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.
Plainsman Knife This is a lovely knife for the price. It has a certain amount of heft to it which I like quite a lot, as many of my thicker knives tend to be a little bit too blade-heavy, but the thick tang on the Plainsman ensures it is balanced. The false edge on the back of the blade comes sharpened if you purches Kult of Athena’s sharpening service. To be honest, I was not expecting this to be the case, but I was not complaining. I will say, however, that the bevel is just too thick for the false edge to offer much cutting potential, but alternatively, one might see this thicker edge as being useful for chopping wire, branches, shrubbery, or animal bone. All-in-all, with the stag horn grip and damascus-steel blade, every version of this knife will be unique with its’ own patterns on both the blade and grip.
My first damascus knife This is my first damascus knife and is very good. The grip is very nice, too.
After spending a few days with this knife I’d say its pretty nice as far as looks go. It seems sturdy and has a heft to it that I wasn’t totally expecting. My major problem with the knife came in the form of the sheath, out of the bag the stitching was already falling out and it looks like a distant cousin of the sheath they have in the pictures. I had also ordered the KoA sharpening like another reviewer did and unlike them my false edge didn’t come sharpened and the actual edge wasn’t very sharp either leading me to believe that maybe a mix-up landed my knife in the “sharpened” box my mistake. after a few emails with KoA they seemed pretty slammed and I’m sure its just a understandable mishap but I’ve decided to kiss that ten dollars goodbye because sending it back and forth through the postal service would take far more time than its worth to me. overall I’m pretty disappointed with this purchase but I’m holding out hope that this was a fluke. they haven’t lost my business yet.