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.
Dave K. –
Really, this is an eight star sword Totally biased regards this magnificent hollow ground bastard sword. It’s elegant style masks a very substantial weapon. Sword has a wonderful neutral feel that makes one handed use appear comfortable, although this is a healthy two hander.
Highly recommended.
Mct –
Deserves 5 stars I very rarely give 5 stars for any sword as i am very picky, but this one deserves it.
The fit and finish was pretty much perfect and i can’t find anything worth complaining about.
The handling was a little more blade heavy than i expected as i am used to a ringeck model, but is in no way bad. The handling is what id describe as authoritative and bold, and makes me think of decisive single tempo counters as described in the liechtenauer tradition.
The sword cuts very well on tatami, ringing beautifully with each cut. The edge came very nicely done and only needed some light honing and stropping to shave hair.
The pommel might look uncomfortable with the spiky bits but honestly i forgot about them during my cutting test and didnt even feel the protrusions as i hold the neck of the pommel and not the entire thing. The curved quillons don’t hook your wrist or anything in moulinet style motions.
Note that the leather darkens super easily with exposure to sweat and oil so you might wanna get a lighter colour than what you want.
Would highly recommend overall. Essentially ‘perfect’, and i don’t use that word lightly