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Method for testing hafted trade points?

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Mesophilic:
Here's a gew of mine.  The top ones are obviously the commercial glue on points.  The one in the 7 to 8 o'clock position is the one I'd like to use.  It's  a thicker steel, about 160 grains with all the holes, 1 1/8 inch wide, has a very robust convex grind and a distal taper.  I also ground in a step down toward the tang thst I plan to butt up against the shaft as a second point of contact.  But just in the prototype amd testing stage right now.

I intentionally didn't wrap the hafting very far down to push the boundaries a little, likewise didnt set the points as far in to the shaft as I will for the real deal, again, to see how much stress both the point and shaft can take.  So far so good.

The string wrapped ones were done with black cotton twine soaked in epoxy.  Personally I don't  see any improvement over sinew and it's alot messier/more work, so that option will be discontinued.

Mesophilic:

--- Quote from: archeryrob on April 24, 2018, 05:57:43 am ---. I use a couple pieces of leg sinew to lash the broadhead in without glue or anything. I can shoot in the dirt or what ever and if it comes loose, dulls or gets messed up I can change it and be ready to use the arrow in a day again.

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I had that same intent when I started this project, but the first shot into the foam critter, I pulled out the shaft and lost the point. 

archeryrob:
I use old grain bags stuffed with walmart bags as broadhead stops and just hang them right before hunting season. I only practice with BH's just before the season to verify they fly right and I am on target.

jimmi the sammi:
Buy 2   4'X8' sheets of pink building foam.  Cut them in half then glue the 4   4'X4' pieces together with construction caulk gun glue.  Use the glue only around the outside edges NOT in the center of the target.  This target will stand up to commercial broadheads, trade points and stone points and will not grab and hold the points.  I practice using this target with my hunting arrows with all of the above points.  The target has lasted many years.
I use plastic epoxy to glue in trade points and stone points then wrap with chewed sinew.  After the sinew has dried it gets coated with Massey finish to help waterproof.

Mesophilic:
Thats good to know.  I used the blue foam and never again.  Shafts and points seem to fuse to the foam.  Maybe the friction melted yhe foam?

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