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How Sharp Are Your Broadheads?

Messages posted to thread:
Ugly Coyote 01-Aug-24
BEARMAN 01-Aug-24
Burnsie 01-Aug-24
Live2Hunt 01-Aug-24
White Falcon 01-Aug-24
Supernaut 01-Aug-24
Ugly Coyote 01-Aug-24
the Black Spot 01-Aug-24
Jed Gitchel 01-Aug-24
HEXX 01-Aug-24
Stan 01-Aug-24
tjulian 01-Aug-24
Jim 01-Aug-24
Supernaut 01-Aug-24
RD 01-Aug-24
Ugly Coyote 01-Aug-24
Jed Gitchel 01-Aug-24
deerhunt51 02-Aug-24
shade mt 02-Aug-24
Douglas Tubbs 02-Aug-24
the Black Spot 02-Aug-24
David McLendon 02-Aug-24
JusPassin 02-Aug-24
Bob J 02-Aug-24
Sasquatch73 02-Aug-24
Douglas Tubbs 02-Aug-24
Stix 02-Aug-24
RonP 03-Aug-24
meatCKR 03-Aug-24
Hal9000 03-Aug-24
Nemophilist 03-Aug-24
Andy Man 03-Aug-24
Bowhogan 51 03-Aug-24
Bowhogan 51 03-Aug-24
Snow Crow 03-Aug-24
Supernaut 03-Aug-24
GUTPILEPA 04-Aug-24
Jed Gitchel 04-Aug-24
Bowhogan 51 04-Aug-24
Wildhog 04-Aug-24
shade mt 04-Aug-24
Mindful 04-Aug-24
Snow Crow 04-Aug-24
From: Ugly Coyote
Date: 01-Aug-24

Ugly Coyote's embedded Photo



From: BEARMAN Compton's Traditional Bowhunters
Date: 01-Aug-24




Mine are that sharp.

From: Burnsie
Date: 01-Aug-24




Mine will go right through a stick of butter.

From: Live2Hunt
Date: 01-Aug-24




Well, I went to feel the edge of mine and lightly bumped it with my finger. It put quiet the gash in my finger. Sharp, but not a good way to test!!!

From: White Falcon
Date: 01-Aug-24




" They will kill "

From: Supernaut
Date: 01-Aug-24

Supernaut's embedded Photo



Sharp.

From: Ugly Coyote
Date: 01-Aug-24




Burnsie, is that salted or unsalted?

From: the Black Spot
Date: 01-Aug-24




Lol!

Wonder if ol’ Fred could shave with his greenies?

From: Jed Gitchel
Date: 01-Aug-24

Jed Gitchel 's embedded Photo



When deed's speak words are nothing. Nice picture Jim!

From: HEXX
Date: 01-Aug-24




Scarry sharp, right out of the package !

From: Stan
Date: 01-Aug-24




Is that blood trail picture from the guy that tried shaving?

From: tjulian
Date: 01-Aug-24




Not too sharp due to practice, but did cut my thumb on one today quite easily.

From: Jim Compton's Traditional Bowhunters
Date: 01-Aug-24




Sharp enough!

From: Supernaut
Date: 01-Aug-24




Jed, that is a great picture and an awesome blood trail!

A picture is definitely worth a thousand words.

From: RD
Date: 01-Aug-24




I don't know if Fred could shave with his greenies but I can with mine!

From: Ugly Coyote
Date: 01-Aug-24




So, there's sharp and there's sharp depending on your perspective.

Howard Hill famously sharpened his broadheads with a file. How would you classify that degree of sharpness?

From: Jed Gitchel
Date: 01-Aug-24




I think there's different ways of doing it. There's the finely honed razor edge then coarsely sharpened edge wich is also very effective.

From: deerhunt51
Date: 02-Aug-24




Never had a complaint.

From: shade mt
Date: 02-Aug-24




sharp enough to shave hair off my arm...

From: Douglas Tubbs
Date: 02-Aug-24




I have thought about this for awhile and can not figure out why broadheads do not come scary sharp from the factory. I would never buy a new knife or a utility blade that was not sharp. Some including me take it as part of the hunt to sharpen heads and some are better at sharpening then others. But if they came sharp so much the better for hunter and game. Some that want $25 plus for a head should come pre sharp ready and maybe they do. But even the standard price head user would benefit from factory sharpened for a cut on contact head. Some may say it is cost or safety but they are mute points to me (pardon the pun). My double edge razor blades which I doubt many use these days outside of the medical field are shave sharp. Just something to think about and it is IMHO. Maybe I just do not understand manufacturing.

From: the Black Spot
Date: 02-Aug-24




I think it’s about peace of mind. I’ve file sharpened MA-3’s and had pass throughs on 80 lb hogs from a 60# bow. If I was shooting a 40# bow and hunting deer I think I would look at super sharp two blade.

From: David McLendon
Date: 02-Aug-24




They are as sharp as a razor, but I wouldn't shave with one for the same reason that I wouldn't shave with a straight razor.

From: JusPassin
Date: 02-Aug-24




Sharp enough to kill.

From: Bob J
Date: 02-Aug-24




The only problem I have with factory razor sharp is that some guys will five years later think they are still razor sharp. Oxidation and just sitting around will dull anything, knives included.

Most hunters will regularly touch up their edges to hair popping sharp.

From: Sasquatch73
Date: 02-Aug-24




If ya cut yourself by accident sharpening probably sharp enough.

From: Douglas Tubbs
Date: 02-Aug-24




Agreed Bob J. If your gonna hunt wild game you need total personal responsibility. In the early days I shot some heads that I had trouble getting sharp.

From: Stix
Date: 02-Aug-24




Mine are killing sharp. Does anything else really matter?

From: RonP
Date: 03-Aug-24




mine can slice a piece of paper held on edge. that seems to be my measuring stick so to speak.

From: meatCKR
Date: 03-Aug-24




Watch the Hunter tips video on youtube by Paul Brunner. He just sharpens with a file. I am sure Fred Bear and Howard Hill did the same. Nough said.

From: Hal9000
Date: 03-Aug-24




Sharpen my Ace broadheads on a V-Block with 2 rough files, leaves a raggity, rough, sharp head. Seems to do a lot of damage and leaves a really good blood trail.

From: Nemophilist
Date: 03-Aug-24

Nemophilist's embedded Photo



Sharp enough for my arrow to go completely through this small buck. And a few other bucks.

From: Andy Man
Date: 03-Aug-24




started with a file sharpened edge

then went to a highly polished razor edge

then back to the file sharpened edge- can feel the way the file goes over it when its sharp

I saw no difference except the file edge was quicker to do and stayed sharp longer

From: Bowhogan 51 Professional Bowhunters Society - Associate Member
Date: 03-Aug-24

Bowhogan 51's embedded Photo



Sharp enough to pass thru on a 425 pound Gemsbuck and a 550 Kudu leave nice triangular out holes with a 54# Silvertip. Like Nimophilist says ,hittimg the spot with a sharp head and good arrow combo will do the trick every time. Good luck to everyone! I know we are all chomping at the bit!

From: Bowhogan 51 Professional Bowhunters Society - Associate Member
Date: 03-Aug-24

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From: Snow Crow
Date: 03-Aug-24




Bowhogan 51,

What broadheads were those again? VPA?

From: Supernaut
Date: 03-Aug-24




Love the pics Nemo and Bowhogan

From: GUTPILEPA
Date: 04-Aug-24




Holy smokes JEd Gitchel Stevie Wonder could follow that blood trail and Bowhogan

From: Jed Gitchel
Date: 04-Aug-24




Supernaut x2 good stuff!

From: Bowhogan 51 Professional Bowhunters Society - Associate Member
Date: 04-Aug-24

Bowhogan 51's embedded Photo



Snow crow, I used 200 gr Valkyrie Blood Eagles, they are very pricey. But I got a deal for 12 -200 gran & 18 - 150 grain on eat bay for $165.00. I figured if I did not like them I would re sell. As you can see the performed very well.

I prefer a long narrow head. The VPA is one I like, same with the woodsman and give you have to shoot African game close to the from leg, a narrow head was my choice. I am going to carry a few of the Valkyrie 150’s as a doe arrow. I have found as long as I keep my total arrow weight between 500 & 525 grains. I experience very little difference in how my broad heads shoot. Be they phantoms, premium/ steel force/ woodsman or sniffers or zwickie 4 blades. Thanks - Joe

From: Wildhog
Date: 04-Aug-24




Mine are so sharp that I cut my eye by just looking at it.

From: shade mt
Date: 04-Aug-24




mine must be "scary sharp"....deer take one look at me hiding there in the bushes and run off scared.

From: Mindful
Date: 04-Aug-24




The bar is beyond my reach. After handling scalpels in the operating room, they will never be “sharp enough.”

From: Snow Crow
Date: 04-Aug-24




Bowhogan 51,

Thanks much for your reply; the photo showing the blade angle on the Valkyries compared to the VPA and Woodsman was excellent.





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