Skares looked beautiful. They fit well. Was very excited to use them. When I tried to skate on them, however, I could barely skate. After my lesson I looked at the blades under the skates and the left blade back was leaning to the left and the back right was leaning to the right. In addition I could hold the blade and with a little pressure it would flex back and forth. Putting weight on it was disastrous. So sad as the skate looks beautiful. Return policy is such that it's better to just eat the costs than to deal with the cost of returning it. Additionally the return is two weeks from when you ordered it and not when you received it.