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.
Phil –
The sword is amazing! except for the scabbard… I’ve had this sword for well over a few years now (About 3-4 years now) and I still like it to this day. The blade and finish is just amazing to look at and the handle and fittings are very unique. It is a bit blade-heavy but that’s something that one can train to get used to when using this sword.
The only major downside to this sword is the scabbard that it comes with. It’s made of leather and if you have more money to spend on getting a custom scabbard made of wood, I would highly advise it. It’ll serve its use as a scabbard, but in my case, all it does make parts of my blade rust faster than it should. (The leather absorbs the oils and moisture, making it a hot spot for rust on places the scabbard makes contact with the blade.) I would even just advise storing the blade without a scabbard with precaution than keep it in the scabbard, but I have to do it for safety reasons.
In the end, I can’t think of any reason why I wouldn’t have have bought this sword years ago and still is one of my favorites in the collection!
Rick M. –
Good looking, cuts well. I have to say that this is a really good looking fantasy blade that has better than average cutting ability. The blackened finish gives it a dark (almost sinister) gleam that looks cool as hell.
This sword is worth every cent, and it’s above average quality, especially at this price!
Also, a word about the other review… NO sword should be stored in a scabbard, whether it’s a wood core scabbard or not. I don’t know a single collector who stores any sword in it’s scabbard. Scabbards are meant to hold the sword while you’re transporting it, and that’s it.
Dexter W. –
Decent, but crooked. Blade bends well, and takes a good edge, hiowever the blade is not paralell to the handle. It will mess with your alignment. It’s not terrible, and it can be fixed, but still.
kyle –
Good functional fantasy sword I have had this sword for about 2 years and for the money this is a very well made sword. Made pretty decent work of rolled soaked news paper with wooden dowel cores. KOA put a pretty decent edge on there as well. The things that hold it back from 5 stars is for one the scabbard. The scabbard leaves a white residue on the blade and is rather cheap feeling and scuffs easily. Also it appears that my guard seems a little uneven with one side being more curved up and the other one slightly more pointed out. Also with this sword if you prefer to grip the sword more at the pommel it is very unconformable with the diamond shape protrusions that are on the pommel. Also the sword feels either a little heavy or unbalanced for a sword of this style and size, with how the sword feels in the hand it definitely more of a two handed sword as using with one the sword feels awkward and heavy. However for how durable the sword is and how well it cuts these are easily forgivable at this price range.
cisagiao (verified owner) –
Functional sword, very nice and unique design. Scabbard leaves white dust stuff on blade. The guard was crooked pretty bad and there is a dent on it. Can probably be fixed. Overall not bad for 300$.