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.
James P. –
Good Sword!!! Much better than Expected First off I bought this from darksword armory themselves so even though it came sharpened it wasn’t the greatest job in the world. But the main reason I had bought this was due to me being an avid fan of The Lord of the Rings with me being a martial artist second. So when I received it after a week I was greatly impressed with the blade and its flexibility (or lack of it being overly so due to it being from darksword armory). So this leads me to believe this was an error on their part, leading them accidently making a great sword or they’ve gotten their shit together cuz prior to buying this I had heard they were not great and some people even said they were the worst. But this buy easily dispelled my hesitations and I would gladly buy from them again though probably of of Kult of Athena.
Enrique Espada (verified owner) –
Beautiful sword! Has a nice weight for the size. The specs sold me, even though I prefer historical rather than fantasy, but in research, past blacksmiths had no restrictions on sword making other than making a practical weapon. We only have what was found or written about, so imagination is the limit. For the price and specs, this is a great value. Have yet to field test it, got the sharpening service, and it is sharp, have no doubt it will perform as well as a higher end sword. Looks awesome on top of it all.
steffen –
Glamdring from Lotr films pretty much and boy does it do it justice, Long pretty heavy and extremely nice to look at, wouldn’t dare to use this for any cutting but i’m sure it could do its share if put to the test.
Then again who buys Gandalf’s sword to take it to town?
Not many forges does these and the United cutlery ones (even tho they are very nice to look at) don’t hold up to these in detail IMO atleast.