from a different manufacturer than I was used to. The heel was lower. I taught in them exactly once. I felt very uncomfortable.
I was so scared to step out onto the ice in them. I legitimately thought I would be holding onto the wall the whole time, so I was delighted that I could actually skate!
Such an interesting video! I`ve actually started wondering how different ice skating was before. It`s not obvious to think that our skating skills improved so much over the century, and the skates changed a lot too! This lack of support in the ankle is a nightmare for me. One of my reeeally first attempts at ice skating, I was going on mass skating sessions and used rentals. So one time the arena was crowded and they ran out of normal skates, so the guy handed me a pair with literally NO support and said with a little bit of guilt that it was the only thing he could give. They were pretty beautiful and I didn`t even think of the ankle support at this time. But theeen on the ice I hardly moved forward and in a couple of minutes, it hurt sooo much. Now I understand how dangerous it was, 100% irresponsible of them to rent such skates.
Those aren't vintage, at over 100 years old they are certified antiques! As a skating fan and vintage shoe collector this was fascinating. I love the look of the tall thin boots that were worn through the 50s. Fun fact for history buffs, it was actually Norwegian skating icon Sonja Henie who popularized white boots (and short skirts) for female skaters! Before her women were wearing black boots like the men as skates were generally made with standard shoe leather. Skating style is such an interesting corner of fashion history :)
Those skates are kinda like my skates! lower heel and the leather isn't as supporting in the ankles but the blade are obviously different, but the toe pick is shorter though and the blade is straighter Would aslo love to see bernadette banner react to this lol
I owned a pair of skates that looked similar to that, but had picks on the blades. Spalding, the manufacturer, told me that they were made circa 1920 and that I should not try to use them. I donated them to a figure skating club recently. Now I'm wondering if I could have tried them out. Thanks for doing that for me!
I was wondering if you could do a video on how to present when getting on the ice and after you finish like a test or a program? I'm completely lost, and would like to appear more polished. Examples of different variations for head and arm positions, etc would be very helpful. Thanks!
That was nice for you to try those skates.I was kind of worried about how your ankles would take it as there really isn't any support. When I saw you to skate on those I almost remembered the pain I had after each time I had skated. Great show and how much those skaters at the time actually did with those skates? I don't remember seeing any old movies or videos from that era. When I was young, 1960s in school my father had his old skates he wanted me to use at the school as we had same size of foot. His skates was just regular no support skates with similar leather to those you tried. Those just twisted what so ever way. For me those what I used then made killing for my ankles. I would not recommend anybody who might have them at home to use any more than maybe to note the difference now and then. Person can seriously insure their ankle if they have weak ankles. I skated number of years with those old skates until I was able to convince my father that my feet had out grown the skates.Now the truth is that I only got really interested of figure skating in about 2006 as that was when my daughter wanted restart her skating and I wanted to go with her. Due our ignorance at the time she didn't get very good skates and I had to get mine from pro store as that was the only place I could get men figure skates, so I ended up having better ones.
my own skates are probably from the 1950s and I was adivised to get newer skates with the ankel support and things really changed when I recently shapened them..not exactly good but one good thing is with relearning them, I just got the backwards thing
Those were really nicely preserved, and totally my style, lol if I can find a rustic old pair like that with the comfort of the 21St century I would have them in a heart beat, lol
Hi Julia I have to teach groups of skaters do you have any tips on this. As we only get 1 hour a week Sometimes I do a total group lesson but we tend to break them up into 2 groups to learn there level of skating specific skills. Love your channel so much
This looks like such a fun thing to do as a coach! Hey, I also couldn’t help but notice your current skates during the side-by-side comparison to the vintage ones; are those Klingbeils?
Does this mean I can probably use my old ice skates I used for figure skating lessons in 1980? Living in the subtropics, I have barely touched them since but have always stored them in a dry place. They seem OK but I'd hate for them to fall to pieces on the ice. I'm taking a young child skating for the first time soon and would prefer to use my own skates, if possible. The ice rink we're visiting only hires out hockey skates.
I love Gold Stars. I have been skating in them for 23 years and will never switch. I like the 7' rocker as well, and the side honed blade. They help with nice tight footwork and deep edge control. I would think a Freestyle 4 skater would be just fine with Gold Stars.
Those skates are absolutely beautiful! Imagine if they had today’s ankle support.
Wow wow wow I can’t believe you pulled all that off! I really enjoyed seeing the restoration of the skates (I recently got into watching art restoration, but seeing the process on a 3D object was so cool). I find it fascinating when people try new-old things, like skating on 1919 skates. It’s incredible how far technology has come in the past 102 years. Oh and also, the 1919 outfit and hair, beautiful. You knocked it out of the park with this project!
Thank you so much! I really appreciate the positive feedback and am so glad you enjoyed the video!
I bought a pair of vintage ice skates, probably from the 50's, at a garage sale once. They fit my feet, I thought they were actually usable. :) Boy was I wrong. There was absolutely zero ankle support (the leather looked much more broken down than yours) and my ankles were flip flopping all over the place. I made it around the rink once, clutching the side of the wall for support, and gave up. I now use them as part of my Christmas decorating. :) I loved watching this video, I've always wondered how in the world people skated back then without the modern ankle support we have. And imagine they used to just tie on blades to their street shoes too!
This was the cutest aesthetic ever!!!! Definitely keeps the vibes going for me getting back into skating!!
Yay! Thank you!
After my grandfather moved out of his house, I inherited a pair of 1950s ice skates that belonged to my grandmother when she was a teenager. Seeing you clean up 103 year old ice skates and be able to use them gives me hope that I can use my grandmothers ice skates though they are over 70 years old.
Oh my goodness, what an incredible piece of family history!
I actually had to do this when I was younger. We were out of money, and the skates we had inherited from my grandmothers youth were the ones I had. They had as much support as a pair of gloves but it worked and I skated on them for a season. Now, when I've been figure skating a couple of years I would have liked to try them again. Sadly, nowdays they are four(!) sizes too small for me.
I'm impressed you were able to manage on those old skates. Out of curiosity, were these the same type of skates used by Sonja Henie and other contemporaries for their competitive skating, or was this more of "street skates" for the common person, used for recreational skating?
I was wondering about this!
Wonder if you could you put a blade with a small toe pick on it like a dance blade on an older skate if you had just the boot.
This is really cool to see 🥰
Glad you think so!
This is the coolest thing ever! I adore antiques and restoration and honoring items from days gone by. Well done, Julia! 🥰
Thanks so much! 😊 I am glad you enjoyed it!
so proud you did it julia yes you go girly.
Such a fun video! I love what you mentioned about the lines you were able to make with the flexibility of the ankle - all the historical videos of people skating in the first part of the 1900s are so gorgeous and mystic even though it’s considered ‘basic’ by modern standards. There was something so beautiful about the simplicity of the movements and lines created by the body!
Glad you liked it!! If I had more practice time I would have loved to try some harder moves. But I am glad I was able to skate in them. I can see why spirals and spread eagles were so popular back then, because with flexible ankles, they would have been so pretty to do.
I absolutely loved this video! History is so interesting and seeing how everything has evolved together and in separate sports is always mind blowing.
I love all the history (this one was particularly outstanding), and tutorials you do. Figure skating is a sport I’ve been interested in my whole life, but I’ve only embraced it since the start of the year. Of late I sometimes don’t even have to check in at my local ice arena cause the staff says, “Go ahead. You’re here all the time, I know you’re on the list somewhere.”
Honest to goodness if I’m not on a flight deck teaching people to fly a plane, a equally happy place for me to be is on the ice working on one of your tutorials. Thank you for your channel as it’s opened up a far too long delayed world to me!
Wowza! That is so impressive! Thanks for sharing more of the history and pioneers of skating on your channel, besides the nowadays skating world. For me, it helps to appreciate this unique beautiful sport even more!
Glad you enjoyed it!
I love the whole look you have going on on! So pretty! 🥰
This video really made me chuckle because after being off skates for 50 years, I started skating again last year. I really related to your situation because I found my figure skates from high school! A pro at the rink asked how I managed figures because my softened leather skate boots offered absolutely no ankle support whatsoever. They were comfortable but certainly not conducive to having control and balance! So, I recently bought a new pair of Jackson skates (we share the ice with Mr. Donald Jackson for the 55+ Skates twice weekly) and the contrast of having a molded boot has been shocking! I am finally breaking them in but -- what a difference!
You did knock this one out of the park Julia! Madeline and I got the privilege to see you taping this with Scott so it added to the awesomeness of this video!!
Thanks so much Carol! I am glad you enjoyed it and it was fun having you guys there to cheer me on!
Fascinating! Beautiful looking boots, but I admire you courage in trying them out.
Thank you very much!
That's amazing that skates that are 102 years old still work. Also amazing is that they look like they fit your foot fairly well.
So amazing! I couldn't believe my luck when I bought them.
Really nice to see 100 yrs.old skates back on ice! If things have souls, these skates must have been so happy after all long years ❤️ When I see the comparison here, I'd like to know, how do the true professional figure skates look like nowadays. How are they supposed to be reinforced, supportive, and on the other hand in which direction and how much are they supposed to be flexible. Because we, hobby skaters, don't have opportunities to see or touch any really professional skates. And when we want to buy new skates, any better than we do have, we don't know, what is the key, what to search for. That is my suggestion for a video I'd personally appreciate very very much 😀 Greetings from the heart of Europe ❤️
Always unique on ice and this time no exception )
Thank you!!
Hey Coach, I noticed how thick the blades were just before you mentioned it at the skate shop with Matt. He mentioned it took longer to sharpen those skates but much time not going unnoticed is spent dressing the wheels and adjusting the fixtues to get the grind just right, that's skill as well.
Matt Did an excellent job with the blade sharpening. Much better than I could have hoped for. So grateful to have a solid pro-shop at my rink.
Wow over 100 years old! That’s not just vintage anymore, that’s antique!
(Vintage is 25+ years old and
Antique is 100+ years old)
Great to know the distinction!
Really neat experiment! Thanks for sharing!!
Very impressive find! How anybody skated using those blows my mind. I can barely skate using my new Jackson skates with a nice blade. LOL!
The skates are beautiful and now I understand more about how their darling looked so different than today. My take is that the boot shape/support, and of course blade design, had a lot more to do with how fast skating difficulty moved forward in the modern era.
Wow nice!!!!
Thanks!
I love the skate designs 😍
This is awesome. You have arguably the best FS channel on RUclips. 😍
Wow, thank you!
Aplause!!!! very interesting video. Its is amazing to see you doing some many diferent steps with such a little anke suport, it really looks scary! and you did it great, beautifull video thank you Julia!
Thank you so much! I am glad you enjoyed it. I was pretty scared to try skating in them, but it worked out!
This is so cool! I would be afraid of tripping over the pointed front of the blade that sticks out so far. When I teaching, I bought a pair of "coach boots" from a different manufacturer than I was used to. The heel was lower. I taught in them exactly once. I felt very uncomfortable.
I was so scared to step out onto the ice in them. I legitimately thought I would be holding onto the wall the whole time, so I was delighted that I could actually skate!
Such an interesting video! I`ve actually started wondering how different ice skating was before. It`s not obvious to think that our skating skills improved so much over the century, and the skates changed a lot too! This lack of support in the ankle is a nightmare for me. One of my reeeally first attempts at ice skating, I was going on mass skating sessions and used rentals. So one time the arena was crowded and they ran out of normal skates, so the guy handed me a pair with literally NO support and said with a little bit of guilt that it was the only thing he could give. They were pretty beautiful and I didn`t even think of the ankle support at this time. But theeen on the ice I hardly moved forward and in a couple of minutes, it hurt sooo much. Now I understand how dangerous it was, 100% irresponsible of them to rent such skates.
I always see vintage skates at antique shops. I’m glad you did this video because I’ve always been curious to see how they work out.
I was so excited to try them out. Glad you enjoyed it.
Those aren't vintage, at over 100 years old they are certified antiques! As a skating fan and vintage shoe collector this was fascinating. I love the look of the tall thin boots that were worn through the 50s. Fun fact for history buffs, it was actually Norwegian skating icon Sonja Henie who popularized white boots (and short skirts) for female skaters! Before her women were wearing black boots like the men as skates were generally made with standard shoe leather. Skating style is such an interesting corner of fashion history :)
Nothing more to say instead of AMAZING!
Awe, thank you!
It’s was very good experience.The old skates much you ..very cute..I wonder where you got them..
Those skates are kinda like my skates! lower heel and the leather isn't as supporting in the ankles but the blade are obviously different, but the toe pick is shorter though and the blade is straighter
Would aslo love to see bernadette banner react to this lol
I really love how creative this video is! :)
I am glad you liked it!
I owned a pair of skates that looked similar to that, but had picks on the blades. Spalding, the manufacturer, told me that they were made circa 1920 and that I should not try to use them. I donated them to a figure skating club recently. Now I'm wondering if I could have tried them out. Thanks for doing that for me!
I was wondering if you could do a video on how to present when getting on the ice and after you finish like a test or a program? I'm completely lost, and would like to appear more polished. Examples of different variations for head and arm positions, etc would be very helpful. Thanks!
What a unique idea! Your videos are always educating me! Wondering if you can review synthetic ice?
Great suggestion!
This was really awesome to see :) Coach Julia, you're like Snow White
Wow, thank you!
That was nice for you to try those skates.I was kind of worried about how your ankles would take it as there really isn't any support. When I saw you to skate on those I almost remembered the pain I had after each time I had skated. Great show and how much those skaters at the time actually did with those skates? I don't remember seeing any old movies or videos from that era. When I was young, 1960s in school my father had his old skates he wanted me to use at the school as we had same size of foot. His skates was just regular no support skates with similar leather to those you tried. Those just twisted what so ever way. For me those what I used then made killing for my ankles. I would not recommend anybody who might have them at home to use any more than maybe to note the difference now and then. Person can seriously insure their ankle if they have weak ankles. I skated number of years with those old skates until I was able to convince my father that my feet had out grown the skates.Now the truth is that I only got really interested of figure skating in about 2006 as that was when my daughter wanted restart her skating and I wanted to go with her. Due our ignorance at the time she didn't get very good skates and I had to get mine from pro store as that was the only place I could get men figure skates, so I ended up having better ones.
That's really cool.
Glad you thought so!!
my own skates are probably from the 1950s and I was adivised to get newer skates with the ankel support and things really changed when I recently shapened them..not exactly good but one good thing is with relearning them, I just got the backwards thing
Those were really nicely preserved, and totally my style, lol if I can find a rustic old pair like that with the comfort of the 21St century I would have them in a heart beat, lol
They were really cool to skate in!
I love your content so much
I really appreciate that!
LOVE THEMMMM 😻😻😻😻
Yay! I think they are just fabulous too!
yess i was gonna request for thiss🥰
Awesome. I hope you enjoyed it!
So nice skates and u look beautifull on ice with them
Thank you! 😃
Hi Julia I have to teach groups of skaters do you have any tips on this. As we only get 1 hour a week Sometimes I do a total group lesson but we tend to break them up into 2 groups to learn there level of skating specific skills. Love your channel so much
Super cool video!
This looks like such a fun thing to do as a coach! Hey, I also couldn’t help but notice your current skates during the side-by-side comparison to the vintage ones; are those Klingbeils?
My current skates are Harlicks. I love Harlick and have been wearing their boots for over 20 years.
Does this mean I can probably use my old ice skates I used for figure skating lessons in 1980? Living in the subtropics, I have barely touched them since but have always stored them in a dry place. They seem OK but I'd hate for them to fall to pieces on the ice. I'm taking a young child skating for the first time soon and would prefer to use my own skates, if possible. The ice rink we're visiting only hires out hockey skates.
my anxiety went up a little lol but this was very cool to watch
I am glad you thought it was cool!
Hi Julia, how do you like your Gold Star? Is it too advanced for freestyle 4 skaters? I like the 7" rocker and large toe picks.
I love Gold Stars. I have been skating in them for 23 years and will never switch. I like the 7' rocker as well, and the side honed blade. They help with nice tight footwork and deep edge control. I would think a Freestyle 4 skater would be just fine with Gold Stars.
Very beautiful!!! Obviously no jumps with these…
Oh my gosh, I would be terrified to jump in them!!! 😩
Your sharpening guy is seriously cute:)
Now you know what you need to skate in to make your feet stronger.
Oh my goodness, you would have to have extremely strong feet to do much in these!
Is that skatetown in roseville?
Yes it is.
I was at the rink!!
Thanks for cheering me on!!
I am so scared to leave the wall
Just keep practicing and trying to be brave!
this isnt even vintage.this could already be considered antique
Yes! I didn't know the distinction between them before, but now I realize i have an antique. So fun!