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These Karhu are waxable but do have negative fishscale. I have no idea
how can I wax (I mean gripwaxes and klisters) waxable skis with a
fishscale. I suspect the pattern was made in the ski shop.

_ Highly unlikely. Those are waxless skis.

So what does 'sintered waxable base' (written on the base) mean??


_ It means you can hot wax the skis and it will penetrate the
base.

Oh, there was just a kind of sarcasm...
Once again: I've bought Karhu Vela with a negative fishscale. Which
seems to not to work.
And on the base one can read: 'sintered waxable base'. Hence my
suspicions...
[...]

_ I would suggest either taking the skis back or trying kicker
skins. They also may be too long for you as well, most of the
newer skis are meant to be skied shorter.

They ARE short. I am 182cm/75kg. My classic skis are about 200cm. These
Karhu are 175cm.

If the ski shop really
did carve a pattern into the base, then I would return them
ASAP. A ski meant for kick waxing is generally going to be too stiff
to work well with a homemade negative pattern base.

I will try to do that...
:-(
I will see if they take them back...

TA