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.
Geralt –
Pretty good pattern I was pleasantly surprised with the design of this aventail. The pattern used certainly isn’t lazy. From the neck up the rings follow a battern that allows the chainmail to drape vertically and tighten up if too big like we all know chainmail tends to do. From the neck down the pattern is a seamless circumference, like it was constructed as one long winding strip of mail. Much better than some other stuff I’ve seen with higher quality links, but an obvious patch-job of trapezoidal pieces.
I give this peice of 4 out of 5, because for some unknown reason (a mix up maybe?) the leather band included stitched to the mail is perfectly straight. If your helmet’s verelles don’t angle upwards towards the eyes, this will still be a problem as this is what the mail was intended for. Without replacing the leather band, you’ll either have a bit of bunched up mail or a bit of bunched up leater on both sides.
PaulBuck (verified owner) –
Kult of Athena should really measure these things and give us more information. From end to end on the leather strip is 22.5″. Its actually too big for the helmet I bought. The quality seems pretty nice, and interestingly enough the tag on the packaging from Lord of Battles says this aventail is a Medium. Makes me wonder how you get a small…