Taboo topic? Broadhead Serrations

[Terry Green]

Tom Mussatto did a great clip on the Tradgang video on how to mini serrated heads.  Good stuff!

[Trenton G.]

I used the serrated stinger heads for quite a while when I was younger. I shot them out of a compound but once the arrow is in the deer the head is doing damage one way or the other so I guess assuming a pass-through with each bow it would be a fair comparison. I was always happy with how they performed. Left a good blood trail and never had any issues with penetration out of them. Mine had the bleeder vanes as well.

[DanielB89]

Wow I don’t know much about anything but tell y’all I’m getting a Cutco knife immediately!!! Thanks

I used to sell them door to door in college.  Their knives were incredible. I used to love the life demonstration part of the job. 

The look on their face when they’d walk in with their $$$ best knife to cut through the 1/4” piece of leather and it fail to do so.  Then I’ll pull out my pairing knife and slice through it like butter. 

If they ever make a broadhead with cutco serrations, I’m in. 


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[two4hooking]

Tom Mussatto did a great clip on the Tradgang video on how to mini serrated heads.  Good stuff!

Ok, I'll weigh in.  I use Tom's method...which is actually Howard Hill's method of putting micro serrations in the blade.  Wicked sticky sharp when done correctly. If you are sharpening "challenged" you can get the same effect using a round chainsaw file.  These edges stay sharp after much abuse and are easy to touch up in the field also.  Whatever you do, get them sharp enough to bite into your nail then go hunt. Don't need to overthink sharp....  if you "can't" or are sharpening impaired then get the rada wheel and move on. 

[toddster]

Like many of you, I have experimented with the serrations of a broadhead and the effect on game.  Know this it does not matter when you place the arrow in the "boiler room".  But when it comes on a marginal hit, without a doubt a serrated edge will always be better than a straight blade.  the edge of either is always super sharp, but there is a reason why surgeons use laser sharp scalpels, and hate in the ER to take care of a laceration instead of incision.  Just my  opinion.

[Zradix]

Here's something I posted about 10 years ago....
...Just an experiment I did.
Didn't really come to any conclusions...but there were some interesting results
Anymore I just do a polished 3 blade edge...way easier and I know it works.

http://www.tradgang.com/tgsmf/index.php?topic=43203.msg729255#msg729255