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2024 Gear thread

@HuskerInIowa right up your alley!

Bear edition broadheads from Ironwill

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Bear Limited Edition Wide Series Broadheads

Just in time for elk season, Iron Will Elk Limited Edition S Series broadheads feature six broadheads with a laser engraved elk silhouette on both sides of their main blade. Included is a Limited Edition engraved Waterproof Broadhead Case. Like elk coming in to a wallow, these won't last long.
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Available on 04/30 it looks like.

BT
 
Black Titan said:
@HuskerInIowa right up your alley!

Bear edition broadheads from Ironwill

ironwilloutfitters.com

Bear Limited Edition Wide Series Broadheads

Just in time for elk season, Iron Will Elk Limited Edition S Series broadheads feature six broadheads with a laser engraved elk silhouette on both sides of their main blade. Included is a Limited Edition engraved Waterproof Broadhead Case. Like elk coming in to a wallow, these won't last long.
ironwilloutfitters.com ironwilloutfitters.com

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Available on 04/30 it looks like.

BT
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Or....you can take your existing broadheads to "Things Remembered" (or other engraving store) and they charge $5 for engraving....

BTW, I'm 40 years old, but if anyone of you can spend money for these, I'm available for adoption!
 
HuumanCreed said:
Or....you can take your existing broadheads to "Things Remembered" (or other engraving store) and they charge $5 for engraving....

BTW, I'm 40 years old, but if anyone of you can spend money for these, I'm available for adoption!
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I won't be buying these, but I am waiting for their 125g single bevel wide to come available. I tagged husker because he mentioned in the support thread he likes the limited edition ones they release.

BT
 
Is that price a mistake? When I click the link it initially says $45 then a second later when the page fully loads it jumps to $299
 
Ben C said:
Is that price a mistake? When I click the link it initially says $45 then a second later when the page fully loads it jumps to $299
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A glitch in the matrix maybe? $45 seems to be the difference in price from their normal wide broadheads 6 pack of $254.95 and these at $299.95.

BT
 
Black Titan said:
Yeah they're quite expensive. I'm still very on the fence over them. Not sure if I want the iron Wills or just stick with a magnus stinger, hornet, or QAD Exodus. Alot of good to be said about the iron Wills, but that price tag is a tough pill to swallow.

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I get it. I've gone back and forth if expensive heads are worth it. Especially because it's an item so easily lost or destroyed.

My take is, I wait all year for that 1 MAYBE 2 opportunitys at a mature buck. Deer hunting doesn't consume my life, but it is my biggest passion and hobby. When that golden moment finally presents itself that I wanted and fantasized about all year, I want every advantage in my corner.

We spend comical amounts of money on saddles, stands, climbing sticks, clothes, gas, paying for leases, land purchased, snacks on stand etc etc. And yet, the ONLY thing at the end of the day that takes home that deer is your broadhead. It does 100% of the work. I want it to count.
 
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bigmike23 said:
I get it. I've gone back and forth if expensive heads are worth it. Especially because it's an item so easily lost or destroyed.

My take is, I wait all year for that 1 MAYBE 2 opportunitys at a mature buck. Deer hunting doesn't consume my life, but it is my biggest passion and hobby. When that golden moment finally presents itself that I wanted and fantasized about all year, I want every advantage in my corner.

We spend comical amounts of money on saddles, stands, climbing sticks, clothes, gas, paying for leases, land purchased, snacks on stand etc etc. And yet, the ONLY thing at the end of the day that takes home that deer is your broadhead. It does 100% of the work. I want it to count.
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I used Iron Will before. Got my first deer using one. But I'm switching back to Magnus Stinger for one simple reason. I SUCK at sharpening, and l have ruin half of my Iron Will trying to sharpen them. I just can't. But with the Magnus, it take 30 seconds on a Rada. I know my limits and weakeness....
 
HuumanCreed said:
I used Iron Will before. Got my first deer using one. But I'm switching back to Magnus Stinger for one simple reason. I SUCK at sharpening, and l have ruin half of my Iron Will trying to sharpen them. I just can't. But with the Magnus, it take 30 seconds on a Rada. I know my limits and weakeness....
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That's one of my concerns with them, because I suck at sharpening too. But, if I order, I plan to order 6. That gives me one to practice with, 1 backup, and 4 to keep in my quiver. Should be a good long while before I have to learn to sharpen one.

BT
 
HuumanCreed said:
I used Iron Will before. Got my first deer using one. But I'm switching back to Magnus Stinger for one simple reason. I SUCK at sharpening, and l have ruin half of my Iron Will trying to sharpen them. I just can't. But with the Magnus, it take 30 seconds on a Rada. I know my limits and weakeness....
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Iron Wills are brain dead easy to sharpen. Maybe pricey to sharpen, but easy. You need the KME jig and diamond plates. I did this in not even 15 minutes with mine1000020955.jpg
 
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Black Titan said:
That's one of my concerns with them, because I suck at sharpening too. But, if I order, I plan to order 6. That gives me one to practice with, 1 backup, and 4 to keep in my quiver. Should be a good long while before I have to learn to sharpen one.

BT
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Id recommend just buying 3 and then buy extra blades. You can goob up 1 blade practicing, use the goobed head to sight in, then pop in a fresh blade and go hunting.
 
Black Titan said:
I've seen this KME jig mentioned before, but seems there are several options. Can you link the exact one that is used for these?

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This is how it's done.

Obviously the jig, along with the high angle spacer. You need the delta jaws if you don't want to take the blade off from the ferrule.

I would strongly recommend the Sharpal dual sided diamond stone. Sandpaper doesn't cut it with steel this hard. It can work, but you'll use tons of sandpaper.
 
The IW heads do come alive pretty easy. Diamond plates are a must. I’ve had good luck with the stay sharp stuff too. I’m going to try the work sharp tower this summer
 
Camelcluch said:
The IW heads do come alive pretty easy. Diamond plates are a must. I’ve had good luck with the stay sharp stuff too. I’m going to try the work sharp tower this summer
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Cannot articulate how much I don't like staysharp. Ron has some helpful guides on achieving sharpness but his guides suck. The blade edge has to be positioned perfectly parallel to the roller guide, which is a non issue on the KME. Then on alot of his models you need to use tape on the rollers to adjust the angle, which is an extremely tedious process. Finally because it's 3d printed you have some garbo tolerances on them. The fixed blade model couldn't hold a blade to save its life the 3d printing was so crappy.

The kme fixes every frustration of the stayjunk line and worth every penny
 
bigmike23 said:
Iron Wills are brain dead easy to sharpen. Maybe pricey to sharpen, but easy. You need the KME jig and diamond plates. I did this in not even 15 minutes with mineView attachment 102247
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Yup, I'm fully aware it's me and I'm in awe at your skill. That look amazing. No joke, if you are offering sharpening service, let me know. But I come to accept my limited time and have to be realistic about best use. 15 min to sharpening a broadhead or use that time to actually shoot my bow.....

My skill with a bow need a lot more sharpening.......
 
HuumanCreed said:
Yup, I'm fully aware it's me and I'm in awe at your skill. That look amazing. No joke, if you are offering sharpening service, let me know. But I come to accept my limited time and have to be realistic about best use. 15 min to sharpening a broadhead or use that time to actually shoot my bow.....

My skill with a bow need a lot more sharpening.......
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I dunno smells like a whole lot of excuses... Jk
 
HuumanCreed said:
Yup, I'm fully aware it's me and I'm in awe at your skill. That look amazing. No joke, if you are offering sharpening service, let me know. But I come to accept my limited time and have to be realistic about best use. 15 min to sharpening a broadhead or use that time to actually shoot my bow.....

My skill with a bow need a lot more sharpening.......
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I’m with you. But for me it’s the hours required to research what tool and parts and pieces I need, how they go together, how to use properly, what else can I use this additional tool for(knives I assume but I have what I consider an acceptable method for that), where will I mount the tool, where will I store the tool… all before I’ve had enough interest to research the features and reason why I want to pay such a significant premium to maintain a broadhead myself rather than buy a new one when it gets damaged.

After all, the broadhead is the part pulling back my bow, timing, aiming, releasing, pulling the arrow through the air and stabilizing its flight, and of course killing the deer… shouldn’t I trust it to the factory to get it right? :wink:
 
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