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.
Chiron –
Poleaxe A beautiful piece for any collection, workmanship is the best, weight and handling are well done, I do cut test with all of my collection, and this Poleaxe is one of the best, the price may seem a bit on the up side but you do truly get what you pay for.
Michael S. –
Great Craftsmanship and good delivery time. Quoted delivery time was four months. It arrived in one! As expected for an A&A piece, the craftsman ship is top notch: Good, clean lines, excellent finishing, no sign of sloppy welds or half-hearted peens. The axe head is sharp, the hammer head spikes well formed and anxious to bite armor. The top spike it stout… ideal for popping mail rings. The haft is high quality… no crap wood here. Well worth the price and great service from KoA.
AndrewFowler (verified owner) –
This is a beautiful piece. It looks very similar to the one in the Wallace collection and will look great on display with my collection…but. I have to take issue with the build quality. In the official description above it says the top spike is integrated with the hammer, axe and langets as one piece but that’s not the case on the one I received. You can clearly see the top spike and langets are a separate piece from hammer/axe because there are gaps. There is also a gap between the langets and the haft you can see light through. Also the haft is very very thin where it actually meets up with the head. So thin I’m not at all confident that this would survive contact with anything more resistant than a pillow without coming loose. And at $520 I’m not in a hurry to take it outside and test that. I would say the quality is very similar to the Venetian hammer sold on this site from Deepeka for a fraction of the price which also doesn’t feel like you could hit anything with it. It’s too bad because the original has a fully enclosed socket down the haft which is all one piece with rest of the head. This would be a much sturdier way to construct it and seems like it would be easier to do as well. So I don’t consider this battle ready which takes some of the fun out of it, but it is pretty to look at.