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My Heritage" Pads are finally here!!!


I ordered these in January, and they ended up taking a little longer than expected cause of the custum color but are well worth the wait. Marc from vortek even lent me a pair of pads while I waited so I'm already used to them. Glenn really does make an amazing set of pads. What a great company.[img=http://img520.imageshack.us/img520/1167/vortekpads001un9.jpg][img=http://img520.imageshack.us/img520/1167/vortekpads001un9.326bfa3ddb.jpg][img=http://img363.imageshack.us/img363/5989/vortekpads002dp2.th.jpg][img=http://img520.imageshack.us/img520/32/vortekpads003hd4.th.jpg]
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Ok no idea what happened when I loaded these pics but here you goImageImageImage
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those look really nice.
are those real leather or one of the jenpros?


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These are actually jenpro's. Plante got my leather(just kidding) Glenn had made a set of the modern style pads with leather, But it didn't really come out well. In fact he hated the result. So he suggested for the style and type of hockey I play i'd be better off with the jenpro anyway. So he got ahold of some "heritage" colors and that was that. I waited four months but in all honesty it was my own fault. I wanted so many options on these pads that it took extra time, mostly waiting for the materials.
I couldn't be happier with this equipment. The glove and blocker are amazing and the pads are a dream truley amazing stuff. I don't think I will ever buy another brand. I already got another set to use for roller hockey.
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cool. Is is the "bucky" or the "heritage tan" hard to tell in the pictures. It looks way better than the "vintage tan" rbks I had and different from the "bucky" BHGs that I (for now) have.
Mind detailing the mods you had done to them and why Glenn was unhappy with the VK7s he did in leather?
I checked out the Vortek VK5 series before I wound up with my Itechs. This was before Glenn was on board and I was really unimpressed with the build quality and elements of the design.
I have heard that this has changed dramatically under Glenns guidance.
Would you mind posting a bunch of pics of the leg channel?
Thanks.
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These are heritage tan. I'm not sure of the details on why he didn't like them with the leather but I think it had something to do with the cutting dies and ultimitely how the leather acted in those particular shapes. Anyhow Marc, from vortek stopped by my house with a set of demo vk7s for me to use while I waited for mine to be made. He showed me the diffrences between his stock vk7s and the demo pads. There were many diffrences in the leg channel,knee locks and toe ties. They both had the same graphics, but everything else was different pretty much. I will post pictures of both sets of leg channels as soon as i get back to new york. The custumn modification I had done was a double layer of binding material and a second piece of plastic in the thigh area of the pads to keep it extra stiff. I got them in a 34"+1" sizing . The blocker is stock but i had a pro palm added in the glove not really for protection but just to keep it as stiff as possible for as long as possible.
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ImageImageImageThese top photos are the older vk7 demos the knee locks/risers are laced in its a fairly shallow leg channel. and its totally lines with imitation leather, the leather is padded and there is absolutley no discomfort when going down. The two knee stacks are removable and each is a diffrent size.ImageImageImageThese are the heritage pads, has three knee stacks that can be laced or velcrowed into place, two are removable. The lag channel is slightly deeper allowing it to be more of a hybrid pad. They still rotate very well for butterfly techniques. the channel is the sameleather material, but the knee lock is sewn on top of it and it made of nylon for easier rotation and no "hang-up" all in all very well made pads. If they started making pants and Ca I may never need another company.
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Congrats. Nice set. I have never seen a pair of Vortek's up close but they look fantastic in pics.

So that is tan-retro on the material? Is that what you would ask for a colour?

Nice set. I love the vintage look. Best neutral look ever. Whomever came up with that was a genius:)
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Its a tan colour but at vortek they call it heritage. Same basic thing, just a little more aged looking than straight tan. These were custum made to my specs and colours.
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