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.
Shonen –
Before I got this blade, I did some research into Jambiya fighting techniques as I like to know how a blade will response vs how it should response. This knife knows exactly how it should be handle. It can be use in a standard grip for slashing targets but it loves to be used in the reverse grip, almost like a bird’s beak. If you have any love for the Arabic world, please get this blade, you will not regret it
Lucas (verified owner) –
This Jambiya replica is solidly built, and sharper than you’d imagine. The pattern on the steel is very attractive. It’s heavy, but not unbalanced or clumsy. Handling it immediately intuits what it was designed to do. Worth the money!
grimeson01 (verified owner) –
So I originally got this month’s ago and the edge was split on the curve of the blade I then sent it back to be replaced and got the same product. Then they tried to say it’s normal to have the blades edge split open. Be prepared to be scammed and jerked around by this company
David Weiss –
KOA Community –
It is never fun to publish bad reviews but we often do. In this case, we followed our normal return policy, and paid for shipping to return the item to us for us to scan for defects. After a thorough review, we determined the blade was to normal standard and not flawed. We examined a second blade for quality and shipped that to Grimeson01. Again, Grimeson complained of quality. We accepted a return.
This is neither scamming nor jerking around.