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.
Nathan P. Caldwell (verified owner) –
The construction of the dagger itself seems solid. The pommel feels weighty enough to be a macehead, and it’s what draws the PoB back to an inch behind the guard. While both the dagger and the sheath itself appear well-made, the dagger fits into the sheath very loosely and the only think keeping it in is the retention strap; This combined with the weight of the pommel make it falling out of the sheath a real possibility if you walk around with it on your belt, since the pommel makes the dagger want to point upwards while sheathed. The blade appears as dull as a butterknife out of the box, but considering the sheath it may be for the best that it didn’t come to that sharp.
Despite all this however, the overall quality is such that I will be keeping mine as a project knife; Making a new sheath, sharpening the edges and perhaps replacing the pommel. I’ve yet to find a fixed blade flamberge dagger this close to being actually useable.
TL;DR – won’t cut out of the box, but it’d make a good project knife.
DC (verified owner) –
This knife is sick as hell. It looks super cool and feels very solid in the hand.
Came out the box with a decent enough edge and extremely pointy which is perfect being as its a dagger.
You buy them to stab things, not cut them ;)
That being said I stabbed a bunch of stuff with this and it held up great.
The Flamberge Blade makes it so the blade does not sink as easily into things as a traditional dagger but that is made up for in the fact that its dope as ****.
The sheath is just fine. Over all well built and works good enough but nothing to write home about.
If you think this dagger looks bad ass or plan to become an evil wizard or something I highly recommend this dagger.
TL;DR Very cool dagger
matthewtitt (verified owner) –
Shits BADASS!!!
I love this thing, For Years I had been set upon by Rapscallions, and highwaymen at night announcing “Stand And Deliver” with nought to defend myself but a baggy of “Rusty Shackleford’s Patented Pocket Sand.” And my Longsword which is truly terrible when set upon by surprise. Now when a Brigand attempts to Arouse me I can say “AHA!!” As I whip out my dagger and announce to the rapscallion I wish them no harm but for them to simply leave me be, then I throw my pocket sand in their face and away!!! Hahahahahahahahahaha
fzysknr (verified owner) –
A beautiful dagger, intimidatingly large in the hand. The sheath is well-made but not fancy, and would probably take dye well. My only complaint is (as other reviewers noted) the extremely heavy pommel; while a dagger certainly doesn’t have to be point-heavy, this one tends to sit sideways when hanging from the belt loop. Still a gorgeous addition to our little armory!