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.
Tyler –
Unfortunately for me the one I got wasn’t able to handle being swung. I tried getting a little bit of a feel for this sword by swinging it a bit (not cutting targets, just swinging it), and the blade broke off the handle. This is NOT battle ready and shouldn’t be treated as one.
I was going to give this sword 2/5 stars as this was the only reproduction of this type of Dussack on the Kult of Athena when I bought it about 2 weeks ago. But as Ritter Steel has released a dussack that is similar in style to this that seems to be more reputable, I’ve decided to give this a 1/5 rating as this blade no longer has “its the only option” going for it.
Alexander Stutes –
Recently purchased 2 of these as project blades to improve the handle. For the price, they are fantastic. They are definitely chopping swords, and came with a servicable edge. You don’t usually get the quality these have for their price. Excellent project swords, and for a far better price than ritter steel’s version
Dante Blake –
I got mine recently and its a great weapon! The handle definitely needs to be improved and reinforced. It is too small for my small hand.. But the blade itself is great, you dont usually get that kind of quality for a price like that, so I’d give an overall 3.5/5 stars. It came out of the box very well oiled, and the scabbard is fine too.
Maxwell Jacobson (verified owner) –
A crappy rugged-looking beater sword for an unbelievable price. Decently sharp out of the box. Seems sturdy enough to me, though I haven’t really tested it much. Seems like a great project sword. If you don’t love it, your only out 20$. 4.5/5 from me.
Helen –
I honestly love this thing.
All those cheap it’s surprisingly great, it shouldn’t actually be that surprising seeing as it’s one of the simplest weapons to make, I think coldsteel could’ve done this without problem.
The blade doesn’t come that sharp but it’s still good enough if you decided to waste your potato rations, so it’s truly the best sword for a peasant.
There is a problem that I have with the image that shows right now though, the curve on the newer models are a lot more pronounced than the one in the image, which would be fine if the sheath actually changed with it. It still fits in the sheath, It’s just from how curvy it is and the blade goes in a weird direction I’ve already poked a hole through the back of the sheath because it’s awkward to get in there.
Overall it’s really beautiful, I absolutely love the look of it and how great it feels without gloves, it really makes me want to fin for my life against bandits that are way more experienced than I am
Tyrell Johnson (verified owner) –
Mine is 16 & 1/4 inch blade length, is light about 3 to 3.5 oz of material, total@1lb 3oz , and is 5.0 mm across the spine. I’m still Looking for where that weight went. Maybe the handle is light? I like that mine is a couple inches longer, and I don’t suspect I will miss the weight on account of a handguard.
Mine came with a secondary AND complementary confused 3RD BEVEL! Which I am making into a singular higher angle secondary bevel by hand, and I am thoroughly enjoying my time doing so. I didn’t pay for sharpening service, If it was offered, and the makers simply made it easier to sharpen altogether by hogging away some of that edge thickness away free of charge. They did a good job on that.
This is my first sword of any kind and I love it. I am therefore biased no matter what, and I will give it a five star review. It also seems worth a 5 star review to me. I like the scaled sides and edges. I like the drawn out handguard. I like every thing about it. The sheath is a pleasant gratuity that for the cost is welcome and recognized. I may one day make a better sheath for myself. This peasant cutlass is a great thing to me.
I quite like the idea of learning to sharpen this or any sword. I am very thrilled about that, and everything right now. I am glad to choose my own edge bevel.
I cannot test the Rockwell hardness as I do not yet have testers yet but I will get a set off amazon soon enough. I would suspect the rockwell hardness to be fairly close by filing at it. I can post those numbers later if it matters.
It looks as simple as I probably COULD speak with my Slavic language skills. Which is part of why I wanted one from the beginning. So I am happy.
Minasdad114 (verified owner) –
Very pleased overall with the one I received. I don’t really have any complaints, but one informative observation: even with the leather wrap the handle is quite thin. This didn’t bother me as I had already planned on removing the leather and replacing it with raw (unsanded) antler scales. The scabbard didn’t bother me either as I had planned on making a more era friendly version, the one that came with does fit a machete I have nicely though