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Old 07-31-2006, 09:37 PM
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Default Zwickey's anyone?

Anybody use these? The guy at my local shop tried his best to sell me some, I didn't buy any BH's though. He uses glue ins, I just don't feel like they are very sharp. Any input?
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Old 07-31-2006, 10:35 PM
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I've used Zwickey Eskimo 125gr 2-blade heads for years.They're easy to sharpen,tune good and I've punched them thru shoulder blades,resharpened them and used them again and again.
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Old 08-01-2006, 12:19 AM
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Very few Trad broadheads are sharp out of the packet. You'll have the pleasure of putting an edge on them- but what an edge it'll be!

Zwickeys are great heads.
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Old 08-01-2006, 04:07 AM
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Zwickeys are some of the best broadheads made.

Like traditional archey, you have to spend time on them by sharpening them yourself.

I especially liek the eskimo size and black diamond size
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Old 08-01-2006, 06:47 AM
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They are carbon steel, you can get them extremely sharp. Magnus carbon sttel are the same way out of the package.
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Old 08-01-2006, 12:43 PM
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Most traditional glue-on heads have only a factory grind on the blade bevels, and have not been sharpened. I think that is great. I can mount them, test shoot them, and then sharpen then on my own, without having spent extra cash for a factory sharpening, which would need to be retouched anyway after test shooting. With a "mill bastard" file, you can get then shaving sharp in no time.
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Old 08-01-2006, 12:51 PM
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Yes zwickeys are one of tthe best, but you must sharpen them
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Old 08-01-2006, 01:06 PM
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I was thinking about using Zwickeys this year with my long bow for elk.
I used magnus before and the glue on the inserts kept comming off.
That is why I was going to try the zwickeys.I like the ones with bleeder blades also.
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Old 08-01-2006, 09:13 PM
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What Glue are you using ?
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Old 08-01-2006, 09:56 PM
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Do more people use glue in heads than screw-in with trad equipment?
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