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From: BEARMAN
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Date: 01-Aug-24 |
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Mine are that sharp.
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From: Burnsie
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Date: 01-Aug-24 |
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Mine will go right through a stick of butter.
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From: Live2Hunt
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Date: 01-Aug-24 |
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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!!!
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From: Ugly Coyote
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Date: 01-Aug-24 |
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Burnsie, is that salted or unsalted?
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From: the Black Spot
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Date: 01-Aug-24 |
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Lol!
Wonder if ol’ Fred could shave with his greenies?
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From: Jed Gitchel
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Date: 01-Aug-24 |
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When deed's speak words are nothing. Nice picture Jim!
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From: HEXX
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Date: 01-Aug-24 |
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Scarry sharp, right out of the package !
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From: Stan
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Date: 01-Aug-24 |
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Is that blood trail picture from the guy that tried shaving?
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From: tjulian
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Date: 01-Aug-24 |
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Not too sharp due to practice, but did cut my thumb on one today quite easily.
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From: Jim
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Date: 01-Aug-24 |
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Sharp enough!
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From: Supernaut
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Date: 01-Aug-24 |
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Jed, that is a great picture and an awesome blood trail!
A picture is definitely worth a thousand words.
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From: RD
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Date: 01-Aug-24 |
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I don't know if Fred could shave with his greenies but I can with mine!
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From: Ugly Coyote
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Date: 01-Aug-24 |
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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?
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From: Jed Gitchel
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Date: 01-Aug-24 |
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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.
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From: deerhunt51
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Date: 02-Aug-24 |
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Never had a complaint.
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From: shade mt
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Date: 02-Aug-24 |
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sharp enough to shave hair off my arm...
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From: Douglas Tubbs
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Date: 02-Aug-24 |
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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.
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From: the Black Spot
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Date: 02-Aug-24 |
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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.
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From: David McLendon
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Date: 02-Aug-24 |
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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.
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From: JusPassin
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Date: 02-Aug-24 |
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Sharp enough to kill.
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From: Bob J
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Date: 02-Aug-24 |
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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.
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From: Sasquatch73
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Date: 02-Aug-24 |
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If ya cut yourself by accident sharpening probably sharp enough.
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From: Douglas Tubbs
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Date: 02-Aug-24 |
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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.
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From: Stix
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Date: 02-Aug-24 |
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Mine are killing sharp. Does anything else really matter?
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From: RonP
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Date: 03-Aug-24 |
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mine can slice a piece of paper held on edge. that seems to be my measuring stick so to speak.
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From: meatCKR
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Date: 03-Aug-24 |
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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.
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From: Hal9000
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Date: 03-Aug-24 |
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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.
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From: Nemophilist
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Date: 03-Aug-24 |
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Sharp enough for my arrow to go completely through this small buck. And a few other bucks.
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From: Andy Man
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Date: 03-Aug-24 |
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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
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From: Bowhogan 51
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Date: 03-Aug-24 |
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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!
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From: Snow Crow
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Date: 03-Aug-24 |
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Bowhogan 51,
What broadheads were those again? VPA?
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From: Supernaut
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Date: 03-Aug-24 |
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Love the pics Nemo and Bowhogan
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From: GUTPILEPA
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Date: 04-Aug-24 |
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Holy smokes JEd Gitchel Stevie Wonder could follow that blood trail and Bowhogan
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From: Jed Gitchel
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Date: 04-Aug-24 |
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Supernaut x2 good stuff!
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From: Bowhogan 51
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Date: 04-Aug-24 |
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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
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From: Wildhog
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Date: 04-Aug-24 |
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Mine are so sharp that I cut my eye by just looking at it.
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From: shade mt
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Date: 04-Aug-24 |
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mine must be "scary sharp"....deer take one look at me hiding there in the bushes and run off scared.
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From: Mindful
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Date: 04-Aug-24 |
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The bar is beyond my reach. After handling scalpels in the operating room, they will never be “sharp enough.”
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From: Snow Crow
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Date: 04-Aug-24 |
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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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