Rounding off broadheads

jono446 · April 10, 2016, 05:14:00 PM

Hey guys I had a question. I had an old timer tell me to round off the tips of my broadheads for shooting traditional. He said it wouldn't stick in bone and curl as bad. How many of you do this and does it actually work? Thanks a lot for the help everyone!

frassettor · April 10, 2016, 05:19:00 PM

I do "round" the tips of my 3 blades. Gets rid of the needle point

Bladepeek · April 10, 2016, 05:21:00 PM

I think that's much the same as "pyramiding" the tip. Anything that makes the point steeper will help prevent curling of a "needle point.

I would think rounding might prevent sticking in bone and as long as the rounded point is still ground to a razor sharp edge, it will cut nearly as well.

Fattony77 · April 10, 2016, 05:25:00 PM

I saw an episode of Ted Nugent's show once where he said he learned that same trick from Fred Bear. Dr. Ashby says that a tanto point is best for penetration, so maybe there is something to it? The only time I have done it, it was after I had curled the tip on a Zwickey & a Magnus by hitting a rock, so it was more of a repair than a re-shaping. Curious to see other's responses, too.

kennym · April 10, 2016, 06:18:00 PM

The first buck I shot, the Eskimo's tip curled because it was a needle point. Bear razorheads had a semi-tanto tip so I started doing all 2 blades that way... end of problem !

3 blades get a bit rounded/pyramid kind of thing. Great penetration with those too with no damage.

durp · April 10, 2016, 06:22:00 PM

what kenny said !!!

BAK · April 10, 2016, 06:56:00 PM

Always turn mine into small tanto points.

Sam McMichael · April 10, 2016, 07:05:00 PM

I seem to recall statements "back in the day" that this should be done.

ChuckC · April 10, 2016, 07:18:00 PM

That concept has been around at least since the 70's. I don't know about rounding them, although I don't think that hurts, but getting rid of the skinny point will go a long way toward strengthening the tip. Once the bend starts, it tends to keep going. If you can keep it from starting in the first place, you are better off.
ChuckC

Jon Stewart · April 10, 2016, 07:58:00 PM

My dad was on Bears advisory staff for a couple of years and at one of the meetings in Grayling, Bear brought in a bone specialist to discuss that very question. The specialist said that a rounded point would do more damage to a bone that a sharp point ( in a nutshell). I think you will notice that the Bear heads have a chisel point on them now. That meeting was in the 60's.

Cyclic-Rivers · April 11, 2016, 07:34:00 AM

I read in a Trad archery book last night to round points.

Are there any tutorials out there to round or tanto a 3 blade head?

ChuckC · April 11, 2016, 08:24:00 AM

The concept is pretty much taking away sharp pointy ends that will more easily bend ( again, once a bend starts, it will tend to keep on going). I myself really doubt that "rounding" makes it roll around bone, but it does strenghten the head.

Charlie, If you use a flat stone or file to sharpen, drag the head backwards on it and while in the process lift the fat / back end a bit as you go. Just get rid of that skinny pointy end.
ChuckC

maineac · April 11, 2016, 08:41:00 AM

I use a stationary belt sander to change the angle of the point on my three blades. I am sure a file would work just as well. I just lift the arrow up to change the angle.

April 11, 2016, 10:11:00 AM

I don't understand why so many folks make pointed heads, if you have to reshape them before using them???? Why don't the mfgrs just make them "right" to start with. I shoot GK and Magnus Stingers, and just screw them on and hunt!

Bisch

LB_hntr · April 11, 2016, 10:57:00 AM

http://tbwpodcast.com/video-45-changing-broadhead-points-to-tanto-or-round/

KentuckyTJ · April 11, 2016, 11:08:00 AM

Yep, tango tip is the way to go.

JimB · April 11, 2016, 12:15:00 PM

Years ago,I chisel pointed some,like Fred Bear used to.The problem with a chisel or round point,is that you can no longer check tip alignment on an alignment jig or by spinning on the tip.This is important to me,not only when installing the head but I think it is also important to check tip alignment after any shot in the field.

For that reason,I would no longer chisel or round off a point.These days,I would tanto the point,if I weren't using heads that already had one.This tip is strong but also has a point so it can be spun.

To do a tanto,I first check tip alignment on a jig.Then I scribe a center line,off the existing point.Now,when I file in the tanto,the centerline keeps my new point in line.

longrifle · April 11, 2016, 09:26:00 PM

I round mine, to do so I rock the tip of the broadhead back and forth as I move the head left to right across my stone. It makes a very shallow "U" shape on the stone and sharpens the rounded point all the way around the tip. So the whole head has a sharp edge not just the sides, and I've never had a tip curl.

Terry Green · April 11, 2016, 09:40:00 PM

I have pyramided many tips and have rounded off mant tips slightly and I mean slightly Alas tanto tips do not penetrate as well physics will tell you that a cue ball will not penetrate as well as a needle however you want a durable Broadhead.

As reported in studies Tanto tips create a tenting effect before they penetrate the skin So if you plan on tantoing a tip you need to make sure it's Sharp but it will not penetrate as well through regular body mass of an animal

Terry Lightle · April 12, 2016, 06:05:00 AM

I round my Deltas