Skate blades wear with time on the ice, not with the calendar. Axel is a skate blade sharpening tracker that adds the hours from every session you log to the pair of skates you used, so you can see when blades are due for a sharpen.
Add your skates and blades to My skates, set the interval that suits how you skate, and Axel shows a warning once a pair reaches it. Mark the pair as sharpened and the count starts again.
Two skaters with the same blades can need a sharpen weeks apart. How often you skate, the ice you skate on and the skills you practise all change how fast an edge wears, so counting hours on the ice is a better guide than counting days.
Every session you log adds time on ice to the pair you chose. A bar compares the hours since the last sharpen with the interval for that pair. Axel starts each pair at 30 hours, and you can change the interval in My skates to match your own skating.
Competition skates and practice skates each keep their own hours and their own sharpening count, alongside the total hours on each pair.
Dry your blades after every session, walk on blade guards off the ice and let your skates air out before storing them. Dry blades and covered edges help keep an edge sharp for longer and protect against rust.
Figure skating support
Add hours to a pair of skates every time you log a session.
Set the sharpening interval that suits how you skate.
See a warning when a pair reaches its interval, then mark it sharpened to start again.
Interface preview
Skills, skate hours and skill-tagged practice video, all inside Axel.
Follow your skills, watch the hours on your blades and attach skills to practice videos and get analysis.
Axel: Figure Skating Skills & Blade Sharpening Tracker
Axel is a figure skating session log and blade sharpening tracker. Track blade sharpening and hours on every pair of skates, follow 24 skill tiers, and log your sessions in minutes.
