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Offline stik&string

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Broadhead ID/ cool find
« on: March 15, 2012, 08:21:00 PM »
I was digging through a box of "junk arrows" a family friend gave me and I found 6 Bear wooden arrows with razorheads on them. The arrows need some tlc but are usable which got me pretty excited. I dug a little deeper and found some (4) homemade woodies with a cool looking broadhead that I haven't seen before. If anyone could help me out I'd like to find out more about them. I guess the saying about one man's trash is true, as I found some treasure.

 

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Re: Broadhead ID/ cool find
« Reply #1 on: March 15, 2012, 08:30:00 PM »
1958 or 1959 Arrowmate 4 blade, depending if the main blade is outside of or molded into the ferrule.
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Re: Broadhead ID/ cool find
« Reply #2 on: March 15, 2012, 08:48:00 PM »
Wow that was fast, thanks. The main blade are molded in.

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Re: Broadhead ID/ cool find
« Reply #3 on: March 15, 2012, 09:22:00 PM »
The Arrowmate broadheads were manufactured by Rose Plastics in Milwaukee, WI.
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Re: Broadhead ID/ cool find
« Reply #4 on: March 15, 2012, 10:49:00 PM »
Makes sense seeing the gentleman that gave then to me lived in southern Wisconsin most of his life. I'm thinking these will be in my quiver this fall.

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Re: Broadhead ID/ cool find
« Reply #5 on: March 16, 2012, 03:08:00 PM »
If you're a bit on the tough side the Arrowmates can be taken apart for sharpening or to remove the bleeder.
Clamp the rear of the main blade in a vise and using vise grip pliers grab the other main blade and pull outward and at the same time with another pair of pliers pull the ferule out. The Arrowmate can be glued to wood shafts with bathtub silicone and twisted off if need be. To remove the Arrowmate from the original shaft: the shaft may need to be cut off and the wood inside the ferrule drilled and then pop the left over pieces out. Sometimes the head can just be twisted and they will come off. Do not try to heat the nylon ferrule.

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Re: Broadhead ID/ cool find
« Reply #6 on: March 16, 2012, 09:31:00 PM »
Thanks for the tips, I do plan on using them. They are cool looking and very functional for whitetails, plus the nostalgia of it adds to the cool factor.

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