Mr. Baker gives the best down to earth, common sense advice based on experience. Enjoy his videos the most because, they make sense,and can be applied in the field.
I'm a professional woodworker and also do some carving. For wood, you really need a razor edge. For soft materials, like meat there is something to be said for a serrated edge. Japanese kitchen knives are sharpened on an array of ever finer stones and are razor sharp. French style kitchen knives that are sharpened on a courser stone and honed with a steel--have a finely serated edge. The Japanese edge will cut everything well. The French chef edge will cut meat and vegetables well. A broadhead cuts meat.
A fella asked me how I sharpen my broadheads. I said clamp it in a vice and hit it with a Mill file. He looked at me like I had three heads. If out in the truck use the window to hone it afterwards like a honing steel in the kitchen. Leather belt or blue jeans to strop. Those other methods keep the sandpaper people in business. Lol
If you had to choose one or the other out of a wide cut 175 grn 2 blade (like?) a simmons or a 175grn 3 blade (like?) vpa or woodsman out of a 43-45# recurve which would you go with 2 or 3 blade
Personally I only hunt with 2 blade heads. My "go to" heads are grizzly, ace, Abowyer heads. They sharpen easily and do a great job with hits on animals. That said, I know a couple people that like 3 blade heads. Woodsman heads are their preference. For your set up , I'm going to recommend a good 2 blade and I almost exclusively use single bevel. It's bab medicine on animals.
If you think about the original arrow heads, AKA stone. They were all serrate, or something approaching it at least. We are here, so it must have worked well enough. Sure, Stone like obsidian can be the finest edge we know of, but Knapping a head results in ridges and valleys, AKA serrated.
Being able to file sharpen makes alot of sense , out of the ones you have used, which single bevel do you like best for all around use , penetration and ease of sharpening in the field with file
@rodneyburton8078 I would say left bevel grizzly broadheads. For a single bevel broadhead they are #1 in price! That's important. They also are just good broadheads. Easy to sharpen. FYI though,,,,, I shoot lots of different broadheads. Ace, grizzly, Abowyer antelope, Abowyer Brown bear, Zwikey Eskimo, Magnus, Bear Razor heads to name some of the ones I currently use. They are ALL fine broadheads. It's just hard to beat the price of Grizzly single bevels for the quality of the head. Hope this helps
Yesr it does , Thank you! I been shooting the grizzlies a while just looking for something like that but mine are only 7/8” wide hoping to find something lil wider but still able to file maybe ill try the magnus , thought about the zwickey no mercy single bevel
@rodneyburton8078 keep in mind, grizzlies are designed that way on purpose. With the blade being 3 to 1 ratio it is super deadly. Ashby's study confirmed this through years of testing on big tough African game animals. I proved it to my self decades ago and still hunt with grizzlies because of the devastation they put on game animals and they fly like darts with very little tuning. That said, all of the options I mentioned earlier are perfect broadheads in their own right.
Scythe Stones I use Baryonyx Bull Thistle, Baryonyx Arctic Fox, Dragon Scythe Stone, and Rozsutec Scythe Stone. If it does not need much I will just start with the Dragon Stone.
Thank you for watching my videos and thanks for the question. I will say that I've seen these broadheads before but I've never personally used them. Like with everything people have good and bad to say about stuff. The shape of the Simmons broadhead is probably why I just never gave it a try. Possibly for no other reason than I wasn't sure how hard it would be to sharpen. So I honestly can't answer your question. Another youtuber may have a practical method of sharpening these heads. Sorry I couldn't help. Shoot straight! Tim
The ability of a broadheads to maintain its edge is completely dependent on the quality of the steel used to make it. Good steel plus a razor sharp edge can’t be beat. I’ve 72 years of experienced and have achieved my best results with a multi blade razor sharp edge made of high quality steel. A head that is easily sharpened is easily dulled.
I would not disagree. I never said cheap soft steel is better. I will say there have been a million animals taken with a broadhead you can sharpen with a file.
@@longbowarcher1900s and how many unrecovered or have “too long” recoveries? I don’t know that answer but very few report difficulties recovering game without considering it might be the broadhead. I stopped using Bear heads because the steel is soft and even when I small game the edgss were often dulled.
@wiliiamcarlsen3426 I fear there will never be a statistic to verify how many animals were not recovered or had long blood trails. Those events are at the individuals hunting these animals and their personal integrity in the matter. One thing is almost beyond debate. A poorly hit animal with a marginally sharp point will never end well.
Mr. Baker gives the best down to earth, common sense advice based on experience. Enjoy his videos the most because, they make sense,and can be applied in the field.
Great information as always Tim. Please keep the videos coming. Thanks for sharing!
I agree 100 percent. Good video Tim. Keep them coming.
Thanks I loved your information. And so glad you’re making more videos
Great tool ! That’s how I learned to sharpen my tools as well 👍😁
God Bless you and your family 🙏😇❤️🇺🇸
I'm a professional woodworker and also do some carving. For wood, you really need a razor edge.
For soft materials, like meat there is something to be said for a serrated edge.
Japanese kitchen knives are sharpened on an array of ever finer stones and are razor sharp.
French style kitchen knives that are sharpened on a courser stone and honed with a steel--have a finely serated edge.
The Japanese edge will cut everything well.
The French chef edge will cut meat and vegetables well.
A broadhead cuts meat.
A fella asked me how I sharpen my broadheads. I said clamp it in a vice and hit it with a Mill file. He looked at me like I had three heads. If out in the truck use the window to hone it afterwards like a honing steel in the kitchen. Leather belt or blue jeans to strop. Those other methods keep the sandpaper people in business. Lol
Great video
If you had to choose one or the other out of a wide cut 175 grn 2 blade (like?) a simmons or a 175grn 3 blade (like?) vpa or woodsman out of a 43-45# recurve which would you go with 2 or 3 blade
Personally I only hunt with 2 blade heads. My "go to" heads are grizzly, ace, Abowyer heads. They sharpen easily and do a great job with hits on animals. That said, I know a couple people that like 3 blade heads. Woodsman heads are their preference. For your set up , I'm going to recommend a good 2 blade and I almost exclusively use single bevel. It's bab medicine on animals.
If you think about the original arrow heads, AKA stone. They were all serrate, or something approaching it at least. We are here, so it must have worked well enough. Sure, Stone like obsidian can be the finest edge we know of, but Knapping a head results in ridges and valleys, AKA serrated.
Thanks for all the great information . Would you mind telling what songle bevel broadhead that you were using in this video
Glad you're liking my videos. That broadhead is an Abowyer broadhead. It 190 grain left bevel head called the Antelope.
Being able to file sharpen makes alot of sense , out of the ones you have used, which single bevel do you like best for all around use , penetration and ease of sharpening in the field with file
@rodneyburton8078 I would say left bevel grizzly broadheads. For a single bevel broadhead they are #1 in price! That's important. They also are just good broadheads. Easy to sharpen. FYI though,,,,, I shoot lots of different broadheads. Ace, grizzly, Abowyer antelope, Abowyer Brown bear, Zwikey Eskimo, Magnus, Bear Razor heads to name some of the ones I currently use. They are ALL fine broadheads. It's just hard to beat the price of Grizzly single bevels for the quality of the head. Hope this helps
Yesr it does , Thank you! I been shooting the grizzlies a while just looking for something like that but mine are only 7/8” wide hoping to find something lil wider but still able to file maybe ill try the magnus , thought about the zwickey no mercy single bevel
@rodneyburton8078 keep in mind, grizzlies are designed that way on purpose. With the blade being 3 to 1 ratio it is super deadly. Ashby's study confirmed this through years of testing on big tough African game animals. I proved it to my self decades ago and still hunt with grizzlies because of the devastation they put on game animals and they fly like darts with very little tuning. That said, all of the options I mentioned earlier are perfect broadheads in their own right.
Scythe Stones I use Baryonyx Bull Thistle, Baryonyx Arctic Fox, Dragon Scythe Stone, and Rozsutec Scythe Stone. If it does not need much I will just start with the Dragon Stone.
What would you use for Simmons Broadheads? A round file?
Thank you for watching my videos and thanks for the question.
I will say that I've seen these broadheads before but I've never personally used them. Like with everything people have good and bad to say about stuff. The shape of the Simmons broadhead is probably why I just never gave it a try. Possibly for no other reason than I wasn't sure how hard it would be to sharpen. So I honestly can't answer your question. Another youtuber may have a practical method of sharpening these heads. Sorry I couldn't help.
Shoot straight!
Tim
Ceramic rod will work well
Jeff Phillips uses a three sided Jewel Stick to sharpen the Simmons heads.
A Rada sharpener works great, is cheap and portable. A few stokes on a leather belt afterwards and viola, you’re good to go.
The ability of a broadheads to maintain its edge is completely dependent on the quality of the steel used to make it. Good steel plus a razor sharp edge can’t be beat. I’ve 72 years of experienced and have achieved my best results with a multi blade razor sharp edge made of high quality steel. A head that is easily sharpened is easily dulled.
I would not disagree. I never said cheap soft steel is better. I will say there have been a million animals taken with a broadhead you can sharpen with a file.
@@longbowarcher1900s and how many unrecovered or have “too long” recoveries? I don’t know that answer but very few report difficulties recovering game without considering it might be the broadhead. I stopped using Bear heads because the steel is soft and even when I small game the edgss were often dulled.
@wiliiamcarlsen3426 I fear there will never be a statistic to verify how many animals were not recovered or had long blood trails. Those events are at the individuals hunting these animals and their personal integrity in the matter. One thing is almost beyond debate. A poorly hit animal with a marginally sharp point will never end well.
K.i .s.s And it's amazing how we figure out ways to over complicate things
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