Hills sharpening method

[Stone Knife]

Anyone have success with the Hill style of broadhead sharpening, by that I mean actual clean kills. I have been playing around with a couple broadheads and can put a pretty nasty looking saw tooth edge on them, I'm just wondering how they would work in the field on big game like deer and maybe hogs.

[StanM]

Stone Knife, I sharpen most of my broadheads with just a file and have been for 20 years. Very effective edge. At the end of my sharpening I go VERY lightly. When I'm done with the file I usually strop with leather. The edge this produces is not real ragged and will shave hairs, yet isn't razor smooth either.

[Stone Knife]

Hill would get his razor smooth sharpening from back to point, the reverse the broadhead and reverse the hold on the file and drag the corner of the file to produce a ragged edge.

[StanM]

Gottcha, I was thinking Fred Bear, sorry about that    

I'm not sure if it is still up or not, but a fella by the name of Tom Mussatto used to have a website where he showed video of sharpening like that.  He had great success with that type of sharpening.

I'll see if I can find his site for you.

[StanM]

Here it is.

 http://tmuss.tripod.com/sharp.html

[Earthdog]

I draw sharpen just like in the vid.
After I get a nasty burr,I clean it with a few strokes with a plain butchers steel.
Go light with the steel an the head will take hair off my arm,,,wouldn't want to try shaving with it though.
It kills things clean,no worries.

[lpcjon2]

I'm pretty sure they are sharp enough to kill an elephant! Didn't you watch Tembo

[Stone Knife]

  I'm pretty sure they are sharp enough to kill an elephant! Didn't you watch Tembo  

Only about a hundred times, I have all the Hill DVD's and love them. Don't forget Howard hunted with some heavy bows, I'm a light weight only pulling 48 pounds.  

[Bowspirit]

I get the feeling it won't be long before you have a "testing medium" this season to try the edge out on...

[Stone Knife]

 I get the feeling it won't be long before you have a "testing medium" this season to try the edge out on...  

[Nate Steen .]

I use the Hill head, sharpening with a round chainsaw file, which saves a step.  It produces a very sharp, serrated edge, like the edge of a soup can lid. the round file follows the contours of the head better, and I file from back to front.   these heads go through game like butter.

[Stone Knife]

  these heads go through game like butter.  

That's what I'm talking about