Fen Skates
In the Fens skates were called pattens, fen runners, or Whittlesey runners. The footstock was made of beechwood. A screw at the back was screwed into the heel of the boot, and three small spikes at the front kept the skate steady. There were holes in the footstock for leather straps to fasten it to the foot. The metal blades were slightly higher at the back than the front. In the 1890s fen skaters started to race in Norwegian style skates.
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Famous quotes containing the word fen:
“Feather-footed through the plashy fen passes the questing vole.”
—Evelyn Waugh (1903–1966)