serrated broadheads

[rochelle]

Ive read that serrated broadheads impede penetration on game animals. but steelforce claims that there serrated heads out penatrate the smoothedge heads. Anyone have experience with this?

[JD IN ALBERTA]

I have used both and found excellent penetration with the serrated blades. I use only Steelforce now after I had 2 complete passthroughs on a wild boar at 15 & 22 yds. I didn't find much difference with the non-serr. heads, but I would definately go with the Titanium series for the added cutting diameter. JDinAB

[Ossage]

I'm just guessing, but the serations could hang up on harder materials like bone, because just below the point of the seration, the angle relative to the shaft is quite steep. But I also think that some of the concern may go back to a time when one had heads with large cuts in them, and sometimes they would be quite difficult to sharpen. These days, with so many using some form of replaceable blade head, where the serations are razor ribon steel, sharpness isn't the issue.

While I would guess that serations work great, I can't really see why they would be any better than a razor edge.

[BobCo19-65]

Does anyone find that the serated heads (just serated on the end of the blade) causes any better bleeding. It would seem to me that with the serations at the end of the blades that some muscle tissue would be removed by the serations, leaving the smooth blade cuts a little more open.

I may actually make a few serations on the end of some magnus heads and try it out.

Edited by - BobCo19-65 on 02/11/2003 13:51:35

[Ossage]

Of course all edges are serated, it is just a mater of how much. I think Gene Wensel, and those guys sharpen with serations, I think he wrote an article on it in Trad Bow or something like it. Those are small serations, like you get off certain files.

[5 shot]

I tend to agree with osage on this matter. I could be wrong though. i belive it is more of a marketing plan than any real benifit.

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[jeffmiller]

I think it is more for the customer to say " that looks vicious." Actually, I would think that serrations would cause the blood to congeal faster than smooth heads.

[CG]

I' m going to stick with scalpel type cuts....I KNOW they bleed......