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.
yuuka (verified owner) –
I like it great blade it’s very sharp if you add sharpening and has a very beautiful look haven’t cut anything with it yet but a very good piece I recommend it
TheOkami (verified owner) –
For this price I was very disappointed. If you don’t wanna read my review I would rate it now as 2/10.
Everything I have read and heard about with the “issues” that Darksword Armory has was basically in this sword that I purchased. This is coming from the mindset of somebody who wants to practice HEMA techniques and do test cutting on light targets with this sword. I should have used my better judgement. I could have bought a sword for half the price and been much happier.
On to my review. So for starters, the first thing I noticed was that the scabbard looked very nice. It felt good also. Nice soft leather. Too bad the sword inside the scabbard rattles. It also has poor retention. The scabbard was the best part of this purchase. It’s too bad. The colors look very cool.
Next is the thing that made me furious. Right out of the box without any handling the leather wrap around the handle was already coming undone. I don’t know if it was supposed to be stitched or what. It seems like it was just wrapped around and glued with something but it was already coming apart. The leather around the handle seems very cheap, almost looks like they etch lines on so it looks like the higher end stitched swords handles on the market. I don’t even feel comfortable swinging it around or trying HEMA techniques. If I used it for test cutting it would for sure come undone.
Next is the pommel. It already has rust spots on it. That is absolutely not ok for a sword of this price.
Lastly the gap between the blade and crossguard left me very perplexed. Yes there is a gap between the blade and crossguard but its seems as if whoever worked on this particular sword I got tried to hide this very poorly. I looks like they put something in the gap and than painted it black so it’s hard to notice. I don’t know how, or why they would do this or let this fly at Darksword armory. This along with the leather handle issues are not ok.
The sword handles ok but nothing special. Not sure if I just got the worst sword out of the batch but I won’t be buying from Darksword again.