I am not persuaded filed vs polished

[**DONOTDELETE**]

Exactly, George.

[Luke Vander Vennen]

Originally posted by trashwood:
Luke the edge you get from draw filing a three blade reminds one of a saw edge as much as Jennifer Beil reminds you of a refigerator.  

Since Wingnut and I have started shooting Woodsman unless major bone is hit the oinly debate has been how far the BH stuck in ground or tree on the other side.

haha fair enough.   :D

[trashwood]

a point that should be considered is the size game animals I (we) hunt.  it could be that a file sharp WW does as much damage on a under 200# game animal as a sharp sharp blade does.  that does not mean that it would work as well on a 900# game animal.  

So any point of view I have is limited to the game animals I know and have hunted.  I will have to believe that anyone who is having success hunting 200#+ game animals is doing things the way it is most successful

rusty -limited by experience- Craine

[Langhorn]

Hey yall!  Come to think of it, I've never seen a samurai sword with serrations on it!  Love this topic and had to stir the pot again! Please forgive me.

[Missouri Sherpa]

I have killed a lot of animals including big half ton sized elk , big Iowa deer, bears large and small, mule deer, hog and a few antelope.  All of them were killed with 2 blade broadheads that I sharpened laying on my knee using a small flat file or using a carbide sharpener.  I don't spend much time sharpening anything.  As soon as it is sharp enough to drag over my wrist and pop a hair or two it is usuable. There is no need to talk of micro capillary platelet action when you hit them in the lung. There is not any need to debate the effectiveness or superiority of anything else when such a simple tool renders such devastating results.  All of the animals I have killed have had the nastiest big bloody holes you can imagine and blood trails are quite short.  I can number the number of animals I have shot and not recovered on one hand.  Use what pleases you, but don't discount a file or carbide sharpened blade.

[sbschindler]

So who's taking their German Kenetic's and giving them a good fileing  lol

[ozy clint]

i wouldn't have thought that a 60 degree angle that one gets with a 3 blader would be able to be sharp enough. obviously they are

[Charlie Lamb]

I totally agree Rusty!!

Most often these days I file sharpen my heads and give them a little honing on a ceramic stick that I keep in my field sharpening kit... seems to do the job just fine.

HOWEVER! On those days when every piece of gear has been checked and rechecked, packed and repacked I jig up my broadheads in an old sharpening jig I own and work them over.

If the mood strikes me, I'll put a serious polished edge on them... seems to do the job just fine.

Often I'll jig them up and never progress past the coarse stone. From there I may strop them a little with some "Yellowstone" on the strop. Kind of a "best of both worlds" kind of thing...
seems to do the job just fine.

Hell, I've been known to glue razorblades to my Woodsmans ala Jack Howard... seems to do the job just fine.

And in the end, when an arrow has flown from the bow on a mission of death, and retrieved in tact, I'll stroke it with a file with no reservations, knowing it will do the job just fine.