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KyleAllen
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ashby's tanto tip question
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November 12, 2010, 11:37:00 AM »
Still playing with my grizzlies. I ground them down some and put the tanto back on them. If you just grind the 25 degree bevel, you end up with a thick unsharpened tanto. I dug around in ashby's reports but could not find what i was looking for. Are yall leaving your tips this way? I tried putting the 25 degree bevel on the tanto as well but ended up with a slight chisel point. So which is better? Shaving all the way around with a slight chisel point, or a pointy point that is not sharpened?
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Ragnarok Forge
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Re: ashby's tanto tip question
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November 12, 2010, 11:40:00 AM »
There are some pictures in his earlier reports that show the tip your looking for.
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Clay Walker
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30coupe
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Re: ashby's tanto tip question
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November 12, 2010, 11:51:00 AM »
I sharpen the backside of the tanto tip (not the bevel side). There is a tutorial on here somewhere if you do a search. I haven't used them on game yet, but they are wicked sharp (thanks KME). If you do it this way, you have a bit of double bevel at the tanto tip for a true cut on contact tip, then the single bevel takes over and spins through the flesh, according to Ashby. I know it works on foam targets. I think it will on deer too. I hope to test that this weekend.
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Onehair
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Re: ashby's tanto tip question
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November 12, 2010, 01:04:00 PM »
Leave them alone. They will shoot through anything you can drag out. I went back to Grizlies this year and am 4 for 4 on pass throughs. 3 went down in site and one doe ran about 150 yards. The others were 31, 55 and 75.
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KyleAllen
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Re: ashby's tanto tip question
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November 12, 2010, 01:31:00 PM »
onehair, so you are just beveling and leaving the tip as is?
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30coupe
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Re: ashby's tanto tip question
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November 12, 2010, 01:36:00 PM »
Here ya go:
http://www.tradgang.com/pdf-files/grizzly.pdf
This one is low tech, so you don't need to worry about buying equipment.
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30coupe
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Re: ashby's tanto tip question
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November 12, 2010, 01:39:00 PM »
BTW:
I tried pushing Grizzlies through some tanned deerskin before and after sharpening the back of the tanto tip. It was an eye opener! Before sharp, I had to push pretty hard. After, they just kind of slid through! That's what I'm talking about!
Good luck! Those Grizzlies take a really nice edge.
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Bear Kodiak Magnum 52" 45# @ 28"
Bodnik Slick Stick longbow 58" 40# @ 28"
Bodnik Kiowa 52" 45# @ 28"
Kanati 58" 46# @ 28" R.I.P (2007-2015)
Self-made Silk backed Hickory Board bow 67" 49# @ 28"
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Molson
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Re: ashby's tanto tip question
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November 12, 2010, 01:50:00 PM »
I've shot my last seven deer with Grizzlies. I like to leave the tip thick and turn just the tanto tip into a double bevel using a mill file and a steep angle. All I do is make the back edge meet the front on the tip. If you thin the tip too much, like turning it into a point, it can and will bend over on itself.
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KyleAllen
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Re: ashby's tanto tip question
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November 12, 2010, 03:14:00 PM »
30 coupe, thank you very much for the link. That is precisely what i was looking for. Been digging through reports all day with no luck. You're a life saver...or maybe ender for the deer
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