What about the Wolverine Broadheads ???

[Suty]

Gang, I know the Grizzlies are Great, but what about the less known brother, the Wolverine?? anyone use them...? If so, how bout some feedback. I am thinking of using them with my new setup. I find the ease of sharpening a plus,I know, call me lazy. How do they hold up as compared to a ACE or a Eclipse etc.. Thanks, Tu Compadres, Suty

[Dave2old]

Suty -- I used Wolverine 125s for a couple of years because I like the shape, the way they fly, and ease of sharpening. Then I hit an elk in a rib with one and the entire tip broke off and the arrow bounced back. After that I started asking around and a great many other folks have had the same bad experience, with tips breaking even in 3D targets. Just not enough steel up front where it counts, and/or perhaps too soft or too hard (brittle). I wrote the Grizzly/Wolverine folks about the problem and recommended that they withdraw the head from the market until they get it fixed ... no response, which is normal for those strange folks. I don't know about the heavier Wolverines, which may have more steel up front, but I'll bet someone here will have the scoop. A similarly shaped and performing head that's really tough is the STOS. Eclipse is also super strong, but wider than the Wolverine or STOS. Good luck, dave

[SlowBowinMO]

I used the Wolverines some for a couple of years.  They do sharpen easily and fly well, and they offered a little more cutting diameter than the Grizzly.  Dave is right, the point is a weak spot as it's a single piece of steel, not laminated.  The lighter heads are particularly prone to tip damage, so I later took to using the 160's (thicker and stronger) and put a Grizzly style tanto point on them.  I had no problems with that arrangement.  Since they are not a laminated head, I also started putting a single left bevel on mine which was easy to do on the single piece of steel.

I'm not sure they are still in production.  We carried them for a couple years but finally discontinued them due to chronic lack of product and constant out of stocks.  I still have a few of my modified 160's in my quiver though.  I'll see if I can find a picture.
 

[Roughcountry]

I use the 160's. When I tryed to order more this last winter I was told they are no longer in production.
Figures, since they fly well for me and Charlie & Curtis showed me how to put a chisel tip and get them spooky sharp.

[Whitetail Chaser]

I shot the old ones (around 1995 or so).  Did not like them because of the fragile single-thickness tips.  Broke a few tips off shooting into some sand/gravel banks.  Now I stick to Zwickeys because their tips are 3 layers thick.

Brett