From: Tembo62
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Date: 20-Sep-22 |
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Just wondering, for 2 blade heads like a stinger or magnus or zwicky, which do you have the best luck with? I've done both and never had a problem either way but I strop the edges smooth now all the time. I've got a old friend that has killed more deer than anybody I know and he has never used anything more than 6" mill file.
BTW it's hotter than hell here today! I don't know where it came from but I'll be glad when it's gone!!!
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From: fdp
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Date: 20-Sep-22 |
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I've never found that it made a difference in the grand scheme of things.
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From: Andy Man
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Date: 20-Sep-22 |
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started out with just filed edge--then went to a very smooth polished razor blade type of edge ---- then back to just a filed edge
no real difference that I noted other than the filed edge is faster to creat and seems to hold up better in a back quiver
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From: Supernaut
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Date: 20-Sep-22 |
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I strop but I strop with a nice hunk of plain old heavy duty cardboard. It really polishes the edge and gets knives and broadheads razor sharp for me.
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From: Bigdog 21
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Date: 20-Sep-22 |
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Old thinking is a jagged edge will clote up faster. Then a smooth slice.
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From: Corax_latrans
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Date: 20-Sep-22 |
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That’s not “old thinking”, but Physiological Fact.
Frank has a point in that if your shot placement is adequate, it probably doesn’t matter all that much because if you cut something substantial, there will be plenty of blood lost, plenty quickly enough for clotting to be a non-issue. Not necessarily on the ground, but that can happen any time you don’t get an exit and sometimes even if you do.
It might be the case that a wicked-sharp edge could allow the bleeding to continue long enough that you could recover an animal that might otherwise have been lost.
JMO, there’s no such thing as “too sharp”, but there certainly is a downside to “not sharp enough”.
So I do the best I can. I have some difficulty getting a raw blade any sharper than I can get it with the Rada, so with anything else, I’m probably doing more honing of my skills than my blades.
Rada will produce an edge that shaves hair easily off of my forearm. I’m certain that a better result is possible, but I’m not there yet.
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From: Babysaph
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Date: 20-Sep-22 |
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It really makes no difference.
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From: Rick Barbee
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Date: 20-Sep-22 |
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I agree with Ronnie (9/10 Broke).
Either method of sharpness has been proven to success, but I want them as sharp as I can possibly get them, because (in my opinion, and experience) it does make some difference.
Rick
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From: Rick Barbee
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Date: 20-Sep-22 |
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[[[ "I sure like the feel of scary sharp though!" ]]]
Yep. I'm an edge freak too. :-D
Rick
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From: Babysaph
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Date: 20-Sep-22 |
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I am liking that RADA.
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From: Gun
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Date: 20-Sep-22 |
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I've noticed that since I strop more critters fall in sight. I use the inside of cereal boxes w compound to finish a edge. If your sharpening challenged go on YouTube and look up "Ranch Fairy".
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From: Corax_latrans
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Date: 20-Sep-22 |
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If they’re falling in sight, clotting is not likely to come up as an issue.
But yes, there are numerous physiological reasons why sharper is better.
And if equally “sharp”, I would think that the edge that you get if you know what you’re doing with a stone are better than the “hollow-ground” edges that you get from the RADA because they should be less easily dulled on contact with bone because there’s more steel there so that fine edge should be less easily rolled.
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From: Jack Whitmrie jr
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Date: 21-Sep-22 |
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I want a polished edge like a mirror, been using tru angle system finishing with stropping. BUT been using a RADA lately and then stropping for that polished edge.
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From: Jack Whitmrie jr
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Date: 21-Sep-22 |
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"Either method of sharpness has been proven to success, but I want them as sharp as I can possibly get them, because (in my opinion, and experience) it does make some difference."
Me too!
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From: George D. Stout
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Date: 21-Sep-22 |
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Once I got it through my thick head that you can file into the blade too, I started getting very sharp file-sharpened heads. It's simply about angle and pressure mostly. I don't worry about clotting when I get two holes and two collapsed lungs. That photo/video of Fred Bear filing his heads in front of a tent is what got me and I must admit it. :) I do get them plenty sharp enough to shave arm hair easily. If I'm not in a hurry, I use the inside of my belt to clean up the burr, but not always.
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From: crazyjjk
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Date: 21-Sep-22 |
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RADA for me
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From: kokosing
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Date: 21-Sep-22 |
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As a tool maker in the stamping dies we always remove the burr. On the
first hit it will break the burr off and shattered into the main cutting edge shorting the life of the cutting edge.
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From: fdp
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Date: 21-Sep-22 |
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One of the things that always comes up when this question is asked is folks saying "I want my broadheads as sharp as possible". I think every one does....that's not what is being asked.
The question is whether a person feels that an edge that "feels" smooth is superior to an edge that "feels" jagged. The fact is that either can and will if done correctly shave hair. =The main difference being that the "jagged" edge will have a tendency to pull your hair when you shave, the other won't. One of the reasons why our razor blades are smooth.
The clotting of blood typically begins within 25-30 seconds after an injury just as a general rule.
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From: Live2Hunt
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Date: 21-Sep-22 |
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I use all different methods. I like the file and rada, but they take a bit of material off. But, I do use one or the other for a first sharpening then use a fine diamond stone and strop or clothe wheel on my grinder after that for touching up. Clay Hay's has a great tip on his channel, use the top edge of your truck window to touch up the edge of your BH's.
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From: Babysaph
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Date: 21-Sep-22 |
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I will say this. Having used a scalpel for over 30’ years it cuts better when it’s sharp.. if they shave the hair on my arms I am ready to hunt
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From: limbwalker
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Date: 21-Sep-22 |
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Always tough to think about bowhunting when it's 100 degrees, but that's what we have here and it seems to get worse every year.
That said, I've gone to using a file-sharpened 2-blade Magnus head and I don't strop it. I use a clean mill bastard file and the edge I get lays down a lot of blood. Quickest kills I've ever seen have been since I went to a file sharpened 2 blade head, with most going down in sight and a few within 20 yards of where they were shot.
If it ain't broke, I have no interest in fixing it.
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From: Babysaph
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Date: 21-Sep-22 |
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See? Guys are killing em both ways. I have too so they both work. Some things just are worth worrying about. I worry more about hunting in a good spot
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From: Missouribreaks
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Date: 21-Sep-22 |
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No conclusions here, every hit is bit different. I think many forget that subtle fact when judging broadheads.
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From: Will tell
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Date: 21-Sep-22 |
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I use a Tru-Angle file on new Broadheads and then use a rada. I only have to use the Tru- Angle files once than touch up with a rada. The best strops are called Russian strops made from the horses rump area.
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