2 blade or 3 blade for a 49# recurve?

[Yellow Dog]

Those Zwickey's sharpen up just fine with a good file. You can finish them up with a ceramic stick and strop. I'm to the point where i can get em where I want em with just a file. If you're "sharpening challenged" an AccuSharp does a wonderful job on them.

[Terry Green]

49@29 is like 52@28.....no worries on deer with what you have...BUT, WW or VPA(Cut on Contact) would be better if you want to stick with 3 blades.

Deer are nothing but a bag of shaving cream with a few tinker toys thrown in and one ball joint.  Just stay away from the ball joint, no guarantee any head will always blow through that.

Heck...it if were my set up....I'd shoot 4 blades out of it.

[sagebrush]

With that setup on deer you can shoot about anything but mechanicals. I always shoot two blade heads but I hunt elk a lot and don't switch heads for smaller stuff. Gary

[sagebrush]

Forgot to mention. Whatever you shoot makes sure your arrow is flying perfect. Otherwise you will lose a lot of penetration. Gary

[slim_grim]

I would think point weight is the important factor. As long as your arrow is flying straight you shouldn't have any problems. This is just me thinking aloud though.