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Length 31 cm - Width to widest 5.7 cm - Height 3.5 cm - Weight 288 grams
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The Little History of Ice Skating
Originally, ice skates were a means of locomotion and hunting. The first rudimentary skates would have appeared in the peoples of northern Europe, present-day Finland. The oldest pair of skates known to man is believed to date back to approximately 3000 BC. It was reportedly found at the bottom of a lake in Switzerland. These skates had been made with leg bones from large animals, primarily reindeer, elk, and beef. Holes were drilled at each end and skin straps were used to tie them under the boots. The names used by the Dutch of the time were ""schenkel"", which means leg and also ""schaats"", which means ""leg bone"". By the way the English word ""skate"" comes from the Dutch word ""schaats"". Very rudimentary and precarious stability, they required the use of a stick in order to maintain its balance.
Around the 14th century, the Dutch began using wooden platform skates with a flat iron bottom, which they tied to their feet with leather straps. Around 1500, the Dutch added a narrow double-edged metal blade, which could be sharpened, faster, and tied by leather laces. The stick became a thing of the past. Skaters could now move around with a single skate, using the ""Dutch roll"" or ""Dutch swing"", a precursor to the ""Push and Glide"" technique, which is to slide without pushing sticks.
In 1848, E.V. Bushnell of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania invented the first all-steel skate clamp. This revolutionized ice skating because, for the first time, skaters can twist, spin, skate and jump without losing their skates!
In 1865, Jackson Haines, a renowned American ballet dancer and skater, considered the father of modern figure skating, developed the all-metal two-plate blade. The blade was screwed directly to Haines boots. The skater became famous for his new dance moves, jumps, and spins. Haines added the first claw to skate blades in the 1870s, making dives possible to launch jump movements.
In 1914, John E. Strauss, a blade manufacturer from St. Paul, Minnesota, invented the first closed-end blade, made from a single piece of steel. The skates were now lighter and stronger.
In January 1876 the first artificial (mechanically refrigerated) ice rink opened in Chelsea, London, England: the Chelsea ""Glaciarium"", located in the Kings Road district. Built by John Gamgee, it will close in late 1876.
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