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.
Mark M. –
Fast lil hammer…. You don’t need bulk when you have speed. This little hammer, that I got second hand, is an awesome weapon for its size. Very quick and responsive. Packs a wallop on some armor. They could have used better wood, but the handle COULD be replaced if it were to break. I doubt that will happen unless you’re using it on a construction/demolition site to bust concrete…..McM
D.C. –
Good steel, lousy wood. Just for kicks, swung this a few times to break up some ice on my roof. Not very hard obviously. Handle disintegrated. Big rotten knot in the middle of the wood.
Mark –
Order this and really impressed with it. I have a collection of 5 war hammers now and this is by far my favorite. I have not tried to beat on anything like a brick with it, but against soft targets the handle my warhammer is doing fine. Light and fast, but heavy enough to do some damage. For the price, the best warhammer you can get IMHO
AAM (verified owner) –
Giving this a tentative 5 star review, with the caveat that I have not had a chance to /really/ test this thing yet. The over all quality is better than I expected for the price. Sturdily built.
The quality of the handle on my copy seems quite good. I’m by no means an expert, but the other comments mention poor quality wood that broke up easily and I don’t see that at all. Granted the hardest thing I’ve hit with it was a Valencia juice orange (quite satisfying), but the wood looks and feels dense and sturdy to me.
Light and quick, can easily be one-handed if you have a strong grip and arm, plenty of handle space for two-handed use. The pick(?) is neither sharp nor dull, won’t make you bleed if you stick your thumb on it, but would easily punch through sheet metal or light plate with a good swing. Hammer head is small but solid and seems effective (against oranges, anyway).
I may re-wrap the handle, but over all this is a really cool hammer that’s fun and easy to swing around, at a price that is more than fair.