I wish they ran the 8.75 x 14.25wb mis-registered eagle every drop. It would be dope if they had an eagle and a classic Real oval graphic in that size all the time. I think the current one I found is a Doobie graphic.
It bothers me a lil that the blue eagles actually measure 8.38. Love that shape tho.
Anyways. I haven't skated a baker 8.475(b16?) in quite a while, and was wondering if it actually measured true to size
Or if anyone can lay a blue eagle on top of a b16 and tell me if the b16's wider
I know these are pretty normal shapes, ~8.5, 14.25wb, but I figured y'all would know.
Thank. Local didn't have a b16 and I'm on like my bajillionth blue eagle, but this time with 60mm wheels and I wanna try the baker if it has a lil extra width. I already love the baker 8.25's and have skated many
Re blue eagle vs Baker shape - funny you asked as someone else did as well, info from the current page on the DLX shapes thread - my reply with the same question for you:
https://www.slapmagazine.com/index.php?topic=85076.msg4387345#msg4387345Is the Baker 8.475 the same as the 8.5 Eagle by any chance? They look very close but not sure if they’re from a different mould.
If I recall, similar wb and length but baker kicks felt flatter and kicks are wayyyy more tapered almost pointy.
They are very comparable, but there are differences.
I should dig out the one I have to compare, but I think the Baker 8.475 is wider, or at least doesn't taper as much as the blue eagle, but the Baker is also more pointy (as said) especially in the nose.
(EDIT: I put them both back to back and checked pretty much every aspect of the two, which as I had already said, is accurate from the last time I had measured and checked them for a similar question. Sure they are two different boards but they are at most a mm different here or there, the Baker being steeper than my IV press blue eagle.)
The blue eagle barely makes 8.5 at the widest point but tapers down to almost 8.25 at the tail, which a number of people really like, but it makes it the smallest feeling 8.5 board in almost any stock sheet full of other 8.5 boards that are actually 8.5 wide.
The Baker 8.475 did seem like it was 8.5 compared to a few others, but it is about half a mm in reality, so very much almost an 8.5 only in a shorter shape.
Speaking of shape, these listings have a good top pic - both from SW for reference anyway:
https://www.skatewarehouse.com/Baker_Brand_Logo_Black_Deck/descpage-BKBBB84DK.htmlhttps://www.skatewarehouse.com/Anti_Hero_Classic_Eagle_Navy_Deck/descpage-AHCEXNDK.html 
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