Steelforce broadheads for hogs/shields

[Snakeeater]

Moe,

Markus does have a website, check out his previous post or his profile. His heads look a bit like an old deadhead, and they do look to be well made and have an effective design.

Of course, if Markus would like to send me a pack of 'em I would be glad to field test them on the hogs and javvies of west texas.   :D

[Markus]

Moe,
sorry for the delay in my reply. It has been quite late overhere, now it's 5 o'clock in the morning. I guess, you've found my website in the meantime.
Rick, you're right. If you're happy with your heads, keep on use 'em. When I was talking about tooling I just wanted to explain why they are cheap. And yes, they outperform a lot of the other (modern) stuff but only if the bowhunter is willing and capable of paying much attention to some factors. One important factor is sharpness. I bet 80% of all "broadhead-users" are not able to create e real razors edge. The advantage of the very sharpness on steel with no or less amount of chrome is not worth mentioning if both steels are sharpened in professional way. BTW a few powdermetallurgic steels are outperforming the rest here but the material costs about ten times more.
I'm just making my own broadheads because I was not happy with the BH's on the market today. I don't like the glue-on stuff for several reasons and I don't like most of the modern screw-ins because their manufacturers stopped thinking about toughness and geometry at deersized game.

It's real funny that so many people find my heads looking like the old DeadHead. Now I'm a broadhead collector, too since about one year and I got a DeadHead in my small collection but I didn't even know all the "old-fashioned" heads when I started designing my head.
From what I know of ol' doc's testings the DeadHead performed very well in the Natal study. So this should be the right way.
Talking about fieldtesting, only a few number of game has been shot with my BH's so because they are quite new on the market but at all the times they worked flawlessly on African and North American game.
I have sent some heads to Ed Ashby in Australia and I'm curious how they will perform in his new study.

Sorry for the long post, guys. It's not easy saying all the things in the way I want it to say.
Good hunting
Markus

[Snakeeater]

Markus,

How much are the silverflame broadheads? I didn't see it on your website.

[Moe Monsarrat]

I was also wondering the same thing.

[Alan]

I've shot plenty of Big nasty hogs in this part of the world with 125g - 160g Ribteks. There cheep and hold a good edge well. We found if you lube up the first 4" of the shaft and BH with vasaline ( spl?) this helps in penatration heaps. Other lads have used WW heads with good results.

 If your bow is tuned with your arrows and you wait for a slightly turning away shot you'll do fine.

 Hope this helps, Alan in Oz.  

[Markus]

Larry, Moe,

the price of a three pack is  EUR 38.00, which currently means almost US$45.00.

If you're still interested in more information, send me an email to [email protected] and I will send you the complete pricelist.

Thanks for your interest.
Markus

[so tx pighunter]

Snake, I dont really care for the Steel force heads due to the fact that I have seen them curl up when they hit a bone or something solid like a 250lb boar hog. Personally I prefer Magnus, Zwickey's, Grizzly's, Aces, Wensels, and at the very bottom even after the cheapies, Steel Force. They may do wonders on whitetail but for hogs they are my absolute last choice. In my opinion even the Magnus 100 even has more beef on the front end than the S.F.. I have a pretty good picture of a 315lb brute (field dressed) that I dropped with a Magnus with my 55lb Longbow and a Dougie Fir woodie at 28 yards, he might have gone 50 yards and dropped stone dead. The blade was shaving sharp and went allthe way through the impact side and poked out the off side about the length of the B.H. and the rest of the shaft was in him. I dont believe you need anything super heavy just as long as its well made and can stand a good wallop. I like to shoot iffy B.H.'s into a five gallon can filled with sand at tweny yards if I get good penetration without major damage to the head then I use it ( the type not the same head . Think about it thats a pretty solid target with a good bit of resistance. I hope I have helped.