Tuffhead lost and found

[skinner biscuit]

#4015

When I killed a cow during bow season (September)I didnt get a pass through.When I found my elk the arrow was buried almost to the nock at a angle.When I pulled the arrow out the broadhead had separated from the screw in insert.I carefully gutted it.I figured I would find the broadhead when I cut up the elk.No such luck.I thought about this months later .I remembered seeing a 1″ cut in the gut sack.The week before Christmas I decided to take the family dog for a walk and go look for my broadhead. I found the spot where I field dressed my cow and all that was left was a pile of stomach grass.I grab a stick and poking around found my broadhead.It looked no different then the ones in my bow quiver.Not razor sharp as it once was but would still shave a few hairs.Helluva product there Joe.

[mhay]

#26073

Considering the amount of activity that goes on around a gut pile , rodents , predators and birds , I think that is incredible to find the head .

Congrats on your determination and recovery , Skinner.

[David Petersen]

#26293

Skinner — Forgive me if this is old news, but since your head did come off the adapter … another current thread in this forum recently was discussing the best metal-to metal glues to attach heads to adapters and I thought, but didn’t post to say, that if you don’t do a dandy job of cleaning both the male and female parts with acetone or alcohol, it doesn’t matter what kind of glue you use because you’ll still have an oily bond that likely will fail. Like most else in life I learned this the long, slow, painful personal way. With clean parts I’ve never had any glue fail, including heat-melt which is my favorite since I sometimes want to change insert weights. Congrats on the cow. I’m eating cow meat too this year, in fact in about half an hour with dinner. 😀

[skinner biscuit]

#26328

Dave,I roughed the surface with sandpaper and cleaned with alcohol.I used bohnings insert iron,perhaps not the best choice.I missed a bull earlier in the season.(tickled his chest with the feather right behind the front leg.)Stuck in a log and had to dig it out with my hunting knife.The arrow(broadhead) was solid.Went home took down my 3d deer target and put my reinhart block target on top of 2 haybales to get the height of a elks vitals.When I shot my cow the arrow went right to the spot I aimed at.

[Vintage Archer]

#26419

[b]SKINNER[/b

With the TuffHead being almost indestructible future sales are dependent on lost broadheads. You are not cooperating….LOL:D

Happy for you I hate to loose any thing especially a piece of hunting equipment.

[skinner biscuit]

#27162

Don’t worry Joe, I’m already eyeballing the 300 gr tuffs!:twisted:-

[Snag32]

#27301

David Petersen wrote: Skinner — Forgive me if this is old news, but since your head did come off the adapter … another current thread in this forum recently was discussing the best metal-to metal glues to attach heads to adapters and I thought, but didn’t post to say, that if you don’t do a dandy job of cleaning both the male and female parts with acetone or alcohol, it doesn’t matter what kind of glue you use because you’ll still have an oily bond that likely will fail. Like most else in life I learned this the long, slow, painful personal way. With clean parts I’ve never had any glue fail, including heat-melt which is my favorite since I sometimes want to change insert weights. Congrats on the cow. I’m eating cow meat too this year, in fact in about half an hour with dinner. 😀

I go one step further when mounting heads and points. I like to use a conical metal wire drill bit to ream out any stuff adhering to the inter walls. I dip the bit in acetone or alcohol and then into the taper. Really cleans them out and ready for gluing.

[skinner biscuit]

#27357

I going to put my point brush in the drill press and let her have it.Now I need to find my broadhead holder.I’ll give it the acetone dip as well.

[tg2nd]

#9771

vintage archer wrote:

[b]SKINNER[/b

With the TuffHead being almost indestructible future sales are dependent on lost broadheads. You are not cooperating….LOL:D

:lol::lol::lol:

[handirifle]

#13310

skinner biscuit wrote: I going to put my point brush in the drill press and let her have it.Now I need to find my broadhead holder.I’ll give it the acetone dip as well.

If you do it that way, PLEASE hold the head with pliers or vice grips. If the brush grabs the head your fingers will suffer, if hand held. Better to bugger up a head than your hand.

For the OP congrats.

[skinner biscuit]

#14721

I think it would be very

wise to use vice grips…:D

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