Still playing with my grizzlies. I ground them down some and put the tanto back on them. If you just grind the 25 degree bevel, you end up with a thick unsharpened tanto. I dug around in ashby's reports but could not find what i was looking for. Are yall leaving your tips this way? I tried putting the 25 degree bevel on the tanto as well but ended up with a slight chisel point. So which is better? Shaving all the way around with a slight chisel point, or a pointy point that is not sharpened?
There are some pictures in his earlier reports that show the tip your looking for.
I sharpen the backside of the tanto tip (not the bevel side). There is a tutorial on here somewhere if you do a search. I haven't used them on game yet, but they are wicked sharp (thanks KME). If you do it this way, you have a bit of double bevel at the tanto tip for a true cut on contact tip, then the single bevel takes over and spins through the flesh, according to Ashby. I know it works on foam targets. I think it will on deer too. I hope to test that this weekend.
Leave them alone. They will shoot through anything you can drag out. I went back to Grizlies this year and am 4 for 4 on pass throughs. 3 went down in site and one doe ran about 150 yards. The others were 31, 55 and 75.
onehair, so you are just beveling and leaving the tip as is?
Here ya go:
http://www.tradgang.com/pdf-files/grizzly.pdf
This one is low tech, so you don't need to worry about buying equipment. ;)
BTW:
I tried pushing Grizzlies through some tanned deerskin before and after sharpening the back of the tanto tip. It was an eye opener! Before sharp, I had to push pretty hard. After, they just kind of slid through! That's what I'm talking about!
Good luck! Those Grizzlies take a really nice edge.
I've shot my last seven deer with Grizzlies. I like to leave the tip thick and turn just the tanto tip into a double bevel using a mill file and a steep angle. All I do is make the back edge meet the front on the tip. If you thin the tip too much, like turning it into a point, it can and will bend over on itself.
30 coupe, thank you very much for the link. That is precisely what i was looking for. Been digging through reports all day with no luck. You're a life saver...or maybe ender for the deer