HOW MANY OF U SHARPEN UR BROADHEADS??
08-29-2005, 09:56 AM
#11
Giant Nontypical
Join Date: Feb 2003
Location: Dover, PA USA
Posts: 5,497
RE: HOW MANY OF U SHARPEN UR BROADHEADS??
Art,
Tell ya what I'll dig up a Thunderhead blade and sharpen it up old school style and send it to you for evaluation........The hard part will be rounding up a package to ship it in that is safe enough for the postal service to handle.
It's really not a lie either.......the blades after running them on 200 grit backwards onlyon each side get a sort of thin edge that starts to flop back and forth then you switch to the 400grit until it falls off entirely and when it does, it falls off in a sprinkle of metal flakes and what you are left with kinda makes you go WHOA. [:-]Then it's one swipe each side on the fine grit VERY lightly to clean up the edge and just stay out of your own way trying to handle them.
It's no joke.
I think I have the grit numbers corect, but it's been a while?When theguy that tought me how to sharpen them showed me I felt like I was passed some secretancient far eastern disciplineor something......or at least similar to black magic. They are wicked.
Tell ya what I'll dig up a Thunderhead blade and sharpen it up old school style and send it to you for evaluation........The hard part will be rounding up a package to ship it in that is safe enough for the postal service to handle.
It's really not a lie either.......the blades after running them on 200 grit backwards onlyon each side get a sort of thin edge that starts to flop back and forth then you switch to the 400grit until it falls off entirely and when it does, it falls off in a sprinkle of metal flakes and what you are left with kinda makes you go WHOA. [:-]Then it's one swipe each side on the fine grit VERY lightly to clean up the edge and just stay out of your own way trying to handle them.
It's no joke.
I think I have the grit numbers corect, but it's been a while?When theguy that tought me how to sharpen them showed me I felt like I was passed some secretancient far eastern disciplineor something
......or at least similar to black magic. They are wicked.
08-29-2005, 12:05 PM
#14
Join Date: Feb 2003
Location: Alvo Nebraska USA
Posts: 2,057
RE: HOW MANY OF U SHARPEN UR BROADHEADS??
I like to clamp my Muzzy blades in my Lansky jig and strop them VERY lightly with the finest stone in the kit. Just VERY light pressure about 5 times on each side, then 3 times on each side, then two times on each side, like I'm shaving a sliver off the stone,,,,,,then hunt
08-31-2005, 10:51 PM
#15
Nontypical Buck
Join Date: Feb 2003
Location: Norman OK USA
Posts: 3,318
RE: HOW MANY OF U SHARPEN UR BROADHEADS??
I always sharpen my stingers, the blades are hard enough to hold a good edge for a while.
arthur: what kind of heads are you referring to that you can buy a half dozen of??
arthur: what kind of heads are you referring to that you can buy a half dozen of??
09-01-2005, 06:15 AM
#16
Boone & Crockett
Join Date: Feb 2003
Location: Lehigh County PA USA
Posts: 12,157
RE: HOW MANY OF U SHARPEN UR BROADHEADS??
Quite a few years ago when I was shooting cut on contact heads I sharpened mine but since switching to replacement blade heads, both exposed and expandable, I haven't seen the need.
