After listening to all the recommendations from all of you we have produced a prototype that I think you will find interesting. The broadhead total weight is 175 grains, it's an all steel design with a 1.25" cutting diameter. The blades are .060 thick with a 15 degree sharpened edge. The blades can be locked in the stationary position by installing the Roll pin, OR a sheer pin can be put in place of the bottom roll pin to allow the blade to swing to avoid hard bone. The blade and body material can't be exposed. Patent Pending

A swivel head if you choose...huh, now that's innovative. That could come in handy hitting hard bone being the reason for that breakaway design eh. Single bevel also, I'm sure it'll do the job.

Good luck with it.

I'm kinda "locked into this old stuff pictured.

At what pressure do the blades swivel? And do they spring back to the neutral position (spring loaded)? Since they are free to move, do they rattle in flight?

Stix

We are currently testing different Pins to find the optimal pressure. The blades are not spring loaded , they move back to the natural position when passing though the animal, the basically follow the path of least resistance. the blades do not rattle in flight .003 id the blade clearance from the body of the broadhead

Looks good.I like the slim ferrule and thicker blades than some have.Point looks strong.

I think Josh Bowmar was using something along the same lines with a broadhead that he took a cape buffalo with.

Interesting design concept. Good luck with it.

Cool concept.

I wish you nothing but success with it.

Great looking head with some good features well wishes for your success

I like the shape and what appears to be very strong structural design but I'm a little wary of the swing away blade concept.

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Ditch the swing style blade, make it soundly "fixed", and you'll likely have a winner.

Rick

Congrats you have the ultimate broadhead.

The shear pin will have to shear with the 35lb bows unless you have different broadheads for different poundage bows.

Yes it will return to center even after the pin shears, great job.

RonG The sheer pin will sheer with a 35# bow easily

Not trying to discredit this in the least. I like the concept. BUT I believe there is a company who produced a similar swivel blade head called a Sevr??? Maybe not exactly right. The only word of mouth stories I have heard was NOT good on those. I do believe their design was much thinner and less quality parts, so that in of itself could be a problem. A few outfitters called em "Never Sevr." as they did not have good recoveries. I do hope your design does much better, and as a suggestion maybe find yourself some big old nasty hogs (the key is actually BIG hogs) to punch. Shoot through the "shield" and see what really happens. I Wished I had the land and ability to give you that opportunity, but I do not. Good Luck.

-Bones

Looks "deadly" but somebody mentioned single bevel??? My CONFUSE? I didn't see THAT in the description?? Hope enormous success!

https://www.instagram.com/reel/C9JHq-SJ4Dy/?igsh=empjNXBzeWtwdTY4

PDK? Sorry but I am not on Instagram or Face book etc..Wonder if there is a Y/T vid???

Vortex is the name of an expandable broadhead that has been on the market for decades.

Looks like a huge improvement over the Vortex "Swinger".

Seems like if there is anything to cut on one side it will swing to the side with no resistance. Why would it stay neutral & not keep swinging to the side with less resistance/less to cut? >>>----> Ken

Cool concept, I would love to see some test results. Curious how much energy would be absorbed by the pin shearing. Not being negative by any means would be cool if you put out some YouTube acid testing.

Scenario: broadhead goes thru ribs and swivels, then into chest cavity just below or above heart. If one side of blade hits heart which is a firm muscle. Will the blade swivel out of the way of the heart instead of slicing through the heart? Same can be envisioned with a partial liver hit

Not casting dispersions on your design, just asking questions about potential scenarios. I wish you the best on your endeavors and wish you success!

Ken the blades will always return to the neutral position. they will always follow the path of least resistance

Looks like a well thought out design, and as you stated...the blades can be fixed so as NOT to swing if that is the preferred. I'd like to try them.

I like it. Looks like a better and more heavy-duty version of the Chinese Bloodrunner BH.

The blade can be set to not pivot.

If the blade is set not to pivot what would be the point? I hope it works well for you but I can only see the blade pivoting to the side where there is less or nothing to cut. Cut on contact solid heads have proved to be the best for me. Mechanical heads may work very well if you have high draw weight or shooting compounds. >>>----> Ken

Sorry to say, hard pass.

So is the theory that when something hard is hit such as bone the blade will pivot one way or the other, then the blades will return to center at some point in the path of penetration when the resistance decreases?

fdp yes

Been doing this for about 60 years now and can honestly say no animal hit would have been killed better with this type system. To each their own though, more power to yah.

I personally really like the overall geometry of the broadhead, but if I were to use them I would use the "locked down" blade option.

Rick

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