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.
James, Duc de Pomerania –
This helmet is large, heavy, and enveloping. It feels heavier than its given weight, and hearing and vision are restricted. In other words it is a superb recreation of the visored bascinet if you do not want a long snout on your visor. The lines are more graceful than the pictures suggest, the visor is removable, and it’s lining is cushioned fabric. The size is given as a 26 inch circumference….it was snug on my 25 inch head. Authentically the visor does not stay up, you need to take it off when not in use. I love this helm and would buy it again.
Felix Brien-Giroux –
solid protective and heavy.
vision is actualy not bad
removable visor is nice
only donw side is the visor wont stay up wich i dint think much of till i wore it.
still a great produc
Eric (verified owner) –
You will have to modify your particular helmet to fit and function but that’s the same with all off the shelf armor anyway so no big deal. A little on the heavy side and quite forward weighted. You will need an arming hood of some kind and the helmet really benefits from the addition of a good weighty aventail or mail collar, to provide some balance. The suspension system is alright and the padding is great. The visor won’t stay up but I solved that with a few inches of fine chain that hooks into the eye slot when the visor is raised, again no big deal. The button that locks the visor in the down position could be a little longer and have better positive engagement, that’s really the biggest weakness I have found in this piece.
It wears beautifully and sits nicely on the head. This helmet is comfortable and with 14 gauge steel you really feel well protected and safe. Not flimsy pretty robust especially for non-hardened. The bascinet portion is absolutely true to type and great representation of period bascinets. The visor may or more likely may not be historically accurate but it’s incredibly reasonable to imagine this shape existed so I think it’s just fine. Plus it looks so mean and awesome!
I love that this helmet has slots for plumes. I have ostrich feathers in mind for tournament fights.
This is a fantastic helmet that is well built and sturdy. I’m 184cm with a 61cm hat size and it fits fine with no underlayer and with an arming hood needed some work to fit nicely but it’s fabulous.
For the price you cannot beat this helmet. Unbelievable value for money here. Would absolutely buy this again and may Infact buy again if I want to have a different visor style. If you’re interested in armor or anything of that kind I recommend this helmet.