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Title: What broadhead is this?
Post by: yeager on March 01, 2011, 11:15:00 AM

(http://i779.photobucket.com/albums/yy71/64kodiak/arrowspictures006.jpg)

I got this broadhead from a friend.  Would appreciate it if anyone knows what kind it is.

Thanks,  Bob

Title: Re: What broadhead is this?
Post by: Stumpkiller on March 01, 2011, 11:35:00 AM

Ben Pearson Switchblade.  c.1976

There's an insert that would have made them dual-blades/four edge.

    (http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v169/Stumpkiller/Broadheads/HPIM2123.jpg)

Title: Re: What broadhead is this?
Post by: yeager on March 01, 2011, 11:49:00 AM

Thanks Charles.  Is yours the real finish as you can see, mine looks like it was painted green?

Title: Re: What broadhead is this?
Post by: Stumpkiller on March 01, 2011, 11:53:00 AM

They came in many colors.  I think that green is probably original.  I've seen them in green, yellow, white, gray and bronze.  Likely more.

Title: Re: What broadhead is this?
Post by: yeager on March 01, 2011, 12:03:00 PM

Thanks again.   Besides the ferral, the shape looks very similiar to the old Bear razorheads.  Any idea on how they perform?

Title: Re: What broadhead is this?
Post by: ksbowman on March 01, 2011, 01:38:00 PM

They fly and perform very well. The gren is one of the colors available, I have several like it. My favorite head though is still Zwickey.

Title: Re: What broadhead is this?
Post by: raghorn on March 01, 2011, 03:08:00 PM

The original version(yellow) was probably a bit stronger as the vent did not come as far down the ferrule. The brown head on bottom is the last version-notice the difference between the three heads in the bottom of the vent.
White=winter
green=spring
yellow=fall
brown= autumn
This is the head that Marv Clynke uses.
   (http://images.imagelinky.com/1299009990.jpg)

Title: Re: What broadhead is this?
Post by: yeager on March 01, 2011, 05:27:00 PM

One more question; is the auxillary blade prone to breaking at the tip as it is not supported as compared to the Bear razorhead?  Cool looking broadhead though.  With the extra blade,  would seem to make a big entry and exit hole.

Title: Re: What broadhead is this?
Post by: raghorn on March 01, 2011, 09:41:00 PM

No problem with the bleeder blade breaking. The issue I had with late model like the brown one, I shot at a buck in Wis in the mid 70s and hit a tree.... imagine that!.... was the ferrule spread open. That's why I think the first version was stronger. Marv has no problems with the brown ones but I think he shoots them as a two blade.

Title: Re: What broadhead is this?
Post by: yeager on March 02, 2011, 11:21:00 AM

Thanks for all the info.....maybe I'll give them a try this hunting season.

Title: Re: What broadhead is this?
Post by: hvyhitter on March 03, 2011, 11:20:00 PM

Many years ago I had some of the brown ones and the main blade snapped off the ferrule pretty easy. very weak braze/weld joint. They went in the trash pretty quick. Might have just been a bad batch but I could never trust them again to shoot at game.

Title: Re: What broadhead is this?
Post by: vintage-bears on March 21, 2011, 01:02:00 PM

Very informative....