You can strip it yourself and put a convex edge on it. It will look like this:

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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.

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Horned, dangerous, and off my medication.