WICKED SHARP!! // The BEST Way to Sharpen 3 Blade Broadheads // VPA 3 Blades

[@SeasonsChange24]

Links to the products I used in the video description above! Also pasted here for convenience: Products: 14" Mill Bastard File : amzn.to/3DTyyeo Wire Brush: amzn.to/3se7WSS Leather Strop: amzn.to/3m54F4O Stropping Compound: amzn.to/3EY00ZM Knife Steel: amzn.to/3yreWgl

[@colinwalsh7181]

Just picked up those same VPAs, got em in 250gr with 1¼" cutting diameter. Ive taken 2 does with my recurve in the last 6 days since the broadheads showed up on my doorstep. Both full pass throughs with about 10" buried into the dirt afterwards. Tons of blood, fly great, easy to sharpen, and tough as nails. Couldnt be more impressed by these heads. Recurve im shooting is 70# @ 28"

[@llamawizard]

70 pound recurve?!?

[@ray330]

Food grade mineral oil helps prevent rust also.

[@SeasonsChange24]

You're right, mineral oil is great for preventing rust

[@Michael-um7uu]

Thanks for the video! I’m going to use VPA 3 blades this year. Just followed your instructions and I’m shaving hair off my arms! Thanks again!

[@SeasonsChange24]

Awesome! Glad it worked out for ya!

[@llamawizard]

Great results there, and very nice shot

[@SeasonsChange24]

Thanks!

[@greghawks3144]

Just bought 300 grain vpas ,was using 300 grain tuffhead single bevel, had really good success with them but want to try these out seems like they will tune better.

[@danielmathis3768]

Nice job! Use unscented chapstick for the preservative.

[@SeasonsChange24]

Great tip, Dan!

[@josephtreadlightly5686]

I really like the VPA. But I use the Valkyrie Jags & they have a little different design. The sharpening system is a little different with 2 wheels but the results r awesome. The difference is that the Viking Centerpin system just keeps the whole system passing through & into the ground with a great wound channel & no failure which is common right behind the insert/outsert. Even with perfect flight & a heavier arrow with more momentum there still r scenarios where u have a sharp head but the arrow fails right behind the head. Vibration free glue on the outsert is all that is needed.

[@SeasonsChange24]

Good tips 👍🏽 Thanks!

[@peterjuulsgaard]

Great broadhead! Easy to sharpen! I use a similar method, with variables. Good vid🏹

[@SeasonsChange24]

You’ve got a fantastic method as well and I know you put those babies to good use 👌🏽

[@josephtreadlightly5686]

If u know of Jeff Phillips he has a video where he shoots a fieldpoint, a single bevel & that 3 blade VPA. All 3 shots exit through the thin but dense target close to each other. But that 3 blade VPA has exited substantially more. I have arrows too stiff & heavy for a recurve. But with a compound I have on video where I shot a branch halfway between myself in a 🌳 & a 3D target. I hit the 10 ring & right after the arrow hit the target the branch fell to the ground. About 100 times better than a Robinhood. No arrows were damaged in the process. 👍

[@SeasonsChange24]

Sounds like a great arrow! I’ll have to check out that other video, haven’t seen it.

[@vantagepointarchery]

Great video Shan! Love the sharpening tips!

[@SeasonsChange24]

Love the broadheads! 😎

[@underdogoutdoors]

Awesome tips brother.

[@SeasonsChange24]

Thank you sir!

[@bartmueller1730]

Excellent video!

[@SeasonsChange24]

Thanks 🏹🇺🇸

[@oldarmyguy1555]

Awesome video!!!

[@SeasonsChange24]

Thanks 🙏🏽

[@zacharypaker]

Outstanding!

[@SeasonsChange24]

Thanks! Let me know how it works for you!

[@bowhuntingsoul2149]

Great vid Shan👍

[@SeasonsChange24]

Thanks Emrah!

[@RIVERCITYOUTDOORS]

Best sharpening video I have seen! Do you have one on a single bevel broadhead?

[@SeasonsChange24]

Thanks brother! Glad it was helpful. I currently do not. Overseas right now but I plan to make one when I get back. I’m the meantime check out Clay Hayes. He has some good single bevel sharpening videos.

[@brittlanders351]

On the mill file. Is that fine, medium or coarse?

[@SeasonsChange24]

I’ve got the coarse file but I’m sure medium would work as well. You’d need a little more pressure initially but you’d get a finer grind pattern on the steel potentially making it sharper overall and reducing your strokes required on the strop. Hope this helps 👌🏽

[@williamcreamer7109]

What weight and draw are you pulling on your recurve?

[@SeasonsChange24]

65@29

[@longdrawarcher4857]

Damn good video

[@SeasonsChange24]

Thank you sir, hope it helps

[@ThumbsMcThumb]

Is this the carbon tool steel head?

[@SeasonsChange24]

It’s the 200gr non vented 1 1/8” cut high carbon steel. 50 Rockwell hardness. VPA doesn’t list it as a tool steel.

[@SeasonsChange24]

www.vparchery.com/product-page/3-blade-200-grain-non-vented-1-1-8

[@malcolmjohnson5941]

They are actually 1045 medium carbon tool steel.

[@uncleremus5046]

Rada Wheel

[@SeasonsChange24]

Those are a good starting point

[@malcolmjohnson5941]

In my opinion stropping a 50 Rockwell edge is unnecessary. I prefer the toothier edge of a medium diamond stone. If it was a high 50s Rockwell or maybe 60 then stropping might be beneficial.

[@SeasonsChange24]

Seems like you know a lot about metal. I don’t. I do know that stropping seems to give it that extra edge (pun intended) from before and after testing. Thanks for commenting!

[@-Ben.]

Not a clue what I'm doing wrong. I follow your instructions and they still can't slice through paper. Frustrating to say the least!

[@SeasonsChange24]

A lot of it is in that initial grind on the file. You’ve got to use a moderate amount of pressure to do actual work to the metal. Sharpening is finicky and took me years to be good at. I wish I could help you more. Can you see the grind pattern change after filing?

[@danielloomis1654]

If your file is not cutting that will make it frustrating ya never will get it sharpened.

[@ray330]

Food grade mineral oil helps prevent rust also.

[@SeasonsChange24]

Good tip!