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.
Torbjorn W. –
Incredible handling! Although I didn’t buy this sword, I had the chance to handle it at the renaissance faire at an Arms & Armor kiosk. It’s incredibly light, perfectly balanced, and handles perfectly as a 1-handed sword (unlike the clunky Viking swords I’m accustomed to). This is what a sword is meant to feel like, and I definitely reccomend it. The only reason I don’t give it a full five stars is because I consider the aesthetics a bit bland.
Pleased buyer (verified owner) –
This is now the best sword I own. It handles like nothing else, and it is deceptively light.
I will warn you, it does not come with a sheath. I don’t think they advertise anywhere that it did come with a sheath, but they didn’t say that it didn’t come with one either. It’s the kind of thing a fella would want to be warned of.
That said, the sword quality alone makes up for it. Totally worth every penny, and now I have a weekend project.
jhykron (verified owner) –
Balance is incredible on this blade, as advertised. A friend handling it said “I could swing this around all day”, and I quite concur. Fittings are tight, the grip is comfortable, and the edge is nice and sharp.
The bad news is the cross-guard is aligned really poorly on the one I got. It doesn’t hurt functionality (the edge aligns with the grip just fine), but the blade passes through the rectangular hole in the guard at an angle (almost from one corner of the rectangle to the other, [/] instead of [|]), so that the spine of the blade is noticeably off from the center of the guard no matter which direction I view it from, and the edge angle is askew from the cross-guard angle.