sharpening tips

[nc recurveman]

morning gang, In my current status of bein laid up I have sharpened every pointy thing in the house. I found a couple of tips that may help some guys havin problems. On 3 blades woodsman and snuffers, I found using a 12" and 8" file together seem to work better. I use the 12 to start with going across the blades back to front then the 8" LIGHTLY in the same way. I have gotten both heads incredibly sharp. For the guys wanting to try simmons sharks I bought a 6" tri file. It is the ticket for working concave heads the narrow design of the file fits perfectly in the gap on those heads.

[uglyjake]

Tell the family everything is sharp if it has been awhile.  LOL

Thanks for the information, will have to try that on the Simmons Sharks.

[stalkin4elk]

I think Alaskan Bowhunting Supply and Centaur have sharpening videos on the wheel systems that are good.Centaur uses 1/2 inch(compared to 5/8 inch) wheels to sharpen his concave heads with single or double bevel 2 blades and knives.
Using good light and magnification you can actually SEE a fine sharp edge vs. a rough dull or damaged rounded dull edge. The fly fishing shops sell good light/mag units for reasonable dollars.
Search Sharpster for demo lessons as he is the master.