Short meal, no chatter
Edge height off the plate is the first number. We thin bite until the stain stops skating.
Tight lie
When the apron is ice, then pavement
Buffalo collars glaze in January and bake in July. Both are “tight.” They are not the same. A leading edge that chatters on crust will hop on firm bent if we only chase one of them.
Mara’s two plates
We can chill a strip to mimic crust. We can dry a strip to mimic August bent. You name which week is stealing. If both are stealing, we sit the one you play next and write a note for a return when the season flips.
Camber crown stays modest on tight lies. Too much rise and the head skips. Too little and the edge hooks ice. The millimetre between those is the sit.
Short meal, no hop
Crown flattened a hair. The face has to take turf without bouncing into the ball.
Season flip
Many heads need a second pass when January becomes July. That is not a failure. That is Erie.