Sitting here wondering how hard it would be to make a broadhead.  Well, I'm not one to sit for a long time, so I found the dullest circular saw blade I had sitting around and here is 6 minutes later...


Then 2 1/2 minutes later a a little file work I had this...



Now it's time to get back to work before the boss catches me.  One of these nights I'm going to have to get this glued onto a Douglas Fir shaft.

That's being the inonative thinker Mike, How much does that blade weigh? Keep us posted on the finished product. We used to call that kind of work "goverment jobs" LOL  :D

I'll weigh it tonight and let you know.

Mike I cant imagine if you ever got into knitting what the outcome would be.  You always seem to amaze me with your efforts.

Nice Mike. What did you use to cut the saw blade?

You got way to much going on in that head of yours my man.
I will take six.        


Please(        looking cool Mike)

I used an awl to etch what I wanted on the blade, then just a simple hacksaw with the saw blade clamped in a vise for safety.

Nice! I am going to try that myself this year. Looking forward to seeing it mounted on those glow in the dark arrows of yours  

Looks really good Mike!

Nice. I'll have to try that some day.

I think this will be a winner if I can figure out how to attach it to a shaft.

Maybe ground out grooves in the back on both sides and notches on the edges and wrap it with sinew.

Looks good Mike. I am going to do a few of these, but I'm gonna leave a tang at the back to attatch to the shaft. I think glue and sinew or artificail sinew? What are the dimensions?

1" wide and 3" long.  I think leaving a tang at the back like you mentioned would be a great idea Ryan (thanks for the idea).  I just need to lay it out a little differently, but that would be a great way to help attach it, plus give a little more weight up front.

Not a bad idea either Tim.  I think I will do it your way with this one, and Ryans from here on out.

Nice one Mike, weight looks about perfect! If I had to guess, it looks like you've got about 11 more of them left in that blade. Do you think it will work out to an even dozen?
Thom

I think I will do a bit wider on mine, but it's a personal thing. I really like the profile though. Now I just need to go find a blade or some other metal  

good job,now you got me thinging about trying my own.

Cool !! Can I send you all my old blades?  

How about slotting a field point and welding it to the head?