Fixed blade broadhead question..

[DizzyTx]

What's the best way to file/sharpen a bent broadhead tip?

I have a some broadheads that have hit/passed through bone. Is there a good way to straighten these out or do I just replace them?

Do you just file them back down? Best file, etc.

I tried to search and didn't see anything relevant for what I'm looking for. One is a Montec G5. The others are cheaper allen, etc, mainly for pigs...

Thanks for the input. I just hate spending more if I can fix something easily.

[dustoffer]

I use a Grandpa Ray's (????) and clamp the BH in the clamp and use the 20-deg setting to cut a clean bevel on each side of each blade using the next-to-finest stone. Then I get the fine stone and go to the 25-deg setting and put the final bevel on the blades I try to put the same number of strokes on each side of each edge. After I'm through with the stones, I strop them on a piece of leather belt glued to a piece of board. Shaving sharp most ricky-tick, once you've got the 20-deg bevel done.

And, after a shot, assuming you haven't shot into a rocky bank/soil, all it takes is using the fine stone to touch up the 25-deg bevel and stropping again.

[popup_menace]

I use a Grandpa Ray's (????) and clamp the BH in the clamp and use the 20-deg setting to cut a clean bevel on each side of each blade using the next-to-finest stone. Then I get the fine stone and go to the 25-deg setting and put the final bevel on the blades I try to put the same number of strokes on each side of each edge. After I'm through with the stones, I strop them on a piece of leather belt glued to a piece of board. Shaving sharp most ricky-tick, once you've got the 20-deg bevel done.

And, after a shot, assuming you haven't shot into a rocky bank/soil, all it takes is using the fine stone to touch up the 25-deg bevel and stropping again.

This works great for blades. However, if your tip is a chisel type tip, then you will have a very hard time getting it right again

[DizzyTx]

This works great for blades. However, if your tip is a chisel type tip, then you will have a very hard time getting it right again

Thanks to you both. I'll probably just swap it out. Seems a fair trade for a ground check.

[Limbwalker]

I've bent a few back with pliers and then worked them back sharp with a mill ******* file by hand. I hand-sharpen all my heads these days with a mb file. Took me a few years to figure it out, but now I can have them hair-popping sharp in just a minute or so.

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I've bent a few back with pliers and then worked them back sharp with a mill ******* file by hand. I hand-sharpen all my heads these days with a mb file. Took me a few years to figure it out, but now I can have them hair-popping sharp in just a minute or so.

Look at you, sharpening broadheads AND fletching your own arrows!

[Mudslinger]

Smith's Broadhead sharpener!