Tour of My Vintage Goalie Equipment Collection | Cooper | Miller | Kenesky | Vaughn 

Thanks for watching. In reality, it often times smells like leather conditioner and moth balls. 😂

It's definitely MY happy place. 👍

90tpi very cool. Do you recall anything that might be an identifiable mark on the trapper? Would be cool to know if this was previously yours.

Sorry no identifiable marks. I was working at a Play it again sports and a fella came in with them. He said, he special ordered them to match his team. The place he bought them from asked for 100% deposit because the color combo. It took 5 months for them to arrive. In that time frame he received a hockey ending injury. So, they were never used. I bought them. I was in the middle of tryouts with a Junior team and I used them for only 2 of the skates. I made the team and sold them because they were not team colors.

I should add, I was and still am located in the Atlantic Canada. So if you had an idea if it came from this way. Then it's a good chance.

This trapper has “Sparky” embroidered on the cuff.

Excellent! I have a "few" more Reactor setups added to the collection since this video and 3 of my next 4 videos feature different Reactor sets too.

I’m happy you enjoyed. One of these days I’ll do an updated tour. A lot has changed over the last few years.

Thanks for the comment Pat. I don't really sell any of my collection typically. My first suggestion would be to join the Vintage Goalie Equipment facebook group as there is always a variety of gear for sale there. Other than that, it's just a constant searching of facebook marketplace, craigslist, kijiji, offerup, ebay, etc. For ads that don't specifically say they'll ship - you just have to reach out and ask them if they will. Always pay with PayPal Goods & Services option too as that will protect you from a scam seller. I usually add on 4% to the amount when I do that as a goodwill effort of me covering their seller fee from PayPal.

Here's a link to the VGE page on Facebook: facebook.com/groups/266618873431895

I have hundreds of videos here now that show the collection. And this tour is quite old. Been moving and reorganizing things for some time and keep planning on doing an updated video. Hopefully soon I’ll be in a position to do that.

This video is a few years old and there’s a lot more gear in the collection. I don’t think I’ve counted complete sets. One of these days I’ll do an updated version of this video.

Sorry for the VERY late reply! My favorite pads to play in are actually one of my sets of 1950's Kenesky K444 (with no outer knee roll ala Gump and Bower). Once or twice a year I'll strap them on and pair with early Cooper-Weeks mitts and fiberglass facehugger. That's my favorite because it's something not many people can do, it gets a lot of reactions, and it's just darn cool to be able to wear that old stuff. GP-Pro's are nice pads. Very lightweight compared to the other Cooper gear. The straps can be a pain because they have a clamshell style clip instead of a buckle.

I have a Cricut machine and typically use Cricut SportFlex or Siser Easyweed Stetch vinyl

Retail versions of Ed’s pads that he colored in with a black marker. And they actually did a good job of replicating that look in my opinion.

Christian Chin thank you! I have a couple videos specifically about SK2000 evolution actually. Part 1 is ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-WyCLx9BmAhc.html I think you’ll find the answer and a little more info there. SK2000’s are really hard to find in general, but 1st gens aren’t the most common available.

It's more of an 'intermediate' size. I believe it's technically a full size blocker, but the palm is for a smaller hand.

@@CooperGoalie Thanks for the info! :)

I appreciate the thought, but trying to do that for a business would take a lot (if not most) of the fun out of it for me. Plus, there are much more capable folks out there that offer gear refurbishing services than I could ever do.