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    • lee
        October 20, 2011 at 2:09 am
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        #2931

        So im sharpening up my new STOS 160gr broadheads, the first two take an edge like a light saber, the third seems like it’s going good, upon inspection it seems that the front 1/3 of the edge (towards the tip) won’t take an edge, looking closer it looks like there is a gap between steel on the edge itself? I don’t mean up on the bevel, as I know the furule section is spot welded to the blade section, but on the cutting edge itself as if the blade section is two pieces of layered steel that were not properly forged together or something. I tried to take a picture but my camera doesn’t have the resolution to show this.

        Does anybody know what’s going on with this?

        Maybe I’m crazy, but it seriously looks like the edge blade itself is 2 pieces of layered steel.

        If this really is the problem I need to heat them off and replace with some Magnus heads I have ASAP, I was gonna hunt with ’em saturday.

      • lee
          October 20, 2011 at 2:16 am
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          #14520

          Maybe the tips are just super dull/flat from the factory, I think maybe the light is playing tricks on my eyes…

        • purehunter
            October 20, 2011 at 2:45 am
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            #14538

            I had the same problem with my STOS 160’s. The bevel just seemed “fat” to me at the tip. I kept working at it with my file until it got sharp. I’ve had that problem with other broadheads as well. Some sharpen up quick while others drive me nuts!

          • David Petersen
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              October 20, 2011 at 3:22 pm
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              #15157

              Have you contacted STOS about this? I know there have been some changes there of late in “manufacturing service providers.” Give ’em a holler and let us know what they say. I’m sure that if there are structural problems they will make good.

            • lee
                October 20, 2011 at 6:25 pm
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                #15286

                Thanks for the input fellas. I was able to get a hold of a jewel glass (not sure if that’s the proper name), that jewelers look at gem stones with, and was able to take a very close look at the edge. The blade is one solid piece, it was the light against a flat spot that made it appear as though the edge had seperated. The front portion of the edge on a few of the ‘heads was simply flattened, as if in manufacturing they had gotten hit with something, it just took ALOT more work to sharpen than it should have. Good to go now though!

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