Overview
Our sharpening service will provide a good serviceable edge on the blade. The result is typically “very sharp” with a small secondary bevel and a bit of an “apple seed” profile. The resulting edge is somewhat dependent on the particular blade. Some blades will take and hold sharper edges than others and the thickness of the blade will determine how wide the bevel will need to be. We adjust the angle of the edge to suit the specific blade and attempt to get as close to a bevel-less edge as possible without marring the surface of the blade.
The Sharpening Process
The sharpening service is done with a belt sander. The process involves many passes with sanding belts of various grits. The blades are rested between passes to prevent them from becoming hot and damaging their temper. By default we will sharpen as much of the blade as possible including any false edges if appropriate. If you have a different preference, feel free to make that request in the special instructions at check out. We can sharpen only the last half or third of an edge, for example. Our sword sharpening expert has personally sharpened several thousand swords at this point, so will provide you with a professional service.
What the Service is Not
The resulting edge will be “sword sharp” not razor sharp. Our goal is to provide you with a usable edge for cutting practice that will hold up to some use and not require constant re-sharpening. In other words, we intend to provide you with a serviceable weapon, not a personal grooming implement. The service will not provide a completely bevel-less edge. To create that type of edge will necessarily scratch up the blade surface and we lack the machinery and time to provide a full re-polishing of a blade’s surface. A service of that nature would be significantly more expensive as a great deal more time would be required. We do not offer this type of service at this time.
Disclaimer
We make no guarantee that the resulting edge will meet with your expectations. Every blade is different and some will take and hold a sharper edge than others, due to the blade material, heat treatment or geometry. Some customers can also have incorrect assumptions about sword sharpness and improper expectations as a result. All we can say for sure is that the resulting edge will be sharper than the default edge, in most cases, significantly so. We can not provide any refunds for the service once it has been completed, so consider it to be provided “as is”. That being said, if you are unhappy with the product for any reason, we do still allow you to return the item for a full refund, including the sharpening costs under our normal return policy. This does not apply to special sharpening requests, for example if we sharpen something specially for you that does not normally list that option on our site. The vast majority of our customers are happy with the results of the service, so as long as you keep the above mentioned in mind, we are confident you will be pleased with the results as well.
Jason Crowe (verified owner) –
Solid spear head…bought it a while back and just now mounted it on an ash pole. Sharpens up well and looks great.
Dade Hounsel (verified owner) –
this spearhead looks nice and fairly cheap. one minor issue the wings on the spear are slightly off and not completely aligned besides that it’s very good! if you do look for a pole for the spear go to a Loewe’s or Home Depot they are much cheaper.
charlis70 (verified owner) –
Like the other review state this is a very misaligned piece, the wings and the blade aren’t aligned but that’s not the worst, the blade has a spoon shape because of how crooked the one I got is, I suspect it happenned during the heat treating if there was one and they didn’t even bother to try and straighten it back. I contacted Kult of Athena’s support and never got an answer so ill be firing up my forge and ill have to straighten it myself. Overall it’s a very low quality spearhead, the central ridge is so small I doubt it would prevent it from bending if I ever hit something hard with it, and they dare call that battle ready.
Conclusion: don’t buy that crap, it’s low quality and Kult of Athena will give you the silent treatment if you try to complain that you got a crappy product. If I was the one who made that spear head i would be embarassed to sell such a crooked and misaligned weapon.