I love mine. I use the two blade double bevel 145 grains. Great heads.

The Eclipse are great heads. I prefer the double bevel version to the single, and although they have been around for a long time, I have to commend Blake for the improvements he’s made since taking over. The factory bevels are now much better than they were in the past and the teflon coating is another big plus. Can’t go wronge with Eclipse heads.

Ron

I toured the Eclipse “factory” a while back and wrote a report for TBM — maybe Robin recalls which issue? While the heads are a bit too wide for my goals — max penetration from mid-weight bows on elk, a la Ashby’s research — I was more than impressed with the quality of materials and personalized manufacture. Blake himself — who posts here occassionally and may have something to say — handles every head multiple times. Blake IS Eclipse. Like all machine-beveled heads the Eclipse needs some final sharpening but compared, say, to a Grizzly it’s easy. Steel hardness, as I recall, is 48-50. I have single- and double-bevel 145 two-blades and they fly great. dave

David’s article on Eclipse Broadheads was in the Dec/Jan 09 issue. It is available as a back issue in the shopping area.

I appreciate all the kind words. Thank you. With that said, I am a perfectionist, and in my honest opinion there isn’t a better broadhead out there. No one can match my precision and toughness.

I have used them for many years along with some others. Since I returned to woodies they are the only head I use.
You can literally use them for any animal in North America from rabbits to moose and get complete pass throughs assuming a well tuned arrow / bow combination. There are a lot of broadheads out there but I believe the personal attention ( tender loving care ) that Blake gives to each head that leaves the shop makes the Eclipse the best.
Nick

I love them. I have the 2 blade, 145gr heads. I’m the kind of guy who does not get impressed with any kind of trendy currents, in this case 3 blades and/or single bevel heads. During the few years I’ve been bowhunting with trad gear, I’ve used Eskimos at home or STOS in Colorado for Elk exclusively. This year, Eclipse heads have eclipsed my beloved Eskimos 🙂

sharpster wrote: The Eclipse are great heads. I prefer the double bevel version to the single…

❓ Please elaborate Ron. I’m wondering why you prefer the double bevel version.

That is an Ash shaft with a 125 grain Eclipse on the other end, imbedded well past the ferrule. The bow was a low 60s# Osage selfbow.

I’ve shot several critters with Eclipse, they are a good head.

😯 Yeah, but was that shot lethal, Chad? 🙂

Hmmm, I guess just the picture alone could give a wrong impression. The bear was wounded, I tracked it in thick cover and made this shot when it came at me from very close range. The broadhead penetrated to the center of the brain cavity (center punched the brain), so yes it was quite lethal.

That shot would never be a first shot but under the circumstances it was a legitimate target and might have saved me a good thrashing.

The story was in the Dec/Jan 2007 TBM.

Chad Sivertsen wrote: Hmmm, I guess just the picture alone could give a wrong impression. The bear was wounded, I tracked it in thick cover and made this shot when it came at me from very close range. The broadhead penetrated to the center of the brain cavity (center punched the brain), so yes it was quite lethal.

That shot would never be a first shot but under the circumstances it was a legitimate target and might have saved me a good thrashing.

The story was in the Dec/Jan 2007 TBM.

That was just a failed attempt at a joke (something I do MUCH too often), but I’m glad I attempted anyway, since you elaborated because of it. 😉

I don’t have that issue, but intend to eventually obtain all of them (when the funds become available). I look forward to reading about it.

$20 Patrick and you can have instant gratification reading all TBM backissues online, even out-of-print editions. Once I figured out how to flip the pages it’s surprisingly easy and clear. But I know you’re saving for that Shrew bow! Chad is the genuine article, a serious primitive bowyer and hunter and old-style woodsman, never an ethical of techno-shortcut in his huntingpack, and I’m glad to see him posting here and writing regularly for the magazine these days. Dave

David Petersen wrote: $20 Patrick and you can have instant gratification reading all TBM backissues online, even out-of-print editions.

I had the premium membership, but I no longer have internet at home except via my iphone and the application used for viewing the online magazine and my iphone are not compatible, so I let it expire. My only access to the internet on a pc now is at work, and I really don’t get much time to view articles. 🙁

It’s my understanding that only out-of-print back issues are available with the premium membership. That’s no longer the case?

Patrick, you are correct on the back issues.

Premium Members get the two most current issues that can be downloaded and saved on your PC. They also get read-only access to the SOLD OUT issues, not every issue. In this case, Chad’s article is in a sold out issue and would be available to Premium Members.

Oops! Sorry Patrick, Robin, et al. As my wife regularly reminds me, what do I know? 😳 anon

Dave, you do such an AWESOME job helping me on these forums. Being right most of the time works great for me! 😀

Chad that looked like a great shot. 8)

Eclipse are my favorite 2 blade heads. Probably because I have used them for so long and have had such great success with them, that I feel no reason to change. They give me confidence, and I am beginning to realize that confidence in hunting is much more important than many people think.
With a KME sharpener or even just a file, I can get them extremely sharp. I once shot a huge bull Eland in Namibia with a 55lb. bow and an eclipse head. I aimed straight up the leg on the broadside bull (vitals in African animals lie forward of north american species). The arrow blew through the leg, went through both lungs and stopped just under the hide on the other side of the bull. He went 40 yards and was done. That night, I touched up that same head and used it to kill a warthog the next day. Great heads.

Dave that was a great article!

A friend of mine took a deer with an Eclipse 2-blade model last year. He said it worked great!

Not sure I could make the shot Chad made on that bear. Just not sure.

Daniel wrote: Has anyone used this broadhead, if so, could you comment on it. I would like to get more input on this head before buying them. It seems they are pretty dandy !!!!!!

SB

Daniel; I recently purchased my second set of Eclipse heads. The later where 145gr. Single Bevel. Last week I shot a hog at about 12 to 15 yrds. away, hitting him just behind his shoulder. It was a pass through shot,and the hog ran about 80 yrds. leaving a very obvious blood trail. After gutting the hog,and taking him home I washed out the inside of the cavity. I took notice where the head hit the first rib bone dead center,in a vertical posture. You could see where the sharp blade had made its cut,but about an inch above,and below the cut the broadhead had split the rib. The other side the broahead hit a rib bone in a horizontal posture,and cut it in half. I dont know if its a true test of how the single bevel broadhead was designed to work, but I was very impressed,and plan on using Eclipse heads…Thanks Wade

I read Davids article and was very impressed with the care taken to make these heads, and this thread has impressed me with your honest comments, I shoot relatively heavy bows at a 30″ draw, and I’ve tested many heads, and there have been very few that have the qualities I’m looking for, great flight, extreme durability, decent width, and relative ease of sharpening, I settled on G-5,B52’s,although they are not as wide as I would like, but they quit making them, and I’m looking for a new replacement, and based on your great reviews, and David’s story about eclipse….I’ll be buying a couple packs at Cloverdale this weekend…..Thanks for the great info, much appreciated,Steve

Yes Wade. The single blade bh turns as it goes through bone and vitals. Makes sense that it started out verticle and ended up turning horizontal.