Montec cs -

BigBuck-A-Roo · 08-07-2010, 12:52 AM

How well do these keep an edge and how easy are they really to sharpen? Everyone that ive talked to says to go with the striker over the montec cs. There reason is because the striker blades are replaceable and sharper but ive felt a sharpened edge of the cs and it seems plenty sharp enough to blow through a Buffalo with ease ! The fact that you can reuse these many times by sharpening and the strikers you have to by new blades confuses me a little on the fact that most people pick the striker. Now am i right that a one piece durable and resharpenable head that can be used many many times over superior ? Or are the strikers really that much better that buying replacement blades every time at like what $15-20 is worth it . My guess is they are equally great in there own right and that most people who choose the striker either dont wanna or dont know how to sharpen but i could be wrong. Ok lets put it this way i know the striker is extremely sharp but for someone who can and will resharpen is the montec the better choice? Not trying to bash strikers at all as there are superb heads from what i hear just lookin for the best option . Sorry for how this all sounds im falling asleep as i write it lol

Whitetail assain · 08-07-2010, 07:18 AM

Well the striker is a bigger cut which adds to a better blood trail. I could get the montec sharp but not near as sharp as the striker. For some the ease of just replacing the blades is better than trying to re sharpen broad heads.

I feel I had better blood trails by far out of the strikers. Most of the montec trails were okay to weak but followable.

richa3md · 08-07-2010, 08:40 AM

I dont know about the better blood trail coming from the strkier. My experience with the carbon steel cuts like crazy and they bleed like the plug from the bath tub was taken out. it is a preference I guess but there is no way of blades coming out with the montec. Sharpening the CS seems to me that you need to sharpen them more deliberate than other blade types but none the less it can be done.

BigBuck-A-Roo · 08-07-2010, 01:44 PM

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Originally Posted by Whitetail assain

Well the striker is a bigger cut which adds to a better blood trail. I could get the montec sharp but not near as sharp as the striker. For some the ease of just replacing the blades is better than trying to re sharpen broad heads.

I feel I had better blood trails by far out of the strikers. Most of the montec trails were okay to weak but followable.

I see what your saying but it also helps my decision on the montec cs as well. They are a smaller cutting diameter but only by a bit and im looking for mainly accuracy and durability so the smaller by a tad Montec with absoulutely no moving parts would be the best choice for me right? If the blades on the striker were durable enough to shoot the same one's through two or three animals without sharpening ,were as accurate as the Montec cs(might be IDK),or the replacement blades were cheaper id go with the striker! Just really dont see how a 9 pack of blades should cost as much as they do honestly ! The sharpest broadhead blades are made very cheap compared to their price

Companies make way to much of their profit selling nothing more then razors ! Not trying to hurt anyones fellings here just voiceing MHO Not saying they should be cheap either im just saying their over priced a tad

And for this reason the Montec CS seems logical and way cheaper in the long run by far!

BoMaestro · 08-14-2010, 07:08 AM

I prefer the Montecs. Just make sure if you get the cs's that you put a light coat of vegetable oil on them to prevent rusting. I have found that sharpening them can be challenging. Do not rely on just the stone from G5. It is 600 grit on one side and 1200 on the other. Using this stone by itself takes way too long. The best way I have found to sharpen after shooting an animal and sticking the head in the ground is to first use a coarser stone 300/400 to get the edge back and then go to the 600 and then 1200.

I see your arguement for the Montecs. I have one that has been through 6 animals and is sitting first in line in my quiver ready to eat again.

headhunter75422 · 08-25-2010, 09:30 AM

Montecs CS are tough, fly great. and fairly easy to sharpen. I like having a durable dependable head. These are good.

08-07-2010, 12:52 AM	#1 (permalink)
BigBuck-A-Roo 100gr Join Date: Jul 2010 Location: Caledonia,NY Posts: 257	Montec cs How well do these keep an edge and how easy are they really to sharpen? Everyone that ive talked to says to go with the striker over the montec cs. There reason is because the striker blades are replaceable and sharper but ive felt a sharpened edge of the cs and it seems plenty sharp enough to blow through a Buffalo with ease ! The fact that you can reuse these many times by sharpening and the strikers you have to by new blades confuses me a little on the fact that most people pick the striker. Now am i right that a one piece durable and resharpenable head that can be used many many times over superior ? Or are the strikers really that much better that buying replacement blades every time at like what $15-20 is worth it . My guess is they are equally great in there own right and that most people who choose the striker either dont wanna or dont know how to sharpen but i could be wrong. Ok lets put it this way i know the striker is extremely sharp but for someone who can and will resharpen is the montec the better choice? Not trying to bash strikers at all as there are superb heads from what i hear just lookin for the best option . Sorry for how this all sounds im falling asleep as i write it lol __________________ PSE BOW MADNESS 32 at 66.5 lbs 28 inch draw and Nap Hellrazors Last edited by BigBuck-A-Roo; 08-07-2010 at 12:54 AM.

08-14-2010, 07:08 AM	#5 (permalink)
BoMaestro Trial Member Join Date: Dec 2009 Location: SouthEast NC Posts: 17	I prefer the Montecs. Just make sure if you get the cs's that you put a light coat of vegetable oil on them to prevent rusting. I have found that sharpening them can be challenging. Do not rely on just the stone from G5. It is 600 grit on one side and 1200 on the other. Using this stone by itself takes way too long. The best way I have found to sharpen after shooting an animal and sticking the head in the ground is to first use a coarser stone 300/400 to get the edge back and then go to the 600 and then 1200. I see your arguement for the Montecs. I have one that has been through 6 animals and is sitting first in line in my quiver ready to eat again. __________________ Athens Archery Field Staff -- BroadheadShed Field Staff

08-25-2010, 09:30 AM	#6 (permalink)
headhunter75422 100gr Join Date: Nov 2009 Location: campbell, texas Posts: 171	Montecs CS are tough, fly great. and fairly easy to sharpen. I like having a durable dependable head. These are good. __________________ ATHENS FACTORY STAFF SHOOTER RED FEATHER ARCHERY

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08-07-2010, 07:18 AM	#2 (permalink)
Whitetail assain 125gr Join Date: Jan 2010 Location: Mid Michigan Posts: 353	Well the striker is a bigger cut which adds to a better blood trail. I could get the montec sharp but not near as sharp as the striker. For some the ease of just replacing the blades is better than trying to re sharpen broad heads. I feel I had better blood trails by far out of the strikers. Most of the montec trails were okay to weak but followable.

08-07-2010, 08:40 AM	#3 (permalink)
richa3md 130gr Join Date: Mar 2010 Location: Mid Michigan Posts: 546	I dont know about the better blood trail coming from the strkier. My experience with the carbon steel cuts like crazy and they bleed like the plug from the bath tub was taken out. it is a preference I guess but there is no way of blades coming out with the montec. Sharpening the CS seems to me that you need to sharpen them more deliberate than other blade types but none the less it can be done.