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Started by 4-fletch, March 18, 2007, 05:54:00 PM

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4-fletch

WHAT IS THE BEST WAY TO GET THEM REALLY SHARP. THANKS JAMES  :help:
"Pick a spot"

sunny hill archer

Charlie Lamb has a video that I think is in the video section.
The old order is passing. Swiftly receding into memory are the days of strong, earnest men who followed an atavistic yearning to pit their skills against wild animals.

Billy Ellis

robslifts

use a large file and sharpen slowly
St. Joe River Bows

4-fletch

THANKS FOR THE INFO.I CAN GET THEM PRETTY SHARP BUT NOT REALLY SHARP. THANKS JAMES
"Pick a spot"

Lefty

Finish up on ceramic rod and then a piece of leather.  Those last two steps really make the hair pop!

4-fletch

THANKS LEFTY. I'LL TRY IT.  JAMES
"Pick a spot"

**DONOTDELETE**

I use a file to get a shaving edge. Then finish em off with a very fine arkansas stone, then some leather. Scary sharp.

TC in IL

10" Nicholson mill file followed by a ceramic crock stick works for me.

JC

Using Charlie's method, mine come off my 14" file ready to hunt. A few licks on a ceramic crock stick and you can get a smoother edge but not sure if it's any sharper than straight off the file. Very fine head and now that I've proven it's effectiveness in the field, it's probably going to see a lot more use.
"Being there was good enough..." Charlie Lamb reflecting on a hunt
TGMM Brotherhood of the Bow

NightHawk

Best head on the market in my opinon
1) Gen. 21:20
And God was with the lad, he grew, and he dwelt in the wilderness, and he became an archer
2)The democracy will cease to exist when you take away from those who are willing to work and give to those who would not.
Thomas Jefferson

Curtiss Cardinal

The only sharpening advice I will add is that sharpening broadheads is an activity where finesse gets better results that brute strength. You will get a sharper edge with lighter pressure in the contact between edge and file. Check for burrs on the edges and remove the burrs with feather light pressure and you will have the sharpest edges you can obtain.
It is curious that physical courage should be so common in the world and moral courage so rare. ~Mark Twain
TGMM Family of The Bow

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