Todd Cook
Senior Member
I've shot various heads over the years; magnus, ace, snuffers, etc. All are excellent heads, and they've all worked good. Different ones require different sharpening methods, but I've been able to get happy with them.
This past weekend at the Appling event I stopped by Big Jim's tent and looked around at some heads. Didn't really need any, but I've got a bear hunt coming up and wanted to try something new. So I picked up a pack of Grizzly 160's for my fir arrows.
Now I've got some of the old Grizzly's but these were obviously different. The grind on these heads was really nice right out of the pack. I noticed you could lay the head right down on a stone and the angle matched. Hmmm, I thought. I bet you could let the head ride on the ferrule and true the edge up a little bit with a diamond stone.
So I worked on the edge for 2 or 3 minutes on a coarse diamond, and then flipped the stone over and used the fine for a minute to clean up the marks. Then I layed the back flat on the fine stone and just lapped the flat edge a little. It looked sharp and it dug into my nail, so I though lets see if it will shave. I layed it on my arm and it went through the hair like a straight razor. I mean BAD sharp. Probably 4 minutes from the box.
I was truly impressed with the steel in this head. Can't wait to run it through some fur. If you have any sharpening problems, you might want to try these.
This past weekend at the Appling event I stopped by Big Jim's tent and looked around at some heads. Didn't really need any, but I've got a bear hunt coming up and wanted to try something new. So I picked up a pack of Grizzly 160's for my fir arrows.
Now I've got some of the old Grizzly's but these were obviously different. The grind on these heads was really nice right out of the pack. I noticed you could lay the head right down on a stone and the angle matched. Hmmm, I thought. I bet you could let the head ride on the ferrule and true the edge up a little bit with a diamond stone.
So I worked on the edge for 2 or 3 minutes on a coarse diamond, and then flipped the stone over and used the fine for a minute to clean up the marks. Then I layed the back flat on the fine stone and just lapped the flat edge a little. It looked sharp and it dug into my nail, so I though lets see if it will shave. I layed it on my arm and it went through the hair like a straight razor. I mean BAD sharp. Probably 4 minutes from the box.
I was truly impressed with the steel in this head. Can't wait to run it through some fur. If you have any sharpening problems, you might want to try these.