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Author Topic: Sharpening old MA-3 broadheads  (Read 423 times)

Offline J. Cook

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Sharpening old MA-3 broadheads
« on: July 24, 2009, 02:33:00 PM »
Help me out guys...a friend just gave me (what I believe to be) some old MA-3 heads.  I'd like to use them this year for the nostalgia and to honor that friend.  Here's the problem...right now they are so dull I can squeeze them in my fist!!!  What's the best method to sharpen these to a hunty-ready head?  

Thanks guys!

J.Cook
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Re: Sharpening old MA-3 broadheads
« Reply #1 on: July 24, 2009, 02:33:00 PM »
oops...typo...I meant a "hunt-ready" head.  LOL
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Offline Elksong

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Re: Sharpening old MA-3 broadheads
« Reply #2 on: July 24, 2009, 02:48:00 PM »
I sharpen mine much like you would the Wensel Woodsman or Snuffer(do a search, there has been alot of talk about it on here).  They are shapped a little different so you have to follow the line of the head, but they sharpen up nice and hold an edge very well.
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Re: Sharpening old MA-3 broadheads
« Reply #3 on: July 24, 2009, 03:05:00 PM »
stroke with a file across two blades at once. When you get them sharp that way, strop on a piece of cardboard back to front, same way. The blades are made in such a way that the cutting edge is actually two pieces of steel welded together, but you can get a pretty good edge on them nonetheless.
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Re: Sharpening old MA-3 broadheads
« Reply #4 on: July 24, 2009, 06:28:00 PM »
Like Elksong and Scattershot says; but after the file and before the cardboard I use diamond stones.
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