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No other broadhead gets as much "how do you sharpen them?" attention.
Frankly, I just don't see the attraction to the WW. A difficult to sharpen wedge shaped design, a tip that needs snipping to prevent damage...sorry, in my opinion it's a poorly designed head.
I will take a 2 blade Magnus head over a WW any day.
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I agree with roknjs about the "Wavy" part.All six of mine came from 3 rivers as a Christmas gift and I tried to hone this out by dragging it on my diamond hone sharpener with no luck.If you put them on a flat surface and look at the edge you can really see where it looks as if they were ground or sanded to much about an inch at the back section of the head.I had no problems sharpening them but just couldn't get the curve out.Keefers <")))><
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I'm thinking about going with the "NAP Hell Razor"
I don't mind sharpening a head, but I must be doing something wrong. I have folled the instructions to a tee and still a head that feels , "Less than sharp".... If I bear down hard enough on my arm, it will take some hair off, but I want it SHARP.
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I use a table belt sander ,(fine grit belt and very lite pressure )followed by a fine diamond pad . In minutes they are shaving sharp. I have always use the glue on with steel adapters. They fly true and no noise in flight.
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Guys, I am with JC and the rest of the pro Woodsman crowd on this one ! It is a great head IMHO. I am quite sure I will never need to buy broadheads again, as long as I do not lose them once they pass thru the animal. Easiest head I have seen to sharpen and also SHARP. I could shave my face with mine. Hate to sound like a broken record, but here are the keys....
1) New 12-14" Nicholson Mill Bastard file 2) Sharpie to blacken edges 3) File with med pressure till Sharpie marks cleaned up all around. 4) Light pressure like JC said using less and less strokes till you get down to one stroke before rotating to next two sides. 5) fine diamond or oil stone if you prefer one stroke per side dragging backwards. 6) Leather dragging backwards as above.
I am a busy man, but just about would offer to sharpen heads for anyone who cannot get them sharp. I actually enjoy sharpening this head that much !!! I have never been able to get a knife as sharp as I can a WW. When they say hair popping sharp they mean it !!!
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I have no trouble getting the WW sharp. I have no trouble with flight/wobble. I did have to clip the tip due to curling. Have not had a chance to kill any thing with them yet. (well, had a chance but passed). I'll see how I do this year.
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I would love to try them, but I know that I am "sharpening challenged" so I just use a head that is already sharp from the factory. I use two blade heads so that when they do need re-sharpening, I can put them in the Lansky(a great purchase for the "sharpening challenged").
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I took five deer with the same WW last year. 150 gr screw in from 3-Rivers. File sharpened as above, then a crock stick. Not surgical razor sharp, but will shave. I find ultra sharp blades dull quicker. IMO Best head on the market. Here is Number five. She never heard a thing.
-------------------- "After all, it is not the killing that brings satisfaction; it is the contest of skill and cunning. The true hunter counts his achievement in proportion to the effort involved and the fairness of the sport." Dr. Saxton Pope Posts: 824 | From: Charlottesville, Va | Registered: May 2003
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Mine were wavy. If you set them on a flat surface they rock from front to back. I'm going to use a table belt sander as soon as I pick up a fine grit belt.
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Sounds more like a quality control issue than a sharpening issue. Does Magnus still make them or did 3 Rivers take over that also?
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I bought a pack last year that had "weld gaps" on them, the replacements I was sent had "wavy" blades and by the time I got them flat there wasn't much left ... so I've stopped bothering with them.
However, just a few general tips. Make sure your file is sharp and clean. Many times if you're having trouble it's because your file (or stone) is dull. Secondly, at least half of sharpening is knowing when to stop. The 3 blades won't feel as sharp as a 2 blade (at least not to me), but it will still shave hair and pass the rubber band test.
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Yep...the bevels aren't very even....I use a belt sander to get them even. Once you do that, they are a cinch to sharpen....on a flat stone, file, diamond stone, or 'crock stick' type sharpener....and yes, mine DO feel sharp....like razor blades.
The key is getting thos bevels even before you attempt to get them sharp.
I usually pyramid the tip to make it stronger...easy to do while sharpening by simply raising up the rear of the head about a quarter inch while sliding them backwards on a stone, flat diamond stone, or file.
Snuffers are the same way...'wavey' and can be sharpened to a razor blade feel in the same manner above.
Never had a noisy one either, but mine are all mounted straight....I don't buy them with adapers already in them, I do them myself.
They do penetrait well, and are a great 'all around head' IMO....once you do your part.
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you can also take a pc of 4 inch PVC tube and attach pieces of successively finer sandpaper, the wet/dry kind up to say 800 grit or finer, and that will give you a hollow ground edge on your WW or Snuffer taht works very well when I shot them. It was easy, could do it in the living room while watching the tube..as long as I got the blades flat first.
Did that on a belt sander...or a big 14 inch nicholson single cut flat bastard.
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