Big Boar

Back in 1957 Little Shaver came out with a replaceable blade head that was made of sheet metal but had a pocket where an injector shaving blade could be inserted. This is the first head shown below in a three blade configuration.

Then around ten years later a company called Outdoor Outfitters came out with a three blade head of similar construction to the Little Shaver but used smaller blades. The blades were similar to an injector blade but was scored so it could be broken into six blades. An injector blade could be used if cut into smaller pieces. The OO-3 is shown in the second picture

Then in 1987 Rocky Mountain came out with a similar concept, but it was made as a screw-in head and would accept blades from the Razor (Grand shown in third picture) or the Ultra (Royal shown in the forth picture) which had a wider cut.



So as you can see every decade or two many of the old ideas are brought around once again. Time to start watching for this to show up one more time.

bowhunterfrompast

I did a little research and confirmed what I was thinking

A few broadheads pre 1957 had replaceable razor blades fastened to different broadheads. Did this practice lead to the design of the Little Shaver?

Big Boar

This is an excerpt from my book "The Modern Mechanical Broadhead 1982 to 2010"

"In 1955 a third notable broadhead design advancement occurred with the introduction of the replaceable blade that didn’t have to be sharpened. The Bo’n Arrer Shop Rocket was the first documented production head to have replaceable blades. It also had a replaceable screw-in tip. This was a great idea but didn’t catch on for several years. In the same year Jack Howard thought that gluing a razor blade to a fixed blade head would be a better solution to having razor sharp blades without having to sharpen the head. This was also a sort lived solution. Then in 1957 the Little Shaver broadhead was introduced. It utilized the then popular single edge injector razor blades that were friction fitted into slots and could be replaced by hand."

sadiejane

reckon there was lots of "replacing" those razor blades when used.
cant imagine they stood any impact at all.
reason for "short lived"?
have any ya'll actually hunted with this style blade?
experience?

Big Boar

Actually the Little Shaver and the Outdoor Outfitter heads are fairly common and both went through a couple of design changes, so I do not know long they were made, but I do know they made a fair amount of them.

My guess it that the blades were pretty tough since only a very small height of the blade was unsupported.

All of these are nice heads to have in a collection and can be picked up cheaper than most of the current heads on sale today.

euniess

What can you tell us about the heads that had razors glued on?? I've seen M-A 3-L with glued razors, but how do they fit into the puzzle....or do they?

Big Boar

Like I mentioned above in Post #3 the first one who glued razor blades on other existing heads like trhe Bodkin, Trail-Eze, Bigame Missile, and the Black Copperhead Slicer.

Later on several others tried this same thing.

Waldo

Zonkers also sold MA-3 heads with glued on blades.

Wade Phillips

Greg -

I see that I missed putting the "h" in "short",

Thus both your post as well as page 2 in your book have "sort lived solution" rather than "short lived solution."

Please deduct the cost of that mistake from my payment when you send the check for my fees.

Editing and proof reading for books are becoming lost arts...

Big Boar

Thanks Wade, I am always happy to have my mistakes pointed out, so I can hopefully do a better job next time around. That is the problem with spell checker. if you use a real word but the wrong one, it doesn't tell you.

Keep your eyes open for that forthcoming check.

Wade Phillips

Greg - I believe it was originally my mistake not yours.

How often do you hear of two collectors debating who is responsible for making a mistake?

I will be waiting by the mail box all week...