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sharpness-commercial -vs- sawblade broadheads

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paulc:
Thanks for the reply!  That is good to know cause I was really thinking I needed to go back to the drawing board...

Now if I could only make an arrow that flew straight :-)  My best arrow to date bounced off the top of my backstop (my fault, not the arrow) and disappeared into the salt marsh behind the house.  That was a bad afternoon

Thanks, Paul

Pat B:
A lot has to do with the steel you use. I made some broadheads a few years ago out of 16ga sheet steel. I could sharpen them but they were dull be the next day. Turns out the steel didn't have enough carbon in it to stay sharp.


With good steel a home made broadhead will be as sharp as any commercial broadhead if you sharpen it properly.   Do you sharpen your commercial broadheads? If so your homemade ones should sharpen just as well if the steel is appropriate for holding an edge.

Where in GA are you? I'll be doing some hunting in Oglethorpe Co, not far from Athens.

paulc:
I'm at on the islands east of S'nah, Tybee actually.  I hunt out at Fort Stewart as it is the closest public hunting area I know of.  It is an hour ride from my driveway to my favorite tree.   Are you hunting on a club?

I am using a circular saw blade to make my broadheads, so whatever kind of steel that is...?  I thought I might try heating them red once I get that "wire edge" Pappy was talking about and then soaking them in some used motor oil I have laying around to "temper" them.  Is that the right idea?  And would that help them hold an edge?

Paul

Wolfsongforge:
heat em till a magnet wont stick to em.  a good red color in day light will be good. then use veggie or canola oil, as soon as they are red dunk em point down in the oil. then pop em in your home oven at 350-375 for one hour. if you use motor oil it will stink up the house.

and putting in oil does nothing to "temper" if you quench right after you reach the heat you wqant it actually hardens the steel. to temper is to make tough so you have to use a long low heat to do that, hence the oven.

God Bless
Kenneth

Pat B:
I grew up in Savannah and spent many hours at Tybee surfing and chasing girls. None very successful at either.  The Power's house on the N.E.corner of Butler and 12th St was where I mostly hung  out.   
  I never really hunted around Savannah.   I didn't start hunting until 1978 when I moved to Bluffton. Lots of deer over there. I did hunt Blackbeard Is. a few times though.
  Circular saw blades should be pretty good steel.   Keeping a constant angle while sharpening is critical to getting a good edge. You may have better control laying the file flat on your work table and pushing the broadhead along it.

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