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Kovopol Prima 150 Ice Skates
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Kovopol Prima 150 Ice Skates

by Kovopol

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Leather ice skates with steel blades made by Kovopol in Czechoslovakia, originally sold in the mid-1970s.

Why it's buy-it-for-life

A pair bought used around 1975 has been passed down through a family and used every winter for at least a decade since, with redditors praising the quality of the Czech-made blades.

What redditors say

Recommended on reddit as recently as January 2025

  1. 151
    r/BuyItForLife post

    My dad bought them used when he was young (around 1975), and i still use them every winter for the last 10 years.

  2. 1
    r/BuyItForLife comment

    Czech blades ftw

ice-skates leather made-in-czechoslovakia hand-me-down vintage

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