so recently I bought a warrior prostick dolomite stick, paid somethin g like $120 on it. it was the first composite stick ive owned, and let me first tell you i LOVE it. currently I shoot around with my friends on a paved rink near my university, and have noticed that my blade is wearing down very quickly because of slap shots/just normal drag/play.I have heard that with one-pieces you can just cut the blade off and put a new blade in when your first wears down too much. I would obviously have someone else do it for me since I dont know how exactly, but I was wondering if this is common practice, or some crazy thing i heard out of the blue.warrior rbk ccm and almost every other respectable composite company sells only one-piece sticks, so I would assume there must be some way to replace the blade.thx!
people normally put a blade in the other end when the blade breaks and they just flip the stick, the only problem w/that is you cant put an extension in. if you cut the stick too far it will be way too short
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Yes you can cut the blade off, and turn it into a two-piece stick. Make sure before buying a blade for it, that you determine whether your dolomite has a tapered shaft, alot of the new ones do, that will determine whether you need a regular blade or tapered blade.
Composite sticks are not intended for pavement use, as you may have figured out by now. You could have saved yourself a lot of money if you'd gone with a two-piece system. Unfortunately, there is no good way to turn your stick into a 2 pc. If you cut the shaft above the blade, a tapered blade would provide too loose a fit. If you flip the stick upside down and insert a standard blade in the top of the shaft, you'll be nullifying any performance advantage in the shaft design. I have seen some try multiple cuts above the blade until a standard blade would fit. This, however, would take several inches off the shaft thereby necessitating a rather long end plug to offset the length variance. Your best bet is to toss the stick when it's dead and go with a shaft/blade combo (wood blade if you want to save some $$) for your next purchase. All stick manufacturers, in fact, offer two-piece sticks. They may not be as prevalent due to the popularity of one piece models, but they are available. If the Dolomite is your stick of choice, go with Warriror's Dolo 2, which is the exact same product except for the bonding agent used to attach the shaft to the blade (1 pc use permanent bond and 2 pc use hot melt glue which is reheatable and replaceable). Warrior also offers an AK27 model, which is the two-piece model Alexei Kovalev uses. Other models to consider are the Easton Ultra Lite or the Nike Bauer one90 shaft. Good luck.
