How to sharpen broadheads
12-01-2003, 01:13 PM
#2
Join Date: Feb 2003
Location: Palmyra PA USA
Posts: 292
RE: How to sharpen broadheads
A mill bastard file (sometimes followed up by stropping on a scrap piece of suede) is all I use. Rather than try to describe it, here' s a link that gives excellent instructions.
http://www.bowyersedge.com/broadhead.html
http://www.bowyersedge.com/broadhead.html
12-01-2003, 10:49 PM
#5
Giant Nontypical
Join Date: Feb 2003
Posts: 9,175
RE: How to sharpen broadheads
Sandpaper works, but you' ve got to make sure you' ve got it snugged down on a good, flat surface or it' ll round off the edge instead of making a flat ' V' edge. You' ll wind up with a ' U' instead.
I use a file to establish the edge, then a diamond hone to work off the burr and then a good stropping on leather impregnated with jeweler' s rouge and glued down on a block of wood to polish it off. It gets my broadheads so sharp you can' t even look at ' em without safety glasses.
I use a file to establish the edge, then a diamond hone to work off the burr and then a good stropping on leather impregnated with jeweler' s rouge and glued down on a block of wood to polish it off. It gets my broadheads so sharp you can' t even look at ' em without safety glasses.
12-02-2003, 09:36 PM
#7
Giant Nontypical
Join Date: Feb 2003
Posts: 9,175
RE: How to sharpen broadheads
Do the critters you hunt come already skinned? 
Seriously though... If you don't have a leather supply house nearby, go to one of the local hobby shops. Sometimes they have scrap leather. If that doesn't pan out, hit a flea market or the Goodwill store and buy a pair of old beat up boots for little or nothing and cut 'em up.
Seriously though... If you don't have a leather supply house nearby, go to one of the local hobby shops. Sometimes they have scrap leather. If that doesn't pan out, hit a flea market or the Goodwill store and buy a pair of old beat up boots for little or nothing and cut 'em up.
12-04-2003, 03:07 PM
#8
Join Date: Dec 2003
Location: Kansas
Posts: 316
RE: How to sharpen broadheads
I use Magnus Stingers. I bought the Accusharp, which Magnus recommends, and I can say it works wonders. Works great on my knives too. I have them in the kitchen as well as my pack. Mike Sohm owner of Magnus posts frequently on bowsite.com, and he always recommends the Accusharp. Give it a try, they only cost about $8, and are mostly idiot proof, even I can put a shaving edge back on the blades after practicing.
First post on this forum, looks like it will be fun.
JMAC
First post on this forum, looks like it will be fun.
JMAC
