New Sharpening Method

[stick_string]

All, my dad is a wood worker and enjoys listening to me about my bowhunting antics.  I was telling him about my efforts to sharpen broad heads and he showed me a system that really works.  Check out the links and let me know what you think.  It is basically a home made sharpener that would work well with the KME sharpener.      

http://www.shavings.net/SCARY.HTM#original
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Scary_sharp
http://www.woodbutcher.net/scary.htm

I will post pictures as soon as possible.

[aromakr]

I guess the old saying,"A picture is worth a thousand words" is very approaite here.
Bob

[hill boy]

This looks like a book I will probably have to read.I really like pics too.  

[Brian Gillispie]

Hey all,


    I just read that scary sharp entry.  When I got to this part I pretty much fell out of my chair Guffawing.  The only reason I find this sooo funny is if you have ever found yourself in this position SHMBO (She Who Must Be Obeyed) will never let it be forgoten.

I removed the blade from the jig, and anxiously tried the old cliché "cut a finger off before you can notice and bleed all over your screaming wife in the car on the way to the hospital" test.

Just loving it,

Brian Gillispie

[MikeW]

Mmmm this use to be all over the net with pictures years back. I can't seem to find those web pages now. Here is one pic of a scary sharp set up.

[Autumnarcher]

I have the same gizmo for holding a chisel, but how would one go about holding a broadhead?

[MikeW]

but how would one go about holding a broadhead?

Just off the top my head one could take a small block of wood and cut a grove in it to slide a broadhead in at the right angle say 22 degrees and then mount a small roller bearing on the bottom of it so the wood block rolls instead of being sanded.

Just one idea I'm sure there are more.

All this system or way of doing it is sand paper on a piece of glass or other hard surface instead of sharping stones.

[bjk]

It's mentioned above...kmesharp.com...perfect for two blades.

[Artur]

Huh. Imagine that, sharpening a blade **without using oil or water to "suspend" or "float away" the removed material**. And some folks say it just can't be done...

The described method is much older than "pre-WWII", though. It probably goes back to the days of Alexander The Great -- or further back.

[BamBooBender]

that method works extremely well. I have used it on a little 1" block plane I use to plane arrow shafts,  Grizzly and some 3 blade bh's. You can get a mirror edge with 2000 grit sandpaper.

[**DONOTDELETE**]

It's done with diamond hones dry, but you need to clean them often....great idea using plate glass and emery cloth. I've sharpened chisels like that for years....but I'm still trying to picture how you do this with a broad head....

[gwhunter]

Would this work?
Get a Lansky sharpener and epoxy glass over the stones, then you could have your different grits spray glued to that glass.  It would give you consistent angle too.

[BamBooBender]

fwiw You could just use a guide like the one from razor edge systems and then just use it on sandpaper stuck to a plate of glass instead of a bench stone.

[donw]

kme is the best i've used to-date...

[Artur]

Originally posted by Kirkll:
...but I'm still trying to picture how you do this with a broad head....

Umm...Carefully? Actually, a guide is not required, but it can be very useful. As long as the secondary edge -- the one filed or ground in, prior to honing -- is correct for the blade, the primary edge -- the one that does the cutting -- should turn out fine. And it doesn't matter if the secondary edge is flat- or hollow-ground, either, as long as it is at least fairly uniform along the length of the edge.