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.
Better then they look. I bought these for appearances for a LARP, and with heavy use, these gloves are the only leather gear I own that holds up without needing maintenance or modification.
Only downside would be is that they’re sized for somewhat small hands, but this was forewarned, I just forgot to change it.
I live on an unbridged island & use fingerless gloves to keep my hands warm & safe while dealing with marine rope in strong currents. (Feathered marine rope, e.g lobster rope, is VERY high friction & will give you a hell of a burn if it slips on bare skin).
Being fingerless helps deal with knots and fittings in a hurry (try to do it with mittens or fingered gloves and you will see what I mean) and prevents you from having to wear wet gloves all day.
These greatly outperform the ones I was wearing before (West Marine), whilst being made of much better materials and inexplicably cheaper. They are comfortable enough to type in. They can be difficult to take off, but this is more of an observation than a criticism since it is typical of the type. I am very impressed.
The only way these are “costume quality” is if you are going to a costume party at a drug kingpin’s mansion, and you weren’t invited.
$29.00 for these feels like a typo.
When I ordered these, I ordered the largest size available (XL). I was already expecting them to be a bit tight, and they are, but that’s fine.
Giving them a close look, however, reveals that stitching is inconsistent between the left and right gloves, and the right glove stitching just looks cheaper comparatively. Even this could be lived with, though it’s a bit of a disappointment.
Unfortunately though, the seam where the thumb joins the rest of glove on both gloves has began to pull apart immediately after putting them on and taking them off a couple of times, to the point I can see my skin through them. I haven’t done anything other than put them on and take them off, no work or anything like that.
These gloves will do well enough for the occasional wear, but I have no idea how long they’ll hold up. I’ll take this as a lesson learned, and stick to buying swords.