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Title: protecting broadhead edges??
Post by: DHR on December 03, 2010, 08:09:00 PM
Anybody have any great tips or ideas on protecting sharp broadhead edges during travel?  I've made little sheaths for them out of thin foam and that worked well but is bulky.  I'm interested in coating the edges in a plasticky material, anyone done this?

Thanks, Dan
Title: Re: protecting broadhead edges??
Post by: Stumpkiller on December 03, 2010, 08:34:00 PM
I stick mine in the plastic style foam that printers and PCs are shipped with.  I keep it in the base of my quiver, also.
Title: Re: protecting broadhead edges??
Post by: DV of WI on December 03, 2010, 11:06:00 PM
Duct tape over the edges.
Title: Re: protecting broadhead edges??
Post by: FerretWYO on December 03, 2010, 11:45:00 PM
Get with KME. They use a plastic/ruber type coating. I am not sure what is is though.
Title: Re: protecting broadhead edges??
Post by: Bjorn on December 03, 2010, 11:53:00 PM
Abowyer Brown Bears arrive shaving sharp with a plasticy wax protecting the edges.
Title: Re: protecting broadhead edges??
Post by: boznarras on December 04, 2010, 12:16:00 AM
You might look at a product called Liquid Electrical Tape. It comes in a can with a screw top with a brush attached to the top. It is a rubbery coating that dries quickly and is intended for insulating electrical surfaces. Look in a hardware or marine supply store.
I have used it for a protective coating on edged woodworking tools, and it peels off.
Another product that smells and handles just like it is Whip End, sold in marine supply stores for finishing off the cut end of a rope.
Not sure about carrying the can with you for the return trip if you are flying, though...probably verboten due to the volatile solvent.
Title: Re: protecting broadhead edges??
Post by: DHR on December 04, 2010, 01:59:00 AM
Thanks guys! good ideas, I'll check 'em out.
Title: Re: protecting broadhead edges??
Post by: Grey Taylor on December 04, 2010, 04:27:00 AM
3 Rivers has this stuff:   Protect A Edge (http://www.3riversarchery.com/Broadheads+Points+Point+Glue+%26+Adhesives++Protect+A+Edge+Broadhead+Protectant_c57_s235_p0_i8086_product.html)  

Guy
Title: Re: protecting broadhead edges??
Post by: MrWinkles on December 04, 2010, 09:54:00 AM
3Rivers also sells leather broadhead sheaths.

Better than plastic / rubber / ETC .IMO. because its more easily reused.
Title: Re: protecting broadhead edges??
Post by: FerretWYO on December 04, 2010, 10:13:00 AM
QuoteOriginally posted by Grey Taylor:
3 Rivers has this stuff:   Protect A Edge (http://www.3riversarchery.com/Broadheads+Points+Point+Glue+%26+Adhesives++Protect+A+Edge+Broadhead+Protectant_c57_s235_p0_i8086_product.html)  

Guy
Hey that is cool I did not know about that.