howard hill broadheads

[Plumber]

anyone shoot howard hill broadheads from 3 rivers
I like the way they look an I was wondering how do they sharpen an fly thanks Ed

[joe skipp]

I tried them some years back. Due to the high ferrule, I could never get them razor sharp. They flew great because of the 3:1 ratio but never got them as sharp as I like.

[SuperK]

I'm with Joe...they fly like field points but getting them real sharp was something I never could master.  I did kill a big old doe with one.  It blew threw her so fast I thought I missed.

[Missouri Bowman]

They do fly good. Wish there were more of the 3 to 1 ratio heads

[kestimator]

I hunt with them sometimes.  I get them from Howard Hill Archery.  They fly great! If you have or get the TradGang Hunting DVD, there is a good tutorial on how to sharpen HH broadheads.  You basically take down or reduce the ferule with a file to achieve the proper angle and edge on your HH broadheads.

[toddster]

I loved mine, but as everyone says hard to sharpen, but fly awesome.  I like to use the simmons sharpener and KME, works better but work

There are some compound shooters that swear by them. Apparently, according to them, it is difficult to get arrows to to fly good at extreme speeds.   The fellows I talked to sharpen them exactly as the directions from Hill archery advise and they think they are as deadly as anything they have ever used.  The standard Hills can be made shaving sharp, but it takes work. I have done it with a Dremel tool with using a variety of the sharpening Dremel bits.  I always started out with a 6 inch file mounted on a handle and leaned on the ferrule on all sides to put a good flat spot on it. Then I used the Dremel.  They are not the best choice if you want to use standard sharpening methods to get a shaving edge, but I have killed a number of deer with the standard Hills sharpening them exactly how Hill sharpened his head and was always surprised how effective they were. I make my own single bevels from Hill pieces and parts that we got in a large order some years back, and I find those to be much easier to get really sharp because the bevel angle is much narrower.

[GregD]

I used to sharpen them with a little shaver sharpener, I think there were 3 different angles on it and one of them would just miss the ferrule. When the head was done you would just start removing material from the ferrule. I'm pretty sure a KME knife sharpener would work.