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RE: How sharp is sharp enough?

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ORIGINAL: brucelanthier

They are sharp enough when YOU think they are sharp enough.

Good answer!!;)

Dan

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ORIGINAL: MECHDOC

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ORIGINAL: early in

It's only May, and their August '08 issue is out?:eek:

Yeah if you are a subscriber they send your mags about 2 months early.Im not sure why but Im not complaining.

That's cool! Ilove that magazine, but I love any deer hunting mag. My personal fav is still Big Buck though, very little advertising.:D

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you serious? the last issue i got was like 2 months ago.. thats SOB mailman is prob. stealing my MAGS! ARRGGGGGG

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im HOOKED on the Eastmans Hunting Journals now anyways.

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Ive never had an issue with NAP spitfires, but i only use them once. My reasoning is i spend enough money and more importantly, time, that after i shoot, that broadhead is done. I know they are expensive, like 10 bucks a pop, but when its all said and done, i dont ever want to have to have to question if the head is sharp enough. Spitfires are plenty sharp out of the box, so for me its one and done.

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ORIGINAL: BobCo19-65

Here is a thought. There are some very serious successful hunters out there that swear byusing a file only method of sharpeningbroadheads. What they believe is that after the head has gone though the hide and the first set of ribs (assuming you hit ribs), thata scalpul sharpened head will be dulled significantly. A surgeon only uses one scalpulfor one cut from what I am told. The file sharpened head although somemay call it dull compared to a scalpul sharpened will retainit's sharpness better.On the file sharpened head there will be microserations (can not be seen by the eye).

Personally, I have never tried it, but there are some that swear by it.

I have heard this also, but it takes someone with a lot of experiance to get the file method right. A blade with too large of serrations will make small tears in tissue, not 'clean' cuts, and this facilitates blood clotting (bad). A more 'razor' sharp blade means better blood trails. Anyone who has gouged themselves on barbed wire as well as cut themself with a razor knows which wound bleeds longer and what I am talking about. On the other hand some oversharpen blades so that they loose thier edge entering the animal, and this results in more 'tearing' also.

Its not a huge deal tho, poke a deer in the chest with a semi-sharp branch and it is dead. Its worked for thousands of years. The marginal hits are the issue.

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ORIGINAL: njbuck22

Ive never had an issue with NAP spitfires, but i only use them once. My reasoning is i spend enough money and more importantly, time, that after i shoot, that broadhead is done. I know they are expensive, like 10 bucks a pop, but when its all said and done, i dont ever want to have to have to question if the head is sharp enough. Spitfires are plenty sharp out of the box, so for me its one and done.

These are just some old blades I was messing with seeing if I could get them sharp enough to hunt with thats all. No way am I sharpening factory sharp blades, spitfires come pretty dang sharp. I think I got them pretty sharp now, I used a lansky with the highest angle I could and it put a really nice edge on them..