Sharpening Silverflame XL

jkm97 · May 01, 2014, 08:43:00 PM

Any tricks, other than a KME?

atatarpm · May 01, 2014, 09:28:00 PM

Abs single edge?

May 01, 2014, 09:53:00 PM

KME (knife sharpener) is all I use to get mine VERY sharp. I am sharpening challenged and cannot hardly get a butter knife sharp enough to do its job without a KME!

Bisch

old_goat2 · May 01, 2014, 11:09:00 PM

Haven't shot mine yet but took them across my strop and they were sharpest thing I ever did myself but they were pretty darn sharp already!

jkm97 · May 02, 2014, 08:21:00 AM

Mine were far sharper out of the pack than any other head I've had...it took 6 shots into my 3d target before they would not shave. Now I have to get them sharp again. I know the KME will work, but I was hoping for a cheaper option.

Charlie Lamb · May 02, 2014, 08:32:00 AM

A leather strop with some "Yellowstone Compound" (Google)on it will do the job if the head doesn't need reshaping the edge with stones.

Izzy · May 02, 2014, 09:28:00 AM

If they were easier to sharpen they'd be my only head. Get them sharp and they are unbelievably unbelievably deadly. I've been advised to used sand paper on a mouse pad.

May 02, 2014, 09:45:00 AM

QuoteOriginally posted by jkm97:
Mine were far sharper out of the pack than any other head I've had...it took 6 shots into my 3d target before they would not shave. Now I have to get them sharp again. I know the KME will work, but I was hoping for a cheaper option.

I'm so bad at sharpening things, that once I learned to do it correctly on the KME I quit trying other methods.

In fact, my KME is ONLY for my broadheads! I have the angle set for the broadheads and NEVER move it. It is much easier now to resharpen them as the angle is always the same. My buddy asked me once if he could use my KME to sharpen his knife, and I told him "Only if you want to sharpen it at 19 degrees because you are not changing the angle of my KME!!!!"

Bisch

bigbadjon · May 02, 2014, 12:03:00 PM

I use the same stones and method to sharpen my Silverflames as I do my hunting knife. I also hone them like my knife before they get dull.

jkm97 · May 02, 2014, 06:10:00 PM

QuoteOriginally posted by Bisch:

QuoteOriginally posted by jkm97:
Mine were far sharper out of the pack than any other head I've had...it took 6 shots into my 3d target before they would not shave. Now I have to get them sharp again. I know the KME will work, but I was hoping for a cheaper option.
I'm so bad at sharpening things, that once I learned to do it correctly on the KME I quit trying other methods.

In fact, my KME is ONLY for my broadheads! I have the angle set for the broadheads and NEVER move it. It is much easier now to resharpen them as the angle is always the same. My buddy asked me once if he could use my KME to sharpen his knife, and I told him "Only if you want to sharpen it at 19 degrees because you are not changing the angle of my KME!!!!"

Bisch [/b]

Is the angle hard to set?

May 02, 2014, 06:41:00 PM

No! I am just real bad at sharpening things and figure if I never move it, it will always be the exact same!

Bisch

jkm97 · May 02, 2014, 07:23:00 PM

I'm not great at it either. I did finally learn how to get a three blade sharp, but I've not had much luck with two blades.