Editing Ice skate (section)

===Bandy skates===
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[[File:Charles Goodman Tebbutt (0401-02824).png|thumb|[[Charles Goodman Tebbutt]] doing a [[speed skating]] pose in 1889. He published the first set of rules for [[bandy]]]]
Bandy skates are used for playing the sports of [[bandy]], [[rink bandy]] (bandy variant), and [[rinkball]]. The boot is generally made of leather (often synthetic) and often excludes tendon guards. The boot style for bandy skates is lower than the ice hockey version and often doesn't cover the ankles. The bandy skate is designed with the intention of preventing them from causing injury to an opponent due to its long, and relatively sharp angled blades. The blade is generally an inch longer than the hockey skates, allowing for higher speeds on the large [[bandy field]] (also called a "bandy rink).<ref>[http://player.mashpedia.com/player.php?ref=mashplayer&q=Ak4CxS0NHNg "Bandy Skate profile vs Hockey Ice skate" (video), 27 December 2016] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171021060732/http://player.mashpedia.com/player.php?ref=mashplayer&q=Ak4CxS0NHNg |date=21 October 2017 }}, retrieved 20 October 2017</ref> The Russian bandy skates have an even longer blade and a very low cut shoe.

Bandy blades are sharpened differently than those on ice hockey skates with the bottom part of the bandy blade which touches the ice surface being flatter and generally excluding a hollow. Ice hockey blades are sharpened in a manner that creates two side edges which make contact with the ice. As a result, and by comparison, sharp cornering and "tight turns" which are maneuvers that can be achieved using the design of an ice hockey skate are not achievable on bandy skates. While the design of the modern ice hockey skate allows for sharper and faster maneuverability, modern bandy skates allow for more distance to be covered at a higher speed.