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Hi I'm Johnathan Karch with 3Rivers Archery. Today we're going to show sharpening the woodsman
broadhead. Woodsman is a standard 3-blade broadhead so they've got a long
lean design nice thing with that is you can hit two blades at a time for
sharpening. Makes it an incredibly easy broadhead to sharpen. I'm going to go
over the tools that we have. Have my hunting arrow with the broadhead on it.
I have a broadhead holder with a 12 inch flat file. I have a file cleaning
card. Got a Jewelstik. A wood mounted piece of leather and White Gold compound
sorry I also mentioned some sharp sharpening lubricant that's used on the
file and on the Jewelstik to help clean it but we'll go over all the steps.
So, for safety we take the broadhead off the arrow. Put it on the broadhead
holder. This makes it easier for you to hold on to it and really, really be able
to work with it. Take my file, the cleaning card not a necessity, but this
makes it easier just keeping it clean you're getting all the old debris and
metal scraps out of there usually do it over a trash can. Take some lubricant.
What that does it helps keeping the file from getting clogged up. Now we got our
broadhead like I said you can hit two blades at one time you can either run it down
that way straight forward I'll be like I like to go backwards. That way it pulls the burr
to the front. Makes it easier for cleaning it off later. And then it's just...
Now, some tricks so you can take a piece of black marker and put it on both the
bevels and that way when the black marker is gone after working on it
you'll see it because the marks gone you see the clean metal and that's what
you're doing with a file. With a new broadhead or a broadhead that's been used for a while
I usually go to the file, where you start with a file
if it's a little bit cleaner and you're just touching it up and go straight to
the Jewelstik or a hone and then end with leather always.
Keep count. I try to keep it even among them.
Not incredibly required though but just work.
Just let's you know that you're applying even amount of pressure.
Now this is a broadhead that's been shot before. It's one of my personal ones.
So probably didn't need to start with the file. Just want to go through all
the steps. And remember your your shaving steel off of this so the broadheads
weight will adjust with that. You're only talking a few grains, depending on how
in-depth you go on sharpening it, but just something to monitor. I like to clean the
file between each head I sharpen.
Now we have our Jewelstik.
This is the Stubby, but it depends on, you know, what kind of fit or fine grit you want to go
with it. I believe this is a 1,000 grit that's usually where like to be.
Here's where I really do count off
my strokes to make sure that I'm keeping it nice and even.
Usually, I'll go with say step 5 then I'll go 4, 3, 2, 1 always
lightening my pressure as I go.
Of course, in the video I'll probably miss one, but I guess.
It's not critical that you hit exactly that it's just the biggest thing is to
lighten your pressure as you go because as you're sharpening that edge
you don't want to be blunting it by applying too much pressure and towards
the end it's just really the way to the broadhead and handle.
You're just making sure that the pressure is applied evenly across the
whole blade. And that's one thing I like with the the Jewelstik. The Stubby here.
as since it has a concave edge if there was a dip you can get into there and
you're still sharpening it.
all right. And then to finish it off now you can do
light feels to see how you like the edge. We got a good edge on there I can
feel the burr. Leather strop. now this can really make a difference on
getting a broadhead sharp. And what I like to use is it's called White Gold.
It's a compound. It's got diamonds infused in it. I rub that on the leather
Not required, but that White Gold stuff will really step up a broadhead edge
You're just...
Pulling that.
Now, hopefully I don't have to note it, but be careful when you're dealing with broadheads.
And then there's a few tests some people would try to shave hair with it.
I like that method when I'm doing it you know for myself or especially if I'm
out in the woods making sure a broadhead. At home there's a rubber band test here
which is where you stretch a rubber band. Not crazy stretch but where it's nice
and taut. You run it down it and see if... See there we had a real good edge on one
It's a bit harder you gotta have a few extra rubber bands if you're
going to do that.
There we go.
Now with the 3-blade edge because I have a lot of people say, "Man I can
sharpen a 3-blade or, I'm sorry, 2-blade or a knife any day of the week, but
I just cannot sharpen a 3-blade."
And a lot I find to it is it's the
different angle the degree angle that the blade is being sharpened to, or the
bevel you're putting on it because it is a wider angle since you're hitting flat
there and there it's not an acute point like that it's a bit wider so it's not
gonna feel the same as a 2-blade, but if you use a test method like trying to
shave hair off your arm or definitely recommend the rubber band method.
You'll see that it's gonna cut incredibly well. Nice thing I like what two or three
blades is I don't have a jig as you see I'm doing this all by hand since it has
an angle I can have a flat file so when I take out in the woods with me what's
in my pack is I had a small 6-inch file and the Jewelstik and I may have for
the pack like if I'm traveling for a hunt my pack back home will have all the
other gear with it but what's in me, with me, in the woods so in case I run into an
issue what not. Granted you always take extra arrows. I can sharpen a broadhead
right there I'm gonna go without having a jig or anything special for it.
So that's a good one.
I'm Johnathan Karch with 3Rivers Archery.
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