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.
asifalam –
welll this is my first time getting a katana from you guys and I’m very satisfied with the service the katana looks awesome I get it in good condition as I expected. pleasure doing business with you.
dustin delano (verified owner) –
Buy with confidence! I don’t think you’ll be disappointed.
I knew what I was buying and I’m pleased to have it. Its not that refined, the back edge is pretty roughly shaped and the blade is a little wavy. The saya is very basic and has no reinforcements. The sageo is very shoe string esque but thats easily correctable. The only real complaint is the mekugi pegs, the ray skin portrudes out very roughly around the pegs. Enough to dig into your hand and probably cut you. It was very crudely drilled. I’ll clean up that area when i take it apart but its very noticable. Ive never seen that on any other katana actually, i thought it was metal shavings at first.
Overall i’m thrilled with the purchase. Any functional katana under $200 is impressive to me. And Kult of Athena did great. I was nervous, as this sword went on backorder the second i got my order confirmation. But it did indeed ship and arrived quickly. The dunnage was very adequate, the sword came well greased, in a bag, wrapped extremly well in heavy paper, inside another box with the same paper. No damage at all during transport. This is my second Ronin Katana purchase and I’m a fan. Yes they are basic. But perfect for casual sword lovers that want something more than a wall hangar without impacting your gun budget :)