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    • wildschwein
        January 25, 2011 at 1:50 am
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        #6245

        I want to try the Tusker Concorde head, but I have heard they are hell to sharpen. Was wondering if anybody here had some first hand experience with this? They sure look like a good head for the price.

      • M
          January 25, 2011 at 3:43 am
          Post count: 107
          #49351

          I tried them. I liked the price. I never could sharpen them to my satisfaction. I am not the best at sharpening far from it but I spent hours and hours on those heads and my results were marginal at best. Shot at a doe missed over her back hit an oak the head bent. Shot at another doe missed hit a hickory and the adapter drove up into head and split it. In fairness I did kill a couple deer with them. This past year I switched to 160 gr STOS and 100gr adapter they come razor sharp easy to touch up very durable and kill deer they are very reasonably priced also. Just my experience hope it helps.

        • purehunter
            January 25, 2011 at 4:07 am
            Post count: 63
            #49369

            Like M, I have had a hard time getting them sharp but…….I didn’t try the method described on the Braveheart Archery website yet. I have just used a bastard file. I also have the 200 gr. Grizzley El Grandes and they were difficult to get sharp also but eventually I got there. The Concords seem to be made well but getting them sharp depends upon the proper technique. I like the way they fly though. I have not taken any game with my trad bow…yet.

          • sagebrush
              January 25, 2011 at 7:40 am
              Post count: 52
              #49531

              I’ve been messing with them for a year now. You have to be very aggressive at first with a file until you get the bevel set. I use a curved tooth file. Then I just work them down with finer and finer grits until they are sharp. You have to keep your angles right or you will lose the sharpness. I have found several different ways to sharpen them that work. They are pretty hard steel. They also penetrate better than anything I have shot so far. I’m thinking about making a jig that holds them so I can use a table disc sander to make it easier. Then I want to get the paper sharpener wheel that fits on the grinder to finish. I think that would be the fastest way to get them sharp. Something else that helps on touch ups is ceramic sticks. Gary

            • wildschwein
                January 25, 2011 at 5:09 pm
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                #49940

                Thanks folks. Guess they are a bugger to sharpen eh? I think I will give em a try anyhow, haven’t met a blade my Lansky couldn’t sharpen yet. I’ll let you know how it goes.

              • M
                  January 25, 2011 at 5:29 pm
                  Post count: 107
                  #49960

                  Lansky meet Tusker. That is what I used with a coarse diamond stone.

                • David Petersen
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                    February 3, 2011 at 2:59 pm
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                    #59836

                    I have long praised the Concord as “the best inexpensive single-bevel.” On the positive side they come a bit sharper than the Grizzly, and the steel isn’t quite so hard though it’s darn hard. And if you want to change the bevel you’ll still have to use a file. More and more I’m coming to feel that the Abowyer Brown Bear is the “best single-bevel for the money.” They come fairly sharp and are sharpenable but still good and hard. And the MA is right on the money. Lots of great two-blades out there so personal experimentation is a good idea and fun. dp

                  • wildschwein
                      February 3, 2011 at 10:40 pm
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                      #60189

                      Yah it was the price that led me to the Tuskers in the first place. I simply loose to damn many broadheads to shoot the expensive ones!!! If only critters would just hold still at a reasonable distance of say seven yards, then maybe I could splurge on some Ashby’s or those new Werewolves.
                      Glad to hear that most folks agree the quality of the Tuskers is not a concern, I was kinda worried about that at first while looking at their price tag. Should be in the mail here any day now.

                    • Ireland
                        February 5, 2011 at 9:52 pm
                        Post count: 108
                        #62470

                        Wildschwein wrote: Yah it was the price that led me to the Tuskers in the first place. I simply loose to damn many broadheads to shoot the expensive ones!!! If only critters would just hold still at a reasonable distance of say seven yards, then maybe I could splurge on some Ashby’s or those new Werewolves.
                        Glad to hear that most folks agree the quality of the Tuskers is not a concern, I was kinda worried about that at first while looking at their price tag. Should be in the mail here any day now.

                        Dave has given you some great advice on the Abowyer Brown Bears…They are an outstanding head that are now being produced “hunt ready sharp”. You can re-sharpen them to scary sharp again with a KME Knife Sharpener. Check them out…

                        Ireland

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