ORIGINAL: LebeauHunter
Quick question:
I don't think a broadhead can come sharper out of the box than a Striker. You look at em wrong you bleed.
Well, after practice shooting I tried to use that fancy G5 sharpener on em. It got them sharper,
but it's not like they were when new = I'm not satisfied. Am I doing something wrong or is it just
nearly impossible to get them that sharp again?
Nah, it's just that the G5 sharpener isn't made to put a razor, or more to the point, a surgical edge on anything. It's okay to touch stuff up with but I pretty much retired mine to my boat for touching up fillet knives; it's worthless on broadheads.
Invest in a set of stones from 400 up to 1200 US grit (not Japanese grit) and read up on how to use them. I go as far as 2000 grit and get a seriously scary edge on the Montecs. Problem is that a good set of hones is going to cost you $150... I already had them because from being a stockmaker/gunsmith I'm super anal about having sharp tools, from filleting hundreds of pounds of fish a season I'm anal about having sharp knives and from being a bowhunter I'm anal about having sharp broadheads and I mean SHARP!
Just found this:
http://www.cabelas.com/cabelas/en/te...&noImage=0