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.
Chatarra Crow –
I want to give this 4 stars because I do love this knife and have grown attached to it. It has lasted through a decent amount of abuse. That being said, I can not ignore the flaws of this knife.
I purchased this over a decade ago and still use it as a holdout knife. Its an overall nice, but cheap knife. The butt cap on the handle came off almost a week after buying and had to be glued on with epoxy cement. The blade itself was loose in the handle almost immediately, but has not come out after all these years.
The handle is nice enough and comfortable in hand. The blade itself is fat with no edge, which is fine for me. I personally found it easy to sharpen and polish the edge, but this knife is not made for cutting. It can easily slash but is not made for utility cutting. I have tried earnestly to use this as a work knife and it just doesn’t work.
The scabbard is a mixed bag that sits crooked on the blade. It requires effort to remove the blade and inside is a rounded piece of metal that spring holds against the blade, meaning metal on metal movement every time you draw the knife. This gives a trivial, but nasty looking rub mark that will eventually wear smooth. The metal plates on the scabbard, combined with how firmly it holds onto the blade gives you a less lethal blunt spike that is immediately available.
Overall, you will need to get a good cement or glue and sharpen the blade yourself, but is still a unique and relatively hardy knife.
Something else I use this knife for in a covid 19 world is pressing buttons with that metal plate on the scabbard, like at a crosswalk. Be careful who you do that in front of, tho.