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Quote from: DoubleJ on September 16, 2013, 09:04:56 PMQuote from: 724wd on September 16, 2013, 04:55:54 PMyeah, just a stone will work fine. just did some last week! the montecs i have were not honed on a stone prior to leaving the factory. you can see the striations from them being sharpened 90 degrees to the direction of travel, creating micro serrations on the blade. when i resharpen, i run the blade with the direction of travel and use a medium-then-fine stone to remove those factory serrations, creating a much smoother edge. now we can begin the debate for which is sharper, micro-serrated or highly polished edge a serrated edge creates a slightly more ragged cut, and perhaps cuts better than the polished edge that make clean slices. some make the case that the slightly ragged hole will not close up or heal as well as the slice created by a polished edge. but a polished edge slices with less effort... so it's kind of a pick-your-poison scenario RadSav probably has more detailed information and opinions than iNot speaking for RadSav but, he has told me that slick blades do the trick better than serrated. Serrated blade cuts can close up easier, like a zipper where slick blades cut is like trying to patch a hose that's running by putting 2 clean cut pieces back together. It's just going to slip and slide while the blood continues to pump.If I recall correctly anyway. You are correct.A cut that has more small tears in the tissue will release more clotting factors and thus help is close quicker. A razor cut does not have near the tissue damage and will not release as many clotting factors as a blade that has serrations or rough edges.
Quote from: 724wd on September 16, 2013, 04:55:54 PMyeah, just a stone will work fine. just did some last week! the montecs i have were not honed on a stone prior to leaving the factory. you can see the striations from them being sharpened 90 degrees to the direction of travel, creating micro serrations on the blade. when i resharpen, i run the blade with the direction of travel and use a medium-then-fine stone to remove those factory serrations, creating a much smoother edge. now we can begin the debate for which is sharper, micro-serrated or highly polished edge a serrated edge creates a slightly more ragged cut, and perhaps cuts better than the polished edge that make clean slices. some make the case that the slightly ragged hole will not close up or heal as well as the slice created by a polished edge. but a polished edge slices with less effort... so it's kind of a pick-your-poison scenario RadSav probably has more detailed information and opinions than iNot speaking for RadSav but, he has told me that slick blades do the trick better than serrated. Serrated blade cuts can close up easier, like a zipper where slick blades cut is like trying to patch a hose that's running by putting 2 clean cut pieces back together. It's just going to slip and slide while the blood continues to pump.If I recall correctly anyway.
yeah, just a stone will work fine. just did some last week! the montecs i have were not honed on a stone prior to leaving the factory. you can see the striations from them being sharpened 90 degrees to the direction of travel, creating micro serrations on the blade. when i resharpen, i run the blade with the direction of travel and use a medium-then-fine stone to remove those factory serrations, creating a much smoother edge. now we can begin the debate for which is sharper, micro-serrated or highly polished edge a serrated edge creates a slightly more ragged cut, and perhaps cuts better than the polished edge that make clean slices. some make the case that the slightly ragged hole will not close up or heal as well as the slice created by a polished edge. but a polished edge slices with less effort... so it's kind of a pick-your-poison scenario RadSav probably has more detailed information and opinions than i
My buddy had a bunch of Magnus Stingers that he switched to.
I use the carbon steel Montec G5's and sharpen them on the G5 flat stone and they get pretty darn sharp. Sharp enough to kill and elk with a pass through at 54 yards. Not sure what else you could want from a broad head ? Replaceble surgical carbon blades with a titanium head.
I use 400 grit sandpaper on a piece of granite countertop. then i move to my whetstone.
I tried resharpening(after he tried) a quiver full of Montec broadheads of my buddies a while back and really wasn't impressed with the final outcome. They seemed very soft. Easy to sharpen but not to a satisfactory edge in my opinion. Not enough temper to reach that shaving sharp edge.
Replacable surgical carbon blades with a titanium head.
