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- Jan 6, 2025
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By preference, near Eugene.
To get the usual questions addressed -
-- No, I literally cannot do it myself; I do not have the gear/machinery or the place to put it, or much of a place to work. Water cooled grinding wheels look like fun but are reported to be too messy for an indoor sport.
-- No, I cannot do it with stones - I've tried that for knives and do a poor job, as I cannot maintain an angle properly. Some folks are 'all thumbs' and that's just me. There are a couple threads here about jigs and tools to sharpen swords with stones - that seems to be challenging for the novice, which would be me.
-- I know when I need a professional, and I am willing to pay professional rates.
So, what do I need sharpened? I have three of the Royal Armouries/Windlass collaborations swords, 5160 steel, that are about 'butterknife' sharp, and they deserve better. The contract from Royal Armouries to Windlass/Museum Replicas/Atlanta specified no sharpening, otherwise I would have ordered that when I bought the swords.
I have others (Tod Cutler) that need a bit of refinement. (His swords and daggers are remarkably pointy, but not particularly sharp, and his website warns of that.) All EN45.
These in fact are wall hangers; I don't do cutting or stage combat or real combat. I'm not a HEMA guy (though had I known about HEMA 20 years ago I might have been).
I have looked online. I have asked in the Eugene subReddit. I have read SCA sites. I have come up empty.
February or after would be a nice time line. I'm not in a hurry, but I'm 75 and don't want to wait a long time.
If it happens you know one or several providers of sword sharpening who might be interested, would you please post contact info, or point them to this thread?
Thanks.
To get the usual questions addressed -
-- No, I literally cannot do it myself; I do not have the gear/machinery or the place to put it, or much of a place to work. Water cooled grinding wheels look like fun but are reported to be too messy for an indoor sport.
-- No, I cannot do it with stones - I've tried that for knives and do a poor job, as I cannot maintain an angle properly. Some folks are 'all thumbs' and that's just me. There are a couple threads here about jigs and tools to sharpen swords with stones - that seems to be challenging for the novice, which would be me.
-- I know when I need a professional, and I am willing to pay professional rates.
So, what do I need sharpened? I have three of the Royal Armouries/Windlass collaborations swords, 5160 steel, that are about 'butterknife' sharp, and they deserve better. The contract from Royal Armouries to Windlass/Museum Replicas/Atlanta specified no sharpening, otherwise I would have ordered that when I bought the swords.
I have others (Tod Cutler) that need a bit of refinement. (His swords and daggers are remarkably pointy, but not particularly sharp, and his website warns of that.) All EN45.
These in fact are wall hangers; I don't do cutting or stage combat or real combat. I'm not a HEMA guy (though had I known about HEMA 20 years ago I might have been).
I have looked online. I have asked in the Eugene subReddit. I have read SCA sites. I have come up empty.
February or after would be a nice time line. I'm not in a hurry, but I'm 75 and don't want to wait a long time.
If it happens you know one or several providers of sword sharpening who might be interested, would you please post contact info, or point them to this thread?
Thanks.