Sharpening Tanto style B-Heads

[krink]

I am in the market for new broadheads and I am basing what I buy on how I can sharpen them.  I have the KME system (no diamond stones) and I can get a good edge with it.  My only problem is that I have tried to sharpen tanto style tip and have royally messed them up. They were Magnus buzz cuts and when I tried to sharpen the tip I could never keep the point inline with the body of the b-head, if that makes sense.  Also I dont know if I need to re-adjust the clamp to be inline with the tanto edge or keep it where it is at when I sharpen the main cutting edge.  When I sharpen my old style Bear razor backs I get hair poppin sharp.

The Braodheads I am looking at are the VPA penetrator 175s or the Magnus 150s.  I am leaning toward the VPAs as of right now but opinions change rather quickly!

[damascusdave]

I have been using the 175 Penetrators for a while...have not shot any game with them yet so no opinions in that regard...I find them to be extremely easy heads to sharpen...the tanto tips I just give a few light passes on a whetstone freehand watching the angles as best I can...if you have not held a Penetrator in your hand you need to do that before buying them...the small size of them may bother you compared to other heads..the thing I like best about them is that they fly like field points, and btw you can get screw in 175 field points that are made by PDP

DDave

[Alexander Traditional]

As stated above I just free hand the tip. I take a lansky stone and lightly run it across. You always have the option with Stingers and Buzzcuts to buy new blades to.

[Doc Nock]

Call Ron at KME. He'll tell you SNAP what to do to make it work! Period. Full Stop!

[JimB]

I never found a way to do it with the KME.For sure,it would at least take a different angle that the main blade.I usually do mine mounted in a piece of shaft,hand held,on a fine stone.It wouln't hurt to black the tanto bevel first.Go easy and alternate edges so as not to get the tip off center.