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.
Jean-Philippe Gingras –
Looked good at first but… I got this sword and first time I held it in my hands I was quite satisfied. Fitting looks good, no gap between crossguard and the blade. The sword could be slightly lighter but it moves around quite easily. When it came to cutting test, this sword is just a beast. It cuts very well and it’s pretty much effortless. One negative aspect is that I have huge hands and I ended up sometime grabbing the pommel for more leverage. If you have regular size hands or smaller you should be fine. Then came the problems. I took a swing at a bigger seized water bottle and the pommel rotated 90 degrees in my hands. I was quite confused because the pommel is advertised as peened. It turns out that the pommel is threaded and it does not take much for it to become loose. I did a lot of water bottle cutting, some newspaper roll cutting and it performed well with no issues except for the pommel. Then the real problems came. I was practicing cuts in the air hitting no target. I took one, brought the sword quickly toward me and out of nowhere it shattered. Luckily there was nobody near me. The tang broke right where the blade begins. Hopefully it’s just a bad sample and not every swords of this type that are like that. I did ran an abusive testing on the sword. It’s just a shame that it brokes because it was such a fun sword to use.
Pros
+ Powerful cutting sword
+ Handles well
+ No gaps between the crossguard and the blade
+ Leather wrapping feels good
+ Scabbard hold the blade tightly
Cons
– Pommel is threaded
– Grip can be too short if you have big hands ( not really a con)
– Sword shattered in my hands while doing a cutting practice
ALFREDO P. –
The best in my colection Very good sword! , beautiful, well made, and so real…. I am VERY HAPPY with my sword!
The scabbard is very good, too. For me, is the number one of my colection.