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RedRidge
Trad Bowhunter
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Re: How do you check your broadheads for sharpness?
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Reply #20 on:
July 06, 2016, 12:22:00 AM »
I am in the shave club. Currently have some nice patches on my legs from this past weekend touching up some Cutthroats.
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Carpdaddy
Trad Bowhunter
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Re: How do you check your broadheads for sharpness?
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July 06, 2016, 09:11:00 AM »
Most all the above, but usually just feel.
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MnFn
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Re: How do you check your broadheads for sharpness?
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Reply #22 on:
July 06, 2016, 10:35:00 AM »
By feel and finger nail bite as well.
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bunyan
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Re: How do you check your broadheads for sharpness?
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July 06, 2016, 10:40:00 AM »
Preferably on a critter but more likely to be on a tree trunk by mistake! But other than that I go with the majority and see if I can shave arm hair. My wife hates it and thinks its weird, which is a bonus!
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LongbowArchitect
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Re: How do you check your broadheads for sharpness?
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Reply #24 on:
July 06, 2016, 11:34:00 AM »
I just check them with my fingertips.
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elkhunter45
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Re: How do you check your broadheads for sharpness?
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July 06, 2016, 05:50:00 PM »
Mine are all file sharp only so I just feel it gently with fingertips. I carry a small file in my pack to dress the edge if needed. I usually give it a single stroke on all four surfaces and it is like new again.
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stagetek
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Re: How do you check your broadheads for sharpness?
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July 06, 2016, 06:38:00 PM »
Like some of the others...I have many bald spots on my forearms.
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jcar315
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Re: How do you check your broadheads for sharpness?
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July 06, 2016, 07:14:00 PM »
I too shave hair on the back on my hands.....glad I'm not the only one!
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Yewbender
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Re: How do you check your broadheads for sharpness?
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Reply #28 on:
July 06, 2016, 11:07:00 PM »
Me too! I also use rubberbands and by feel. Knock on wood no stitches needed yet.
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PeteA
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Posts: 968
Re: How do you check your broadheads for sharpness?
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July 08, 2016, 05:33:00 PM »
Rubber band method here. That's how my uncle taught me 40+ years ago.
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Brock
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Re: How do you check your broadheads for sharpness?
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July 08, 2016, 06:24:00 PM »
feel...fingernail...hair shaving
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Re: How do you check your broadheads for sharpness?
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July 09, 2016, 08:56:00 AM »
A pack of rubber bands lasts a few seasons. The very light ones are more gratifying, but I am not sure that the thicker ones aren't more instructive: still thinking about that. Then of course there is the quicky thumbnail slide and the extremely cautious finger tip to edge technique
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