Question for woodsman users...do you prefer a filed edge or a honed edge?  I read some more of Dr. Asbey's testing and he found that a honed edge gave more penetration (he was using buffalo  hides).  Magnus recommends using the "wire-edge" left by filing.  Which do ya'll prefer?

Honed on this end...

I file with very light pressure after the initial sharpening.

I file them, ending up with very light strokes to produce as fine a wire or bur as possible.  Then I remove the bur with a ceramic stick.  A wire edge feels, and is, very sharp, but it is also very weak and breaks off quickly. It's not the edge I want.

HI Guys,
I go from 14" file to a fine Arkansas, to a big wooden block with thick leather glued to it. When they come off that leather strop ya better be careful !!! I have never been able to get anything as sharp as a WW, not even a knife !

nocams

Honed

both will work.

I just use a good file.

I'm just trying to kill stuff - not shave it.  

Well said Denny! A file's good enough for me.

I never really understood the thing about edge retention for a broadhead either. Surely it only has to be sharp once???