I was in Galyans yesterday and noticed they have the new razorbaks now. I opend the package and they look pretty sweet. How well will that composite furrell hold up is my only concern. I do like the way they rotate. NAP is certanly proud of them though they are getting $30 for a pack of three heads. How do you replace the blades on those heads or can you replace them. I sure hope so for ten bucks a piece they sure would be expensive to practice with.

Any one got any yet?

Here is a copy of the report I did on them last year. I have heard they have improved them, but I can' t say until I retest the new " new" razorback. I will say I don' t like the composite ferule at all. The blades are not replaceable, but they can be sharpend. The problem is the total blade thickness. It' s not really large enough. I really think New Archery products needs to drop the composit ferule and work on a standard cut on contact head.New Archery Products “New Razorback”

Plywood: 2 points
Steel drum: 3 points
Tire: 2 points
Cutting diameter: 3 points
Accuracy: 4 points
Blades: 4 points
Non-Mechanical head: 2 points
Total score: 20 with a blade sharpness rating of A

This is New Archery products latest head. It is a 4blade cut on contact style with a 1 1/8” cutting diameter. It also has the traditional “RazorBack” rotating blade system. The blades actually rotate around the ferule. There are two main blades, and two smaller bleeder blades. They are encased in a composite material, which is wrapped around the main portion of the threaded ferule.
I found the accuracy to be very good, as good as any fixed blade head I have tried. In the plywood test the head penetrated up to the back of the blades, but not going all the way through. I had to dig it out of the plywood, and I did so very carefully. I found that the two small bleeder blades had come loose from the ferrule. It appears as they are just pressed into the body, I am not sure, but once they are out, they are out. I guess you could use some epoxy to glue them back in, but it’s not something I would want to do for my hunting heads. In the tire it penetrated to the back of the blades, stopping short of making it all the way through. I do the tire test before the plywood, and I figure the 4blade configuration slowed down the penetration, which I have found typical of 4 blade heads with the exception of the Muzzy 100 grain 4blade. In the steel drum, penetration was very good. The razorback went through the first side with the tip of the main blade sticking out the back. Remember though I had to shoot it without the bleeder blades. Here is where the problem comes in. The tip of the blade was all that was left! They main blade broke into several small pieces, and the composite portion of the ferule was split into 3 pieces. I was not really surprised though. I studied the head prior to testing it, and found some things I thought would be a problem.
Overall the razorback is a sharp good shooting head, but not very durable At 10 dollars a piece I think there are much better choices. There is potential for a very good head here, but it will take some major overhauling to fix some of the problems.

[] 5 Shot, thanks for the information. I looked at these head and they look sweet! I haven' t taken any out of the package yet but plan on buying a three pack this summer for testing. I' ve used the NAP Thunderheads for 20 years and have had good luck. I' ll still probably use them for hunting but am always tinkering around with other heads and such. Am also going to try their Spitfires in some tests. 25 years ago I used their Razorbak 5' s and had good luck. A friend of mine took several deer, bear, and a nice bull elk with the the rotating 5 blade head but they too were a one animal head. You could change the blade cartridge if the ferrule wasn' t bent.

5-Shot I remember you doing a test on these last year and them being not so great. Like you said NAP supposedly had fixed the problems they had with them. Just wondering if anyone had these new and improved, expensive as heck heads yet. Did they cost ten bucks a pop last year when you tested them?