You can strip it yourself and put a convex edge on it. It will look like this:
![[Linked Image from i173.photobucket.com]](http://i173.photobucket.com/albums/w64/rivershaman/Busse/Busses015.jpg)
That's not a big job, if you can live with the rough steel in the unground areas of the blade, ricasso, and pommel. It's a lot less work than doing a full convex grind on the blade.
![[Linked Image from i173.photobucket.com]](http://i173.photobucket.com/albums/w64/rivershaman/Busse/FFBM023-1.jpg)