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kayakfisher:
My son  P.K. and I decided to put old Betsy to good use,she is just waisting away up there .You might say , to just bones so we made some bone broadheads out of her.
How do you sharpen these type broadheads? With a file duh ! know how do I know when there actually sharp enough to do the job ? Cannot seem to get a good edge on them has anybody used bone broadheads before.

                                              Dennis

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Kegan:
I made a few a year or so ago. Most of them were very poorly designed, and I wound up losing and breaking them. But. They were sharp. Just sharpen them like you would a knife or metal point, and then temper and resharpen. I never got them as sharp as steel, but I cut the back of my finger 'testing' just how nasty they'd be.

kayakfisher:
Kegan how do you temper them
                                       Dennis

Kegan:
Move it back and forth by the heat until it barelyyyyy starts to turn brown on the edges. I've taken it too far and ruined about 1/8" of bone. If it still isn't as stiff as you'd like, you can keep filing/tempering until it's as sharp/hard as you like.

jamie:
helps to sharpen them from the tip back. very nice job. peace

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