scarey sharp 2 blade or soso sharp 3 blade

[Bjorn]

If you can get a 2 blade shaving sharp you can get a 3 blade equally sharp. You just need to practice. Way to go Rob!    

[String Cutter]

I'm sorry fellas... But a 30 Degree edge CAN  NEVER get as sharp as a 17 degree.. It is physically impossible.
Can you get a 3blade sharp?? Some can get them "pretty sharp"? Can you get it as sharp as a Good Steal 2 Blade ??? Never.
Of course the def. of sharp is subjective anyway.

[Rob DiStefano]

i can also get a woodsman point to be pin prick scary sharp, but it ain't as good as beveling the point back and not have it so fragile sharp.

i can easily get a woodsman to shave hair off my arm.  anyone can, too.  i dunno that a blade needs to be sharper than that.  'nuff said.      

i'm also very careful with a freshly sharpened broadhead - i wax the blades and carefully nestle it into a leather bonnet.  i see too many bowhunters get a head sharpened nicely and then throw it about willy nilly ... uh uh, that's a big no-no in my bowhunting book.      

[Ryan Rothhaar]

It would also be "easier" to shoot a compound than a recurve or longbow - a guy decides what bow he wants to shoot, for whatever reason, then takes the time/effort/work to become proficient.

Same with broadheads - choose the one you want to use, for whatever reason, and then take the time to learn how to sharpen it.  If you are unable or unwilling to do that, again for whatever reason, then your best bet is a replaceable blade head, or presharpened, or pay someone else to do it.

To say that one head is "better" because it is "easier" to sharpen is silly.  I can make a Snuffer (3-blade) sharp enough for you to shave your beard with - and I have arrows hanging on my wall that went THROUGH animals 15-20 years ago that I haven't touched other than to oil them up to keep from rusting that I can shave hair off my arm with.  Fortunately, the animals I hunt don't have access to the internet yet, and to date have been willing to die when I shoot those shaving sharp broadheads through them.

Ryan

[Doug in MN]

I have been able to get 2 and 3 blade heads sharp enough to shave with.

If you can get one sharper then use that head; but if you work at it a bit you can get either a 2 or 3 blade scary sharp.

Also; Robs point about the treatment of the freshly sharpened head is spot on.

[JEFF B]

:scared:sharp 2 blade only way to fly

[LITTLEBIGMAN]

rob can you walk us thru your sharpening technique?

[Over&Under]

[RC]

I file sharpen woodsmans and snuffers. I drag them backwards on a piece of leather and kill stuff. I think the file sharpened head stays sharp after the first cut through hide and hair where the super scapel edge may dull some. Regardless...My file sharpened heads kill stuff.RC

[Rob DiStefano]

Originally posted by LITTLEBIGMAN:
rob can you walk us thru your sharpening technique?

i dunno what all the fuss is about 3 blade heads and sharpness.  it's easier to do than a twin blade and 3 blade woodsman and snuffers have killed some mighty big critters with pass-through penetration.

 see charlie lamb\\'s woodsman sharpening vids

how i like to sharpen my woodsmans and snuffers:

belt sander and 80 grit to level out any concaveness in the blades ... when leveled, tilt the head to make the needle point into a bone penetrating pyramid point ... 12" grobet file to raise a burr... coarse diamond file or stone to kill the burr ... fine diamond file or stone for honing... final honing by stropping on the chromed side of a thick piece of leather with maybe a bit of jeweler's red rouge rubbed in.  

this process goes real fast and the resulting cutting edges will shave arm hair.  if ya don't have a belt sander, it will just take longer for the file to level the blades but it will do the job.  once the blades are leveled any future sharpening will be easy in the field with a 6" grobet file and dmt diamond fine file.

hope this helps dispel any myth about tri blades not being able to get 'scary sharp'.

[overbo]

Shooting any so so sharp broadhead is BAD judgement

[30coupe]

Originally posted by RC:
I file sharpen woodsmans and snuffers. I drag them backwards on a piece of leather and kill stuff. I think the file sharpened head stays sharp after the first cut through hide and hair where the super scapel edge may dull some. Regardless...My file sharpened heads kill stuff.RC

Yup!

[Eugene Slagle]

I'm with everyone else here, I would rather have a extremely sharp broadhead over a so-so sharp one any day of the week.

[Rob DiStefano]

Originally posted by Eugene Slagle:
I'm with everyone else here, I would rather have a extremely sharp broadhead over a so-so sharp one any day of the week.

i think we're all totally in agreement with yer statement above, but the topic wasn't about that per se ... the topic starter was qeustioning that 3 blades can't get as 'scary sharp' as twin blades - and i take real strong issue with that comment.

[varmint101]

That's exactly what I do too Rob minus the belt sander.  It doesn't take long at all.

I believe as Charlie says, "Hunt sharp."

[Cottonwood]

I'm with everyone else here, I would rather have a extremely sharp broadhead over a so-so sharp one any day of the week.

X10     Make mine a 2 blade.

[Guru]

Scary sharp and 3 blades, yes gents....you can have both    

[johnnyk71]

Originally posted by Rob DiStefano:
 

Originally posted by Eugene Slagle:
I'm with everyone else here, I would rather have a extremely sharp broadhead over a so-so sharp one any day of the week.

i think we're all totally in agreement with yer statement above, but the topic wasn't about that per se ... the topic starter was qeustioning that 3 blades can't get as 'scary sharp' as twin blades - and i take real strong issue with that comment. [/b]

i don't think he meant that it can't be done. i think he was asking more for general experience with 2-blades.

[johnnyk71]

Originally posted by Terry Green:
Here ya go flounder.....  

 CLICK HERE  

Hey Terry, where can you pick up a triangular file like the one you suggest in the video?

[ncsaknech1ydh]

I've been using Bear Razorhead 2 blade with and without the bleeders for years, and get them 'scary' sharp, and have had excellent luck using them either way, with or without the bleeders.