Alas, Klingbeil is no more, but I thought I'd start a thread for those of us who still have some, or at least old pictures of ours... Or if you don't have pictures, that's fine - share your experiences!
This was my first set - boy was I proud of it. Unfortunately, somebody else found them attractive too, and they ended up stolen. Strangely, somebody later purchased them from a consignment shop and looked me up based on my name which was imprinted on the sole, and asked me about them because they thought they might be mine. I confirmed that they were indeed originally mine, and I offered to pay them money to buy them back, but then I never could get a response from them again:
I ended up getting a second set, this time with black soles (which I regret) to pair with black Paramount blades (which I also regret). Most of the original leather paint peeled off, but these are still plenty supportive and I use them regularly today despite them being 18 years old:
Lastly, my two year old is currently skating on occasion in these, which I found used online. They are a size 7 which frankly is a little too big for her, but I couldn't find anything smaller, new or used:
This was my first set - boy was I proud of it. Unfortunately, somebody else found them attractive too, and they ended up stolen. Strangely, somebody later purchased them from a consignment shop and looked me up based on my name which was imprinted on the sole, and asked me about them because they thought they might be mine. I confirmed that they were indeed originally mine, and I offered to pay them money to buy them back, but then I never could get a response from them again:
I ended up getting a second set, this time with black soles (which I regret) to pair with black Paramount blades (which I also regret). Most of the original leather paint peeled off, but these are still plenty supportive and I use them regularly today despite them being 18 years old:
Lastly, my two year old is currently skating on occasion in these, which I found used online. They are a size 7 which frankly is a little too big for her, but I couldn't find anything smaller, new or used:
