One of the first Broadheads -

raghorn · 02-20-2010, 11:54 AM

These heads were first advertised as a “small lancet” in the 1926 Stemmler catalog.
There is one school of thought that these were used as a scalpel, which is a possible as they are still very sharp, even though they are now around 100years old. Mostly they were advertised and sold as an “ink scratcher/scraper” to be used to make corrections when writing. The mistake was scraped/cut from the paper.
All of these that I have were mounted in wood handles, generally a hardwood, some I think could be rosewood.
I actually saw one mounted on an old arrow on ebay, so somebody really did hunt with them. I’m not sure how good arrow flight was achieved as these only weigh about 50 grains.
The catalog had a drawing of the head rather than a photo(1926, remember) These are several of the different version that were sold prior to that time, I don't know which one Stemmler actually sold, but my hunch is either the top two on left-Rogers or Millers.

Big Boar · 02-20-2010, 12:34 PM

I think that is way too many ink scratchers for one man to have. You should probably share a few with your boarish friend. I would even take a few that are not scalpel sharp.

Okie101 · 02-20-2010, 12:59 PM

Those are cool erasers....

Booner · 02-21-2010, 06:43 PM

Bad as my handwriting is my essay would look like a piece of swiss cheese.

bowhunterfrompast · 02-25-2010, 10:19 PM

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Originally Posted by Big Boar

I think that is way too many ink scratchers for one man to have. You should probably share a few with your boarish friend. I would even take a few that are not scalpel sharp.

I'm with Big Boar on this, would hate to break up the set. So, where would we find one of those little critter getters

bowhunter jd · 08-18-2010, 10:33 PM

just starting my collection , and would also like to add one of those to my collection of old traditional heads .

raghorn · 08-19-2010, 08:39 AM

bowhunter jd;
Have you joined the ABCC yet????

bowhunter jd · 08-24-2010, 09:35 PM

sent my app. in yesterday, thank you very much guys !!! Hope to get enough heads to trade you guys someday !

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02-20-2010, 12:34 PM	#2 (permalink)
Big Boar 130gr Join Date: Jan 2010 Location: Milwaukee, Wisconsin Posts: 492	I think that is way too many ink scratchers for one man to have. You should probably share a few with your boarish friend. I would even take a few that are not scalpel sharp.

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Booner Administrator Join Date: Nov 2009 Location: Arkansas USA Posts: 952	Bad as my handwriting is my essay would look like a piece of swiss cheese.

08-24-2010, 09:35 PM	#8 (permalink)
bowhunter jd 75gr Join Date: Aug 2010 Location: yakima, wa. Posts: 26	sent my app. in yesterday, thank you very much guys !!! Hope to get enough heads to trade you guys someday !