Day Six broadheads

[Iowabowhunter]

Hey folks, looking for a new head for my deer & bear hunts.

I have some VPA 3 blade heads, just can't get em to feel as sharp as I'd like. I have Diamond stones & followed the videos, just something about a 3 blade that doesn't feel that sharp.

Also, I really don't like how the VPA heads rust.

Wondering who all has tried the larger Day Six broadheads? I have the paper wheel, Stickboys on YouTube shows how to get em razor sharp with the bench grinder.

[Mike Bolin]

I understand what you are saying about the 3 blades not feeling as sharp, but I think they are sharper than you think. The bevel angle on a 3 blade head is, for lack of a better word, steeper. If you test broadhead sharpness by shaving arm hair (which most of us do), you need to increase angle of the broadhead in relationship to your arm when you try to shave hair. Most 2 blade bevels are 25 degrees give or take. Try it and see....I have been wrong before!

[BigJim]

Blades that rust, sharpen more easily, and hold an edge better. Put a little wax on them.
Also, if you want them sharper, cut back on the pressure you finish with. Even though you think you are finishing light, it could be lighter.
BigJim

[Terry Green]

During the NINE LTR hunts, 80% of all critters were killed with VPAs. 

[Flemish Twister]

How heavy? VPA 3blade stainless go to 150 grain = no rust. I find diamond requires a lighter touch to get max sharpness. Otherwise you remove the burr every time you sharpening the opposite side of the bevel. 

[buckeyebowhunter]

Get yourself a leather strop with some polishing compound. Pull the backwards on it, 5 or so strokes at a time.

Like Mike said 3 blades don't appear as sharp as 2 blades

[Iowabowhunter]

How heavy? VPA 3blade stainless go to 150 grain = no rust. I find diamond requires a lighter touch to get max sharpness. Otherwise you remove the burr every time you sharpening the opposite side of the bevel.

I have a half doz of the VPA 1 1/4 175's that I took to Canada on a bear hunt. 175 seems to tune best out of my Wessel recurve.

I have a few diamond stones & a good strop, I'll work on them some more with lighter pressure, see if I can get em sharp enough!

I've shot the iron Will heads & can't help but compare the sharpness to what I was used to with those. They just have so many angles on the head they are a pain to sharpen.

[buckeyebowhunter]

I think we get a little crazy with sharpness at times. If it's plucking some hairs it's plenty sharp enough to blow through a deer. I used to over think it. Trying to get my 3 blades the same as a knife blade won't happen and doesn't need to.

[Tajue17]

For 3 blades just do the fingernail test or rubber band test then start heading to your spot...... they'll bleed!!!

[Terry Green]

3 blades are EASY to sharpen. Just drag them backwards on a stone or diamond rod. I use a diamond rod....

Wensel Woodsman....

[Iowabowhunter]

3 blades are EASY to sharpen. Just drag them backwards on a stone or diamond rod. I use a diamond rod....

Wensel Woodsman....

I'll try switching methods, in the past I had always sharpened by a push/pull method. I'll try pulling only & see if that makes the blade feel sharper

[Trenton G.]

I see nobody has actually answered your question, so no, I haven't used Day 6 broadheads. One of my friends has though and he really likes them. They seem to be a solid head and they perform very well for him.