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.
good looking blade feels great in the hand,looks great and affordable price
A European sword buyer Sword arrived in 1 week to
europe good value sharp,tight nice saya definitely will buy again from KOA
Redneck enthusiast Good cutter came sharp but I sharpened it even more it is battle ready as listed great for the money and then some was very surprised by the Hamon on the blade I feel it will hold up for a long time as long as you are not an idiot and try to cut down trees with it
Amazing. Better than expected Amazing first sword. Quality control is quite good, and the details and finish are great. Tough, thick blade, and beautiful lacquered saya. Note: the handle isn’t nine and three-quarters inches. It’s twelve inches. Other measurements are correct as far as I can tell. I wanted a sharp, sturdy, REAL sword to swing around, and I got it. I didn’t have to pay two or three hundred dollars for it either.
I just received my Musashi Warrior Katana , the only thing I have to say it’s very good quality !!! And a beautiful sword, also very sharp. You can not beat the price, thank you very much for selling good quality swords . This is the third one I ordered Elias Katsaros
I just received my third Musashi Katana, and all three have the same excellent quality.
I have about nine swords from Kult of Athena, they are all beautiful, but the best cutters for water bottles, are the Musashi Katana swords.
Elias
Amazing sword, very good quality and for the price you cant go wrong.
I got one of these for Christmas in 2020. I come from a European sword background & have been collecting smreplicas since 1995. In general I find replica Japanese swords to be better constructed per $ than European swords; i think this is to Japanese swords always having had a market for functional swords where European swords largely lacked this before around 2000.
This is the 2nd katana i have owned, first i still have lol
I personally wanted a katana with simple fittings of steel, good steel, differentially hardened but not as hard as some katana (being used to softer European sword edges g what they can do) not too expensive but with a says that wasn’t the typical black gloss.
Well this katana fit my requirements like a glove!
It is very sold and after test cutting on bamboo & other targets it has stayed tight. Wrap could be a bit tighter but certainly isn’t loose. The tang (nakago?) Is signed which is surprising at the price point. Granted it looks like it was done with a Dremel tool but for a detail many would not look for or expect it’s fine.
I would say it’s a good beginner to intermediate level katana for a practitioner of Japanese sword arts or a good sword to practice with for those trained in other styles that want a katana but are not wanting to invest a lot.
I’ve featured it in several of my YouTube channel vids here are a few:
My initial showing of the katana
https://youtu.be/cylM1ldL5bg
Cutting bamboo (way too hard bamboo BTW)
https://youtu.be/rYs78aYrDL8
Cutting water bottles with a few swords in abandoned building
https://youtu.be/myY6vUYCY3U
Great sword for the price. Everything is tight. I will be buying more swords from this site based on it’s quality.