Battle Born Blade Sharpening Institute
Implementing Body Operating Under The Sharpener Standard™
This Institute applies, audits, and documents sharpening work against an independent, outcome-based performance framework.
Institutional Function
The Battle Born Blade Sharpening Institute functions as an implementing and reviewing body operating under The Sharpener Standard™.
Its role is to apply the Standard to real-world sharpening work through evidence-based evaluation, structural analysis, and outcome accountability.
The Institute exists to execute the Standard. It does not define, own, or supersede it.
Relationship to the Standard
The Sharpener Standard™ is an independent performance framework defining acceptable outcomes for professional sharpening and edge fabrication.
Battle Born Blade Sharpening Institute is one implementing body operating under that Standard.
The Standard may be implemented by multiple institutes across different regions. No single institute owns, modifies, or supersedes the Standard.
Applied Responsibilities
The Institute applies the Standard through controlled, repeatable processes.
These processes include structural integrity audits, pivot-point calibration, lateral variance assessment, geometry verification, ride-line inspection, and heat or temper preservation analysis.
Outcomes may result in documented compliance, remediation, refusal, or recorded failure based on evidence.
Nevada City, California
The Institute operates from Nevada City, California, where applied audits, documentation, and oversight are conducted.
These processes include structural integrity audits, pivot-point calibration, lateral variance assessment, geometry verification, ride-line inspection, and heat or temper preservation analysis.
Location informs context but does not alter expectations, thresholds, or governance under the Standard.
Training and Accreditation
Training prepares skill. Accreditation governs outcomes.
The Institute may provide instruction or training, but training alone does not confer compliance with the Standard.
Technical Journal Relationship
Applied findings, audits, and failure analyses conducted by the Institute are documented through the Technical Journal.
The Journal serves as an evidentiary and interpretive record. It does not redefine the Standard.
Governance Statement
This Institute operates under formal governance aligned to The Sharpener Standard™.
Institutional claims are limited to documented scope and reviewed outcomes.
Amendments to Institute practice occur through internal review and do not alter the Standard.
DOCUMENT REF: BBBSI-NV-1.0-2026
This Institute operates under formal governance aligned to The Sharpener Standard™.
Institutional claims are limited to documented scope and reviewed outcomes.