Originally posted by Fletcher:
A good grind is a great asset, but I don't want to pay the extra cost for a hunt ready sharpened head. Call me cheap, but the first thing I'm gonna do after mounting the head is take it out and shoot the sharp edge off it checking arrow flight and in practice. I can't imagine mounting a broadhead and heading for the woods without first checking the arrow's flight and sharpening it.
Grizzlys are harder than the hinges of hades! I hope that doesn't change.
When Ron would buy blanks back in the early days of KME, he told me he ground the bevel on one and sharpened it..left other side blank. it sat in his shop in a coffee can... shaving sharp for many moons...and rusted.
He took cardboard and stropped off the rust and it still popped hair on his arm!!!
That is what good, hard steel will do...hold an edge.
Now... to your point of Pre-Ground bevel.
Many of us, me included, are 'sharpening impaired."
Shoot! I started "Can't Sharpen Shix International" as founder and past president!
here's the thing...with good steel, once the bevel is set, you can shoot it all you want...then it will touch up with little work.
I happen to be an advocate of the KME systems. I have both: knife and broad head sharpener. Only thing I can use to get consistently sharp things!
Once that bevel is set to say 25*, using the BH Pro (also 25* angle) putting that edge back following Ron's detailed instructions, working thru a couple stones and a few passes over cardboard... it takes longer to type and put the head in the clamp than it does to get it resharpened to incredible levels!
Just another view and $.02.
If you're blessed and can run a blade or head over a file over and over at the exact same angle like some guys I've observed, then indeed, you'd not care... but if you match the bevel already on it... you can shoot it a good bit and in 5 min, have it back to hair curling (not just shaving, but splitting hairs lengthwise) sharp!
Topic: Grizzly broadhead shooters I need your help (Read 2922 times)
