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Standing Bear · 06-26-2010, 11:16 AM

I must admit I have been following the historical development of the atom broadhead since its beginning and I have thought to write about this a while ago and today I just told myself, why not right now.

I remember when I first started working with steel a little over 30 years ago that this type of material could be shaped and built for very specific uses. And throughout the years, with the advent of very ancient heat treating techniques using very cold temperatures, we were able to achieve steels that were very durable both impact resistance and the overall abuses of our steel blades.

And add to this the newly developed cycle tempering processes, we are now capable of transforming steel into super steels. The only reason we rarely see these steels in archery is the costs of productions of such items although there are some that do. Plus the fact that high carbon and spring steels make excellent broadheads.

I remember making a blade out of ATS34 SS and the reason I did so was because of a up and coming buffalo hunt. I had heard that the local hunters said there was not a knife out there that could gut, skin, debone and butcher a whole bison without being re-sharpened. I heat treated this flat ground blade, quenched it in sub zero, did this twice and then applied a cycle tempering process that basically gave the steel a memory. Even though the knife edge was sustaining pressure from hitting bone and or grissle, the edge maintained its sharpness.

The angle I added this knife was 35 degrees and let me tell you, it did not complete one buffalo from start to finish, it did two of them. The guides and hunters were completely flabergasted and once I took the time to explain how this particular knife was built, they simply shook their heads.

I have yet to hear or read a better explanation of how an edge truly cuts, great definition Arrodynamic Solutions. Also, the people that designed this excellent broadhead took the right approach to bring forward a product that did the job effeciently and humainly, hence the Atom came to be !!!!!

Great job guys and there, I finally wrote a short version of what I first intended of wtitting.

06-26-2010, 11:16 AM	#1 (permalink)
Standing Bear Moderator Join Date: Jan 2010 Location: Northwest Territories, Canada Posts: 845	The Atom an excellent working edge I must admit I have been following the historical development of the atom broadhead since its beginning and I have thought to write about this a while ago and today I just told myself, why not right now. I remember when I first started working with steel a little over 30 years ago that this type of material could be shaped and built for very specific uses. And throughout the years, with the advent of very ancient heat treating techniques using very cold temperatures, we were able to achieve steels that were very durable both impact resistance and the overall abuses of our steel blades. And add to this the newly developed cycle tempering processes, we are now capable of transforming steel into super steels. The only reason we rarely see these steels in archery is the costs of productions of such items although there are some that do. Plus the fact that high carbon and spring steels make excellent broadheads. I remember making a blade out of ATS34 SS and the reason I did so was because of a up and coming buffalo hunt. I had heard that the local hunters said there was not a knife out there that could gut, skin, debone and butcher a whole bison without being re-sharpened. I heat treated this flat ground blade, quenched it in sub zero, did this twice and then applied a cycle tempering process that basically gave the steel a memory. Even though the knife edge was sustaining pressure from hitting bone and or grissle, the edge maintained its sharpness. The angle I added this knife was 35 degrees and let me tell you, it did not complete one buffalo from start to finish, it did two of them. The guides and hunters were completely flabergasted and once I took the time to explain how this particular knife was built, they simply shook their heads. I have yet to hear or read a better explanation of how an edge truly cuts, great definition Arrodynamic Solutions. Also, the people that designed this excellent broadhead took the right approach to bring forward a product that did the job effeciently and humainly, hence the Atom came to be !!!!! Great job guys and there, I finally wrote a short version of what I first intended of wtitting. Last edited by Standing Bear; 06-26-2010 at 11:21 AM. Reason: I need to get back to school and learn how to spell :)