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.
Mr. P. –
Excellent weapon. I have used this weapon for about 3 years performing live steel combat demonstrations at ren faires throughout a good portion of the Midwest. Even through non choreographed, full contact sparring the war scythe has held up very well. The reason for the 4 star rating is for 2 things. 1, if you are going to be using it for sparring I highly recommend that you grind down the point before taking the scythe onto the field. 2, the blade has a tendency to bend. It can be bent back with relative ease however, this is a reoccurring problem with the blade. Keeping these things in mind, this war scythe is still a very good weapon.
The Grey Forest –
I train with and collect spears and this was a Unique and beautiful weapon: arrived well packaged and in good condition: I had an issue with the pole being a whopping 1.75″ thick, which is far too wide and heavy for any spear. The blade is on the inner curve and the head was well attached w./ a type of epoxy and securing mounting screw hole – had to remove and replace onto a shorter staff and fits perfectly onto a tapered 1.25″ pole. Redecorated, it is now an exotic Dark Elven spear. Would suggest that there be an option to not have the staff included – which would cut down on the price, rework, and shipping costs.
Nathan Johnson –
Very fun to use
Attila Szajko –
I’m unable to say anything wrong about it. Heavy (massive is a better word), made durable. I’d bought it as an example of the original war scyte (I’ve a very later one, 175+ years old piece (family piece (Hungarian Revolution of 1848…failed)) – very fragile, only for display, but razor sharp to this day) to fauchard/glaive evolution. I love it.