Sharpening 3 blades... ever had this happen?

[Kenneth]

I have a broadhead that for whatever reason 1 of the blades won't get sharp.  The other 2 blades will pop the hair off very easily but that 1 blade won't hardly cut a rubberband.  I used a marker on the edges to make sure I'm getting a consistent angle on all sides and I am so I'm not sure what the problem is.

Have you ever experienced anything like this?

God Bless,
Ken

[DannyBows]

[dragonheart]

I have put my woodsman very lightly on a belt sander and "cleaned up" all the edges.

[Mr.Magoo]

Sometimes you'll get a blade that's harder than the others and your file, stone etc... will just skip across and not actually cut it.

[Hawkeye]

Had it happen with my original batch of VPA Terminators.  The hardening process was off on some of the early production, and one blade is harder than the others.  Two get s-h-a-r-p, the other... not quite.  Still shot clean through three deer with the same head and a 47# bow, though!

Maybe your sharpening technique is OK, and your heads have similar situation.

[Kip l Hoffman]

I suspect that the hardening process on the one blade was too much.  I  had some hard knodules on some of the Magnus seconds that i bought for $1 a piece.  I just ground them down on my Tormec sharpening wheel till i got past the hard as H spots.  If you don't have a Tormec, try a dremel tool and see if you can grind through the hard spots.

[Don Stokes]

Wow! Someone else has a Tormec! Mine's been going strong for about 15 years.

[BRONZ]

Just sent back a WW Elite with the same problem.  Two blades ready for the woods, the other wouldn't cut hot butter at the back edge.  I tried everything I know how and couldn't get it sharp enough to carry with me.

[Bonebuster]

I was always afraid to ask this very question.

I bought a half dozen of the early Woodsmans and had this issue.

[lpcjon2]

It is probable a tempering issue,Try and heat it up until it gets glowing and then run it across the file a few times.JMHO

[Bill Carlsen]

I do what Dragpnheart does. When all 3 blades have a burr I can then get them all popping hair.

[Kenneth]

Thanks everyone!  I'm a little nervous about taking a dremel to it without calling the seller/manufacturer first.   I was just gonna use it for tuning purposes but unfortunetly I was already using another one for that and missed my target and it slammed into my gun safe which rounded the tip off just a little bit.

[ishoot4thrills]

I'd say that you rolled the edge over and you'll have to re-bevel it. I've done it before on a two-blade head.