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.
kawayama (verified owner) –
Received the sword today, beautiful sword. For me a person with big hands the only drawback was the guard was set too close to the grip which prevented me from getting a good grip. Easy fix I just bent it forward a bit and it’s perfect. It’s light weight makes it a nimble blade.
Justin Dille (verified owner) –
I bought mine with the dulled blade for reenacting purposes. So I wear it roughly 15 hours a day on the summer weekends.
Review summary: very pretty, maybe a bit heavy and choppy, grip is pleasantly grippy texture-wise but can be a little harsh and might not fit 100% flush in all places (again very pretty though), scabbard is nice but took some loosening to be practical. held up in the wilderness and some combat scenarios perfectly. very interesting to use, with some handy features for wearing and wielding.
I find it worth the price for my purposes, and I have received positive reactions from folks around me too.
The sword is very nice looking in person, a very beefy thick chopping without much distal taper if any and a partial false edge on the back. The faux ivory grip while a little rough on my hand with its hard edges and not *quite* perfect fit up, it has a very nice grip on the skin and would probably do very well with some leather gauntlets, though I am perfectly able to deal with it myself.
The scabbard was very tight and took great effort to get the sword back in, but after some time of drawing it and also loosening up the leather, it now works fine so long as the blade is lubricated properly.
It hangs well from a saber belt, and those little bumps in the guard really help eliminate wandering while you walk and make sure it all stays right where you want it aesthetically.
I have taken this sword into some fairly intense situations involving cliffs and gunfire as well as nightfall in the woods with no shelter. Everything still looks perfect. no loose fittings or nicks in the scabbard, just the obviously expected dulled brass from being in the world.
The design of the sword is beautiful, I love the blade etching. Some design features are definitely more form over function (not at all the makers fault, its simply the design). namely the downturned half-handguard that can get in the way of your grip and of course sacrifices the other half of the guard, or the cast eagle pommel which has all sorts of odd shapes and ridges to be what it is. But there are also fairly handy features such as the lanyard ring. I also find that the quillon is nice to rest the thumb on for control and the half guard can allow for interesting techniques in high guards as its easier to thumb that space as well. The knuckle bow is perfectly fine how it is for me, and as I’ve read in other reviews, you can probably straighten the guard if you really want. I just learned how to work with it using different grips for different positions, doing that made me realize its probably an intentional design choice.
again, very pretty and durable, worth the money, would recommend