Skate blade holder with blade attachment mechanism and blade therefor

A skate comprising:

• a boot;
• a blade assembly including:
• a blade holder attached beneath the boot, the blade holder having a bottom surface defining a groove and recesses extending upwardly from the groove, the blade holder having a socket defining a socket opening located in a lateral side of the blade holder;
• a blade removably mounted to the blade holder, the blade including a body defining an ice-engaging edge and a top edge opposite the ice-engaging edge, projections extending from the top edge and away from the ice-engaging edge, wherein one of the projections has a curved surface having a convex curvature, the curved surface defining a curved cam surface, a slot extending inwardly into said one of the projections from the curved cam surface;
• a locking pin displaceable relative the blade holder along a longitudinal axis between a blade locking position in which a tip of the locking pin is in engagement with the blade and a blade releasing position in which the tip of the locking pin is disengaged from the blade, the tip of the locking pin having a locking pin cam surface configured to slide along the curved cam surface of the blade;
• a pin actuator received within the socket of the blade holder, the pin actuator engageable by a user for translating the pin actuator along the longitudinal axis, the pin actuator engaged with the locking pin such that translation of the pin actuator induces translation of the locking pin along the longitudinal axis from the blade locking position to the blade releasing position;
• and
• a biasing element mounted to the blade holder to react against the pin actuator and biasing the locking pin in the blade locking position.