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.
Arturo Honorato –
AWESOME This weapon is badass, can cut things smoothly and great
Matt C. –
Wasteland Gladius Bought a wasteland gladius, a bad ass no frills short sword. Has some weight to it unlike the thin machetes. Sheath is total garbage, not worth the material its made from. Its what you would expect from a 12 dollar Walmart machete. I bought a cold steel gladius machete sheath from them and it was a perfect fit and 10x better. Very pleased with sword, sheath was insulting. I give it 4 stars because of sheath
Nic B. –
Wasteland Gladius Received my wasteland gladius a few days ago. I’m thoroughly impressed with how tough this little sword is, being pinned 8 times through micarta scales and 1/4″ steel that runs the exact dimensions of the handle. This is the reason this little guy is on the chubby side, a lot of steel I’m your grip!
For the price, I couldn’t be happier. The edges are chisel-ground and freakishly sharp, passing the paper test with ease right out of the box (which I also hacked to pieces with this blade!).
Harlan –
Very cool blade but… This is a very cool blade, but it would be more comfortable to wield if the handle were a tad thinner and/or more oval shaped rather than rectangular, it’s not bad, nothing sports tape can fix!
Profagon (verified owner) –
I just wanna say this sword is a beast! It’s longer, thicker, sharper than I expected. It’s so sharp, that I accidentaly dropped it in my mattress when I was unboxing it and it fell on it’s tip, causing a 2 inch cut into my mattress so yeah, it’s sharp.
The sheath could be better, but you don’t buy a sword for it’s sheath. For the price it’s totally worth it. Since I didn’t find much information online, besides this helpful reviews and KOA’s guidance through email, I decided to make a short video on youtube, in that video you’ll see the damage done to my mattress lol, my channel is MetalCroyax in case you want to check it out.
Anyway, I’m very satisfied with the purchase, with the sword and with KOA’s customer service.
JR (verified owner) –
For the price, this gladius style sword is really good. The only cons are the sheath and the finish. The sheath is terrible, but I can care less about it. I can make a better one later and it does the job. The finish is a little on the rough side and the tip was bent when I received it. When I say it was bent, it wasn’t horrible. A few minutes with a file and it was as good as new. Definitely nothing to cry about. As for the finish, again, for the price point it’s rough, but perfectly fine in my opinion. It arrived sharp enough to cleave anything you put in front of it and it feels well built. I’m not worried about hitting a hard target with it. In fact, when you hold it, you get an overwhelming feeling to hit something hard with it! Overall, I’m very happy with the purchase. If you’re in the market for a solid gladius style sword that you can actually use with little fear of breaking it, I suspect you will enjoy this one. You would be hard pressed to find something similar at this price. Great job with this one guys!