[rlmorel]

Oh yes. They may look like they are flat on the bottom but when viewed head on, actually look like this (looking head on at the blade as the skate is held upside down):

I played goalie, so I had the least concavity, but even mine, when sharpened to a fine edge could easily cut.

[airborne]

I played goalie...

I always think back to Clint Malarchuk, taking a skate to the jugular.

If not for the fact that one of the trainers was a combat medic, he might have died!

[rarestia]

Thank you both! Today I learned...