I purchased 2 packages to take on an Elk hunt, but couldn't get them sharp. Anyone else purcahsed these and having the same problem.
I watched the video and it mentions a 25 degree angle, but the BH looks like it has a radiused grind to it. The ends touch the stone but the middle of the blade doesn't.
They fly fantastic an I have a hunt scheduled in Wisconsin and would really like to use them and our season opens Oct. 5.
For $45.00 for 3 I would have thought they would be sharper.

If your Badger's are a single bevel head. There is no need to hone the entire width of the bevel. The way most folks sharpen a single bevel is just sharpen the cutting edge. For example. I use a KME knife sharpener on my single bevels. The factory bevel is ground at 25 degrees on the heads I use. I set my knife sharpener at 28 or even 30 degrees. That way only the cutting edge is getting honed. Hopefully this makes since.
Bill

And just knock the burr off the other side....Mine are sharp from just using a small file.

Mine came pretty sharp as well.

QuoteOriginally posted by Terry Green:
And just knock the bevel off the other side....Mine are sharp from just using a small file.

Yes..Very lite pressure.

Yup...two lite strokes usually does it, as on any single bevel.

I put mine on a diamond stone a few licks then slight leather strokes on the other side. Very sharp.RC

Well I should have done my homework.... not legal for deer in WA.  Oh well I will use the sharpening advice from this thread and get ready to hunt fall Turkeys with them. Really nice BH.

just out of curiosity why arent the legal in WA? i used to live there as a kid but was more interested in chasing steelheads than deer so i dont remember a lot of the hunting legislation  :p

The angle between the shaft and the back of the head is more than 90 degrees, so some states call that barbed.  I think oregon is the same.  They should modify the head to get them legal in all 50, cause they look like great heads.

I absolutely hate how my brain works.

I can't get a mental picture of what "just knock the bevel off the other side" looks like.

I'm sorry that something that reads so simple doesn't make it clear to this brain of mine so I embarrassingly ask for help understanding what it means.

Thank you!

God bless,Mudd

PS: Yep, dyslexia is stupid, try living with it...lol

Gringol got it - 90 degrees is required at the rear of the head and the shaft... and to think they just tore through my bail when I was testing them.  Wish I could use them.

Sorry Mudd.....burr...not bevel.

Got it "T"  Thanks!!