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swarbt119:
Most single bevels come right or left. Grizzlies come right only unless they have changed, take a look at those. I will agree in North America it should not be a problem, shoot what you like.

Derek Thompson

JW_Halverson:
I just spent 45 minutes with a Z_____ brand single bevel right outa the package.  I still do not have a cutting edge that I would consider using on a lame gopher!  The tip of the arrow is three layers of steel and I have a bevel through all three layers, but the cutting edge rolls over so badly that it will NOT cut.  I am using a GATCO brand knife sharpening system so I know for a bloody fact that every single stroke of the stone across the edge is the same as the stroke before and the next stroke will again be the same angle...a perfect recipe for sharpening a truly wicked cutting edge.  My pocket knives and kitchen knives and even other brand double bevel arrowheads will bear that out, what the **** is wrong with these single bevel broadheads of mine????

(author is seriously peeved and his opinions of any particular brand of broadhead is subject to his emotional state)

Little John:
I belive a rt wing will rotate the arrow clockways so you would want the bevel on the left side looking from the nock. Being right handed I find it easier to sharpen a bevel on the right side with out cutting my self (filing away from the edge) so I prefer left wing feathers and the bevel on the right side of the broadhead. I also have a hard time getting the points as sharp as I would like.   Kenneth

dogleg:
JW,

Once your edge starts to roll over, have you tried touching up the back(flat) side, like you would with a plane blade or chisel?

dogleg

JW_Halverson:
I'll try that, but the backside is nearly impossible to "register" on the stone since the ferrule of the broadhead doesnt allow much of the backside to rest on the stone. 

I expect a degree of wire edge to roll over, but it should be so little that you still have a cutting edge and a little stropping on a leather belt would take care of it.  This was just excessive!

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