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Author Topic: What broadhead sharpens easy?  (Read 657 times)

Offline Gooserbat

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What broadhead sharpens easy?
« on: September 15, 2014, 12:27:00 PM »
I'm ordering some new heads in the next day or two.  I'm needing something 125 or so and a two blade glue on.  I'll e honest I've shot stingers for years and love them but my new arrow recipe needs more weight than I can get out of them.  I've had a lot of problem with Zwickeys as to getting them really sharp, I've used Stos and they are better, any other suggestions and I don't want to spend a weeks wages on 12 broadheads.
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Re: What broadhead sharpens easy?
« Reply #1 on: September 15, 2014, 12:35:00 PM »
Rib-Teks sharpen about as easy as they come.  Metal is a smidge softer than an Zwickey and I have no problem making them razor sharp.  Cheap heads too.

What weight are you looking for?  I might have a few I could send you if the weight is right.

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Re: What broadhead sharpens easy?
« Reply #2 on: September 15, 2014, 12:37:00 PM »
I think if you are having trouble with Zwickey double bevel 2-blades, you are using too much pressure, or are not raising a burr after filing through the soft braze to the middle steel. They are not hard and really do sharpen pretty easily.
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Re: What broadhead sharpens easy?
« Reply #3 on: September 15, 2014, 12:41:00 PM »
Single bevel Grizzly's are the easiest ones I've ever tried to sharpen. That is using a KME.
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Re: What broadhead sharpens easy?
« Reply #4 on: September 15, 2014, 12:43:00 PM »
Most any of today's heads, Zwickey, Ace, Magnus, STOS, etc, will sharpen easily once the initial blade angle is set.  After that it is just learning a correct technique.  A straight or slightly convex edge is probably the easiest to sharpen.  STOS comes with a very good initial grind, I just wish they were a little wider.
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Re: What broadhead sharpens easy?
« Reply #5 on: September 15, 2014, 12:55:00 PM »
Also keep in mind ease of sharpening and edge holding are mutually exclusive. Personally I like broadheads that are a harder to sharpen and just require periodic honing after being shot. I generally won't use a broadhead with a hardness less than 54 c.
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Re: What broadhead sharpens easy?
« Reply #6 on: September 15, 2014, 01:18:00 PM »
Get some zwickey's or tuskers..(inexpensive & good quality)

Buy an accu-sharp.

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Re: What broadhead sharpens easy?
« Reply #7 on: September 15, 2014, 01:41:00 PM »
I just sharpened my wife's arrows with Zwickey  broadheads. I used a file, then a jewel stick and stropped them with an old belt and they are all shaving sharp.  If you are having trouble getting Zwickeys sharp, the problem is not the broadhead.

Offline Bill Carlsen

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Re: What broadhead sharpens easy?
« Reply #8 on: September 15, 2014, 01:43:00 PM »
3 blades are my preference partly because they are very simple to maintain. Just touched up 6 of them  in less than 10 minutes.
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Re: What broadhead sharpens easy?
« Reply #9 on: September 15, 2014, 01:53:00 PM »
It has more to do with sharpening skill.  If you are skilled you can get them sharp with a bastard file.  If you are a bit sharpening challenged...get a sharpening tool like the KME broadhead sharpener.  Sharpening tools let the rest of us get great results.  

That being said, I found Ace broadheads to be very easy.  They come with a nice bur that requires little work to get hunting sharp.  Most heads are this easy.  Simmons can be harder because of their concave cutting edge.  Old Grizzlies can be hard if you need to grind the initial 25 degree bevel.  New Grizzlies are easy.

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Re: What broadhead sharpens easy?
« Reply #10 on: September 15, 2014, 02:30:00 PM »
Ace and Magnus are very easy to sharpen.  Zwickeys seem to have a little harder metal and the grind is coarser . Check the "how to" section here or 3 Rivers and find the videos on sharpening broadheads with a file.  Raise a burr, flip the burr, and use lighter pressure each time.  Strop and/or burnish and they will cut hair with ease.
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Re: What broadhead sharpens easy?
« Reply #11 on: September 15, 2014, 02:34:00 PM »
Ace standard gets my vote for a two blade. And they are inexpensive and sturdy.
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Re: What broadhead sharpens easy?
« Reply #12 on: September 15, 2014, 03:07:00 PM »
Get a KME knife sharpener, then you can sharpen any broadhead. AND they make special jaws for broadheads too.
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Re: What broadhead sharpens easy?
« Reply #13 on: September 15, 2014, 08:08:00 PM »
I found that my new woodsmans were easy to sharpen. File jewel stick and leather strop .

Offline Uncle Buck

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Re: What broadhead sharpens easy?
« Reply #14 on: September 15, 2014, 08:14:00 PM »
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Re: What broadhead sharpens easy?
« Reply #15 on: September 15, 2014, 11:00:00 PM »
Magnus, followed by Magnus, and then those Magnus heads, too. Using the All sharp tool, it's a snap to get them hair popping sharp.
I find the original Woodsman to be easy,too.

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Re: What broadhead sharpens easy?
« Reply #16 on: September 16, 2014, 02:41:00 AM »
i just re-sharpened my meatheads which is a new head to me and they were super easy and more sharp than new.
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Re: What broadhead sharpens easy?
« Reply #17 on: September 16, 2014, 03:51:00 AM »
Quote
Originally posted by KentuckyTJ:
Single bevel Grizzly's are the easiest ones I've ever tried to sharpen. That is using a KME.
Same here.


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Re: What broadhead sharpens easy?
« Reply #18 on: September 16, 2014, 06:04:00 AM »
STOS are easy to sharpen with a file and a crock stick.
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Re: What broadhead sharpens easy?
« Reply #19 on: September 16, 2014, 08:41:00 AM »
I am officially certified as being "sharpening challenged", if I can get those Ace Super Express broadheads shaving sharp, anybody can.
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