Try this to sharpen Rocket Pathfinder points
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RE: Try this to sharpen Rocket Pathfinder points
ORIGINAL: Rangeball
Anyone?
Don't Make me start a new thread...
Anyone got any good tips on how to easily accomplish this?
Don't Make me start a new thread...
Good luck ...try something like an Accusharp or one of those Bear sharpeners..sometimes you get lucky with one of those..
I've never been able to get a Rocket blade sharp enough for my tastes...and thats the reason I've been shying away from them in the past year or so...they shoot great and open quick, but I hate dull blades...HATE dull blades....
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RE: Try this to sharpen Rocket Pathfinder points
I've never been able to get a Rocket blade sharp enough for my tastes
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RE: Try this to sharpen Rocket Pathfinder points
ORIGINAL: Rangeball
Jeff, do you feel the issue is the quality/type of steel they use for blades, their small size doesn't lend them to easy sharpening techniques, a combination or something else?
Jeff, do you feel the issue is the quality/type of steel they use for blades, their small size doesn't lend them to easy sharpening techniques, a combination or something else?
Are they sharp enough? I suppose so...I've killed deer with them and had incredible blood trails once the animal "opened up" (steelhead entry wounds IME are very small) But that is not their strong suit..accuracy and penetration are. I don't mind the bent blades people complain about..I'd rather have bent blades than broken ones.
I'm probably going fixed blades this year because of my choice in bows (lower KE than I like to have for mechs), but when/if I do back to mechs, I'm looking elsewhere...NAP Shockwaves are just as tough and less expensive than Sidewinders and they are scary sharp.