Blades and Things, Little Current, ON

Blades & Things started in Nova Scotia back in 1990, thanks in part, to our son Joseph. Blades & Things grew from selling product from the trunk of our car to a thriving store front in less than a year. Seeing as Nova Scotia had so few male figure skaters we could not get any product for Joseph. Joe's first figure skates were white ones we painted black. We could not get black laces so he skated in black skates with white laces. Finding a good precision skate sharpener was difficult, there were only two and they were not close to the rinks. We started to order products from other provinces and from the USA for Joseph. Other skating families then starting asking us to order some items for them at the same time. We started bringing in some extra items (guards, laces, polish, etc) so they were readily available and we literally worked "from the trunk of our car". It was clear a business opportunity existed. We opened our first shop in Bedford.