Single Bevel and Dremel

[LongStick64]

Has anyone successfully sharpened a Single Bevel broadhead using a dremel and a grinding stone ?

[JRY309]

I have sharpened some old single bevel Grizzly's on a belt sander,worked pretty good.

[wv lungbuster]

I used a dremel with the sanding drums to sharpen up some Tuskers once. It works pretty good.

[Mike Gibbs]

A Dremel with a fairly smooth stone and a light touch works very well for me.  I finish up with a diamond board.  But I went back to regular Swickies.  I suppose all the research and reports on single bevel is correct, but I don't see any difference with my light bow and 2016s.

[Onehair]

The sharpener from Alaskan Bowhunting is the ticket.

[Zbearclaw]

Great Idea.  I just bought four packs of Zwickey 2 and 4 blade Delta's and the front reinforced section takes a while to get down to "grade" so the KME can make it scream.

I will dremel the pudding out of them to get it close and let the KME ride it "hone"...

thanks

[Ray Hammond]

yeah, but be careful because if you heat the steel up- which a dremel or belt sander is prone to do- you'll defeat part of the greatness of the head by ruining the temper.

Keep cold water nearby, and use it often to keep the steel from heating up.

[Zbearclaw]

Good point, thanks.

That steel is very hard, took a while on the file to get just one where the KME could take it to a razor's edge.

[madness522]

You're much better off using a file to sharpen them so you don't ruin the temper.  But like Ray said if you do use a belt sander make a pass, no more than two, and dip them in cool water.

[Ray Hammond]

I use an auto body rasp...takes about 5 minutes per head...

First thing you do is flatten the non-bevel side, because its not FLAT until you do.

Then change your bevel angle.

Then a 14 inch Nicholson files the bevel side, then the other bevel side, then lay the file flat on a table and re-cut the flat side again.

At this point, you'll see the "foil" on the edge of the blade.

Using smooth sided leather mounted to a board with glue, strop the broadhead back and forth, gently, till you see that foil edge peel off like an orange peel and S T O P

She's ready.

[LongStick64]

Thanks Ray, I'm going to try that.

[Bel007]

I saw Ray sharpen a single-bevel that way this weekend.  Scary sharp.