Post by bowtech on Feb 4, 2006 11:34:25 GMT -5
Posted - 09/20/2005 (first impression)Taken from KSC
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I have to say that these heads are awesome (so far)
The chisel point is easily sharpened to act as a chisel/cutting leading edge broadhead.
Very unique in the fact that any other head that has had a chisel head (that I have seen) has had no real advantage to being sharpened.
This head however , incorporates the chisel perfectly, to make way for the blades.
The blades are locked into the leading point to avoid any possible hang ups after the tip has cleared the potential bone,ect..
Also,this locking design only strengthens the blade as it enters further into hard matter.
The rear blade can only act as a fulcrum and therefore places the front of the blade tighter into its already secure position.
It would seem as though this is genius and why hasn't anyone thought of this before?.
I don't know (as no one has) but it is a beautiful thing!.
The construction of the body is simply breath taking and perfectly engineered.
I cant find any flaws as Much as I would like to ( so that I would have something to say in the negative).
Well there was one thing...
I would have liked to have seen the shank of the insert end fully threaded instead of only five threads
Now keep in mind that I have seen other heads that looked good in the past (lots) that ended up breaking my heart.
BUT...
I don't think this is going to be one of those
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Today (From field report - in October)
Spending more time on inspection ,I have come to the conclusion that the reason for the weak blade is a combination of the thickness and the extreme edge.
The thin (.027) blade allows it to be made very sharp but at the same time it also leads to a very thin edge which is prone to damage when bone is contacted.
I did a further examination of the deer I shot and the rib was only nicked but the blade that did the nicking was in poor shape.
I like the .027 but a higher grade metal is what is needed IMO.
Other than that , this is about the end until I take the next deer.
I have enough confidence to continue forward with this head at this point
(Second report - November)
Picture a deer right in front of you and its nose off the ground maybe 10"
(you would see the neck fading into the shoulder blades as they rise past the spine.)
I choose to shoot dead center(of the neck) on line with the spine and 4" below the top of the shoulders.
(6" may have been a better choice but I wanted to eliminate going through any more flesh than needed before entering the body cavity.)
I was thinking at the time I would have to make 18" of entrance to get 'er done and as it turned out that was all I got.
The head hit the side of the spine on entering and continued till it came to a stop on the bottom center of the spine just behind the shoulder blades.
When the deer raised its head , the arrow was in a pivot point and came down into the lung area.
(but far away from hitting the liver which I had hoped to do with better penetration.)
(This gives credit to a past discussion concerning pass through V.S. non-pass through merits)
Unfortunately what would have lead to a quick demise (if the head were intact?)was not to be since he made no run or quick turning movements.
By walking away calmly , the arrow simply rode the center cutting only a 3" section of lung perhaps 2" in depth.
Were I using the BK2 in this scenario things may have turned out far worse.
With the near doubling of K.E. the arrow would have most likely continued into the stomach area , missing any lung at all.
This (combined with probable further blade damage)would have likely caused a quick and speedy flight on the deers behalf and may have resulted in far worse an end to the story.
Having continued to rethink this for two days now , I am getting closer to the point of calling myself a dumb ass who just got lucky.
None the less...I did think through the shot before making it and chose to do so only after having come to the conclusion that it would be 100% successful if attempted on my part.
If I had of acted on heart alone, I wouldn't be mulling anything over.....straight to dumb ass!
As to honesty (Thank you )....My goal is to inform and be informed and anything that I see and find anew gets attention.
( regardless of how it might make me look.)
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Bottom line was that this head flies perfectly and has a great Ferrel design but again (as with so many heads) the blades were the cause of the failure for this head to make the top shelf list.
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I have to say that these heads are awesome (so far)
The chisel point is easily sharpened to act as a chisel/cutting leading edge broadhead.
Very unique in the fact that any other head that has had a chisel head (that I have seen) has had no real advantage to being sharpened.
This head however , incorporates the chisel perfectly, to make way for the blades.
The blades are locked into the leading point to avoid any possible hang ups after the tip has cleared the potential bone,ect..
Also,this locking design only strengthens the blade as it enters further into hard matter.
The rear blade can only act as a fulcrum and therefore places the front of the blade tighter into its already secure position.
It would seem as though this is genius and why hasn't anyone thought of this before?.
I don't know (as no one has) but it is a beautiful thing!.
The construction of the body is simply breath taking and perfectly engineered.
I cant find any flaws as Much as I would like to ( so that I would have something to say in the negative).
Well there was one thing...
I would have liked to have seen the shank of the insert end fully threaded instead of only five threads
Now keep in mind that I have seen other heads that looked good in the past (lots) that ended up breaking my heart.
BUT...
I don't think this is going to be one of those
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Today (From field report - in October)
Spending more time on inspection ,I have come to the conclusion that the reason for the weak blade is a combination of the thickness and the extreme edge.
The thin (.027) blade allows it to be made very sharp but at the same time it also leads to a very thin edge which is prone to damage when bone is contacted.
I did a further examination of the deer I shot and the rib was only nicked but the blade that did the nicking was in poor shape.
I like the .027 but a higher grade metal is what is needed IMO.
Other than that , this is about the end until I take the next deer.
I have enough confidence to continue forward with this head at this point
(Second report - November)
Picture a deer right in front of you and its nose off the ground maybe 10"
(you would see the neck fading into the shoulder blades as they rise past the spine.)
I choose to shoot dead center(of the neck) on line with the spine and 4" below the top of the shoulders.
(6" may have been a better choice but I wanted to eliminate going through any more flesh than needed before entering the body cavity.)
I was thinking at the time I would have to make 18" of entrance to get 'er done and as it turned out that was all I got.
The head hit the side of the spine on entering and continued till it came to a stop on the bottom center of the spine just behind the shoulder blades.
When the deer raised its head , the arrow was in a pivot point and came down into the lung area.
(but far away from hitting the liver which I had hoped to do with better penetration.)
(This gives credit to a past discussion concerning pass through V.S. non-pass through merits)
Unfortunately what would have lead to a quick demise (if the head were intact?)was not to be since he made no run or quick turning movements.
By walking away calmly , the arrow simply rode the center cutting only a 3" section of lung perhaps 2" in depth.
Were I using the BK2 in this scenario things may have turned out far worse.
With the near doubling of K.E. the arrow would have most likely continued into the stomach area , missing any lung at all.
This (combined with probable further blade damage)would have likely caused a quick and speedy flight on the deers behalf and may have resulted in far worse an end to the story.
Having continued to rethink this for two days now , I am getting closer to the point of calling myself a dumb ass who just got lucky.
None the less...I did think through the shot before making it and chose to do so only after having come to the conclusion that it would be 100% successful if attempted on my part.
If I had of acted on heart alone, I wouldn't be mulling anything over.....straight to dumb ass!
As to honesty (Thank you )....My goal is to inform and be informed and anything that I see and find anew gets attention.
( regardless of how it might make me look.)
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Bottom line was that this head flies perfectly and has a great Ferrel design but again (as with so many heads) the blades were the cause of the failure for this head to make the top shelf list.
