sharpening G5' s
 

I bought the G5' s and was wondering if I can use my diamond stone to sharpen them. I heard that they have a certain angle to them and thats why they don' t feel that sharp,if thats true do I need to buy their stone that is designed for the G5' s?

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You' re right, they don' t feel that sharp but they are. You can use just about any flat sharpener as song as it is wider than the heads. I reccomend using a coarse stone first just to get all the edges the same. Just place the blades flat on the stone and push the head foward. Very easy to get them sharp.

I use a Smiths tripple stone (coarse, medium, fine) and they come out very sharp. They don' t feel that sharp but they slice through stuff just as good or better than the replaceable blade heads. Be careful with that tip.

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Go to thier website. http://www.g5outdoors.com/ And open up the link on sharpening. They explain a couple different ways to determine if your heads are sharp. Like bigbulls said, just about any flat stone will work.

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Hey Bigbulls, Can you get them sharp enough to cut paper? I have not been able to yet!

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Geronimo,
Spent some time this morning sharpening my G5 so you could indeed shave paper with it. I had to sharpen each blade individually, not like they show on their web sight. Although I would recommend following their instructions because I' d rather cut venison than paper!. The angle of the broadhead is such that it will be plenty sharp when shot through a deer. If you don' t have a diamond stone, your wasting your time trying to sharpen anything...In My Humble Opinion! You could purchase their sharpener and use it on all your knives too! Hope this helps. Actually, if it shoots to the point of aim, its far better than the replaceable razorblade type. But each to his own. I' ll give you $15 for your G5' s if you want to get rid of them.:D Hope this helps.

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$17.00[:o]:D

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Sorry, I went to an auction today and just can' t get the lingo out of my head. :D

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Say what?
18.50[:-]

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$18.51:D:D

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Hmmm....Been thinking of trying these myself.

$18.52 And I' ll pay actual ship.:D[8D]:D ;)

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I should have known better.[:' (] Kids...Don' t use drugs Seems like we' re a little off topic.[>:]

$18.76[:-]

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I bought a diamond stone and used it for my G5' s and it worked like a charm..

Oh by the way... $18.76:D:D[:-]

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OOPS I meant $18.77:D:D

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Hey Geronimo,
Any luck on those G5' s yet? I' m going to do more flight testing this evening with mine. Good luck.

$18.81;)

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I' ve done my sighting in with my G5' s on my hunting bow and all I can say is wow!! They fly like a dream I' ve shot them all the way out to 60 yds so far. They did not wobble at all and were consistent. I' m glad I changed from the steelforce broadhaeds that I was using last season.:D



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RCD567, I' ve been too lazy to start applying the various techniques I' ve learned from these posts, but I will start tonight and let you know. Keep me informed about your tests, O.K.

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Make sure if you are using a diamond sharpener that you break it in before using it. You can do this be rubbing a flat piece of steel over the surface for a while. If you do not do this the scratch will be very irregular and more coarse than specified by the manufacturer. The absolute best sharpener for getting a finished edge on the Montec is the fine bench stone made by Spyderco. They make an extra-fine but it is not necessary to get a hair-shaving edge.

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I have one in the 125 grain version that I use for practice that has a couple of flat spots on two of the blades from banging them into other heads. Without removing a lot of the metal I won' t be able to bring this head back to it' s peak sharpness. I did run it over the stone the other day and it came out plenty sharp. It won' t shave paper as some have described above but I guarantee it would go through a whitetail like a hot knife through butter.

I wondered how it would fly so I took it out back. With a slight breeze I was able to hit a 3" spot at 60 yards three times in a row starting with the first time I pulled the bow back in the experiement. The fourth shot missed by two or three inches and the experiment was over.