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.
Mike M. –
A nice Match for the Viking Broad Sword by Deepeeka I love Deepeeka items but this one kinda let me down, especially since I bought it to match my Viking Broad sword that has a similar matching pommel and guard. just read any of my reviews of deepeeka Viking swords and Others I have come to own. The photos for this could be a little more revealing, when I bought this I assumed the straight side would be the edge, as it looks. Also I do prefer broken back Seax as they have a stronger point, and are sharpened on the straight edge.
That was the first let down, my next assumption that was wrong was the fact that the handle is supposed to be wrapped in a gold/bronze like colored twisted wire, mine was black, and the pommel and guard did not have the same quality as the matching Broad Sword, which is awesome and flawless. The Swords hilt was comprised of Metal whether its iron or whatever, the material used on this seax seemed like it had a metal base buried under layers of resin or some artificial casting material.
The final flaws are not as bad, the tip had been blunted, its hard to sharpen, and its not up to par with its massive big broad counterpart. That’s the worst of it.
Enough negativity, this thing doesn’t suck, it has many good qualities as well. Its not expensive, its pretty big almost short sword big, the polish on the blade is nice almost mirror like. The Sheath that accompanies this dagger seax hybrid is nice, but could use some belt loops for horizontal wearing, but they leave that up to you. I do leather work so I gave it some stamped imagery and made my own loops from some nice oil tanned leather to match, but can still be worn diagonally or vertically without any leather work.
If you have yourself the great beast that is the Deepeeka Viking Broad Sword, get this, its worth it. Also by now the quality of deepeeka has gone up significantly, and the one I bought DID NOT COME FROM KULT OF ATHENA, and was bought two years ago, which is why mine wasn’t as good.
For this Seax I give it 3 stars, or more accurately a 7.0 / 10.0
SKOAL!