Using purified golden fleck on Academic's Katar of Evasion, Academic's Katar of Fortitude and Academic's Satchel of Endurance showed no "refined" label showing up on the recipe window before I started the combine, nor did it result in refined stats or the refined label on the weapons.
I didn't do further refined testing on my WS, as I'm going to go out on a limb and say something isn't working right with refines and the weapon recipes.