BEAR RAZORHEAD QUESTION

[flatlander37]

I just bought a dozen of these old broadheads to try and am wondering how to glue them on my cedars because the point taper is too long with the bleeders in.  I know the easy thing to do would be to shoot them as a two blade but I want to shoot them with the bleeders.  Do you 1)cut a notch in the taper and hope it's straight to allow for the bleeder blade, 2)Shorten your taper by a little over a 1/4 inch, or 3)Just shoot it as a two blade and be quiet(LOL)?
Thanks, Mark  

[robslifts]

maybe shorten your taper a little  but what weight bow ya shootin and what type of animals??

[Tom Mussatto]

Bear made a cutting tool for this purpose. They look just like the cleaning tool but with cutting teeth. They are hard to find these days but you can get the job done with a coping saw blade with one end cut off.

Cut your taper almost full length and then after you have mounted the head on the shaft insert the cutting blade in the slot and saw through the wood down to the base of the insert slot. Cutting your taper short enough to mount the insert (like the short change-a-point adapters made for this head with aluminum shafts) increases the chance of the blade becoming misaligned with shooting.

[AnointedArcher]

Flatlander37 - I use these broadheads all the time with the bleeder blades.  What I do is once I taper the arrows I cut about 1/4 of the ends off, maybe a little more but not much. This allows you to use the bleeder blades with out having to use the special tool.

[Zano]

FL, ditto what AniontedArcher says.  Never had an alignment problem, nor lost a broadhead because of the short(er) taper.  I love my old Razorheads.  -Zano

[flatlander37]

I was wondering about the alignment issue guys.  Thanks for the help.  I just it would be real cool to harvest an animal with some antiquated equipment like ol' Fred Bear used.

[ckruse]

The Bear Razorhead is still my favorite. Sharpens easily, penetrates well, and just plain works! Enjoy, CKruse