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Author Topic: how sharp do you like your broadheads  (Read 519 times)

Offline aim small...release

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how sharp do you like your broadheads
« on: September 28, 2014, 10:02:00 PM »
Im new at sharpening heads i have the magnus classic 2 blade and cant get them shaveing sharp i have a nice diamind stick and i got the pretty sharp but not like those out of the package razor sharp like the magnus stingers im just a little worried that i didbt get them sharp enough
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Re: how sharp do you like your broadheads
« Reply #1 on: September 28, 2014, 10:06:00 PM »
Like a scalpel!

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Offline Jerry Jeffer

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Re: how sharp do you like your broadheads
« Reply #2 on: September 28, 2014, 10:16:00 PM »
Get a KME. Crazy Sharp.
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Re: how sharp do you like your broadheads
« Reply #3 on: September 28, 2014, 10:22:00 PM »
Will they grab a nail or cut paper easily? If so, they're probably sharp enough, but I agree with above, the sharper the better.

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Re: how sharp do you like your broadheads
« Reply #4 on: September 28, 2014, 10:31:00 PM »
WHICKED

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Re: how sharp do you like your broadheads
« Reply #5 on: September 28, 2014, 10:41:00 PM »
Shave dry leg hair-my leg!   :bigsmyl:

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Re: how sharp do you like your broadheads
« Reply #6 on: September 28, 2014, 10:44:00 PM »
Shave dry arm hair effortlessly.....I am usually wearing pants.    :bigsmyl:

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Re: how sharp do you like your broadheads
« Reply #7 on: September 28, 2014, 10:49:00 PM »
Get a 10" flat file for around $10 at Lowe's. Get an old belt from a thrift store. Thick leather type. No fake leather. And a block of wood around the size of the belt. A 2x4 chunk about 8" long will work.

File both sides equally to get a burr. File lighter to get the burr flapping side to side. Strop it off. Shave your hair, leg or arm.

I sharpened two old Bear razorheads a few nights ago. So freakin' easy to have them shaving sharp in a few minutes. Practice at it. You'll get it.
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Re: how sharp do you like your broadheads
« Reply #8 on: September 28, 2014, 10:52:00 PM »
Forgot to mention..cut the belt and glue the leather to the wood to get a strop block about 8" long.
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Re: how sharp do you like your broadheads
« Reply #9 on: September 28, 2014, 10:53:00 PM »
As my skills improve... I like em sharper and sharper!
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Re: how sharp do you like your broadheads
« Reply #10 on: September 28, 2014, 10:55:00 PM »
Magnus!!  My go-to head.  EASY! EASY!  Go to the hardware and get an Accusharp.  Take 5-10 good medium-hard swipes.  Touch up on some ceramic sticks.  3 minutes per head.  Shaving sharp.  With slight pressure it will take hair off my arm.

I also have KME- it will get them sharp-maybe even better than I do now HOWEVER it takes a lot of time.  I do knives with KME- BUT I am too impatient for heads.  

I like 2-3 minutes and ready to go for this sharpening challenged guy. Been doing this for 20 years.  

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Re: how sharp do you like your broadheads
« Reply #11 on: September 28, 2014, 11:52:00 PM »
Cut 1/2" hanging rope sharp.  Shaving sharp is just the beginning.  I've been able to sharpen anything to "can't feel it cut" sharp for twenty years.  I even resharpen scalpel blades when they get dull.  

I like Arkansas stones and finishing with a diamond steel.  Sometimes I use wetsanding and up to 2500 grit paper.

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Re: how sharp do you like your broadheads
« Reply #12 on: September 29, 2014, 01:15:00 AM »
People move from grit to grit too early and apply too much pressure-I want it done now! LOL
Forget it is a BH-it is just an edged weapon like a knife or spear and you need to get it sharp!

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Re: how sharp do you like your broadheads
« Reply #13 on: September 29, 2014, 11:44:00 AM »
KME
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Re: how sharp do you like your broadheads
« Reply #14 on: September 29, 2014, 12:29:00 PM »
Enough.
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Re: how sharp do you like your broadheads
« Reply #15 on: September 29, 2014, 02:04:00 PM »
"Neal...is this heaven?" "No Piute but we are dam close". Top of the Mtn in Medicine Bow Nat Forest.

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Re: how sharp do you like your broadheads
« Reply #16 on: September 29, 2014, 02:06:00 PM »
So sharp that they scare me when I handle them. Like KSDan said - start with an accusharp - you can get Magnus heads quite sharp with that.

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Re: how sharp do you like your broadheads
« Reply #17 on: September 29, 2014, 02:11:00 PM »
As sharp as possible. The easier they shave the better.
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Re: how sharp do you like your broadheads
« Reply #18 on: September 29, 2014, 04:15:00 PM »
kme and the broadhead jaws and a jewell stick got my landsharks shaving sharp.
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Re: how sharp do you like your broadheads
« Reply #19 on: September 29, 2014, 05:31:00 PM »
To the molecule.
 
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