You said that you have to be 80-85 to get heirlooms. On my first char ever (undead rogue) i played a lot of random battlegrounds and i got the pvp shoulders. It takes time but it was totally worth it :D. And btw great guide.
You can smooth the hard edges of a selection by feathering. Feathering blurs edges by building a transition between the selection and surrounding pixels. This blurring can cause some loss of detail at the edge of the selection.
Finish the edge by holding a sharpening stone on one corner, on one side, of the blade and drawing it in a smooth motion along the edge to the other corner. Repeat on the other side of the blade. Continue in this way, alternating from one side of the blade to the other, until you're satisfied with the edge.s long as you don't want to do any carving, you only need a utility edge, which is sharp, but not sharp enough to shave slices from wood. Sharpening the ax is a job to do by hand, wearing protective gloves; an electric grinder can ruin the blade.