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Hmmm, and I thought it was just me.

one thing is for sure...the more i sharpen, the duller it gets!

yep, that's the road it seems I'm always headed down. Since I posted this thread, I have purchased a SnapOn sharpener, the carbide ones. That doesn't seem to be working, could be that I haven't created the SnapOn angle yet though. I'm going to look into the ceramic sharpeners as mentioned earlier and go back to the file. Thanks for all the input. I'll get there eventually.

you should make a couple of these and sell them on the fire, I just might buy one

Thsoe have been sold commercially for years.

Unless they are no longer in business. I have all kinds of sets of crap like that and i'll go back to a big file in a vise and then a set of paper wheels on a grinder for 2 blade every last damn time for speed and hair shaving sharp quicker than any other method.

I use a file to set the edge.
Then diamond stones
ceramic stick
Last, leather strop
This produces a scary sharp scalpel edge

In the field, I use a file and ceramic stick to get a scary sharp serrated edge.

I have found Bear razorheads to be soft, making them easy to sharpen, which is good because they lose their edge just as easy also.

I use three stones to get mine shaving sharp.Fine India,fine Arkansas and a black surgical stone.

I really need to dig out some Zwickey and film hitting em with a file and then the wheels as to how fast this is. Vs all this other stuff that I too, used to do, to get them sharper...

Just the file, you'll get a toothy, ripped tin can edge in just a few strokes. That's what you want, save the stones and the strops for your scalpels and surgery. Destruction is what you're after here.

I've always done the file/rock/strop thing, but this looks like it would be just the ticket for somebody that doean't like sharpening stuff.

http://www.worksharptools.com/knife...mpaign=WST%20Search%20Branded&source

I use this and it works great

http://www.3riversarchery.com/KME+Self-Aligning+Broadhead+Sharpening+Kit_i7257-1_baseitem.html

You could kill 'em with a wiffle ball.

I couldn't really......but that sharpener works with replaceable slick trick blades so it's paid for itself already

I use the tru-angle file and finish with an accusharp. This vid shows the Fred Bear method.

That seems to be the same thought process, by use of power tools, as paper wheels on a grinder. Paper wheels used to be 25 bucks a set, put on a 19 buck bench grinder life was great, fast and cheap.....

But then again as noted, a good file, and peel the feather edge off and stuff dies pretty dang quick too.

I use paper wheel to resharpen scalpel blades and replaceable bhead blades for years.

Very wrong answer.

+1 you want surgically sharp

Howard Hill seemed to do pretty just fine with a file and a somewhat serrated edge,but what would he know !!

I've killed over 100 animals with a bow. Various bows. Various heads. Quit bowhunting many years ago mostly due to time constraints.

Lets just say while I prefer razor edge, I have no qualms at all hitting it with a file and going. I've NEVER seen a loss from a head that only had a file hit it.

There are two types of sharp edges.
1. scalpel sharp
2. serrated sharp

I prefer the scalpel sharp. Serrated cuts clot easier, and heal ugly. Scalpel sharp bleeds freely and heals cleanly.
Scalpel sharp will penetrate deeper as they cut easier.

rost,
Do you use any grinding compound on the paper wheels?