Functional Samurai Swords
Our hand picked selection of Japanese styled swords are primarily geared towards providing serviceable martial arts grade swords for experienced backyard cutters and martial artists. Every sword is fully functional, from basic entry level to high end art swords.
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This is just a hand picked selection of some of our most popular and best value Japanese style blades
Remember, this is just a smattering of what we think are some of the best from each major brand that we make available and stand behind. Check out each of the brands above for MANY more available Katana, Wakizashi and much more..

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Unleash thunder with the Raimie XL Katana—Hanwei’s triumphant return to form. Forged for serious cutting, its steep blade geometry slices through tatami and bamboo with effortless precision. MSRP $399.00

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Durable and affordable midweight (2.5lbs) Monotempered 65MN Spring Steel Katana blade with all iron Fittings, rayon over real rayskin. A tough, no-nonsense 'beater' sword for pennies on the dollar and great for frequent dojo cutting. Great bang for your buck.

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Differentially hardened T10 tool steel blade with grey wolf themed fittings. Fast, lightweight and optimally balanced.

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5160 Spring Steel Differentially hardened Blade with clean suguha straight hamon and decked out with premium fittings. A serious workhorse of a blade at a fraction of its value.

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5160 Spring Steel Differentially hardened 29" Nagasa Blade with clean suguha straight hamon and decked out with premium fittings. A serious workhorse of a blade at a fraction of its value.

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Heavy duty 65MN monotempered Katana, with iron tsuba, brass fittings and traditional dragon-themed horimono blade engraving. Attractive & tough as nails - the Horimono series is our best value for money Katana series to date!

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Heavy duty 65MN monotempered Katana, with iron tsuba, brass fittings and traditional dragon-themed horimono blade engraving. Attractive & tough as nails - the Horimono series is our best value for money Katana series to date!

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Heavy duty 65MN monotempered Katana, with iron tsuba, brass fittings and traditional dragon-themed horimono blade engraving. Attractive & tough as nails - the Horimono series is our best value for money Katana series to date!

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Heavy duty 65MN monotempered Katana, with iron tsuba, brass fittings and traditional dragon-themed horimono blade engraving. Attractive & tough as nails - the Horimono series is our best value for money Katana series to date!

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Wide bladed yet lightweight Specialized Tameshigiri Katana designed to slice through tatami mats, bamboo and water filled bottles like a hot knife through butter. Tough monotempered 65mn Spring Steel blade with solid fittings and cotton hishigami ito wrap for maximum durability.

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A snow themed, sleek profiled T10 tool steel blade with hamidashi tsuba and rayskin reinforced saya. Attractive, fast and very practical.
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The 'Shadowtiger' black and yellow themed T10 tool steel solid bodied blade with rattan reinforced saya, equally at home in the dojo or the backyard.
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Differentially Hardened 1566 Spring Steel blade with modern construction methods and materials - the evolution of the Japanese Katana is complete! 27" blade, 1lb 14oz. Companion blade to the Modern Wakizashi and the Modern Tanto. MSRP $439.00

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By popular demand, a bo-hi (fullered) version of the Differentially Hardened 1566 Spring Steel blade 'Modern' series by Dragon King. The evolution of the refined, fullered Japanese Katana is complete. MSRP$449.00

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5160 Monotempered Beater Katana Series (VERY tough, heavy use blades). Buffalo Horn Koiguchi. Unique and exclusive, made in house Steel Fittings. 30" 1/4 Blade. 3lbs. MSRP$545.00

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Extremely durable Premium Quality 5160 Monotempered Beater Katana Series. Unique and exclusive, made in house Steel Fittings. Silver Habaki. 27" Blade, 2lb 9oz. MSRP $545.00

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Extremely Durable Premium Quality 5160 Monotempered Beater Katana Series (VERY tough, heavy use blades). Buffalo horn koiguchi. Unique and exclusive, made in house Steel Fittings. 28" 1/8 blade. 2lbs 9oz. MSRP $545.00

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Extremely Durable Premium Quality 5160 Monotempered Beater Katana Series (VERY tough, heavy use blades). Extremely durable. Buffalo horn Koiguchi. Unique and exclusive, made in house Steel Fittings. 29" 1/4 blade. 2lbs 8oz. MSRP $545.00

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Differentially Hardened T10 Tool Steel Blade with Prominent, Real Hamon. High Polish and Premium Fittings (rattan wrapped saya, buffalo horn koiguchi, etc). 28" Blade, 2lbs 5oz. MSRP $1,385.00

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Differentially Hardened, Folded T10 Tool Steel and 9260 Spring Steel Blade with Prominent, Real Hamon and pronounced hada with imported Japanese silk. MSRP $1539.00

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Fast and Lightweight, Premium Quality Folded T10 and 1055 steel blade as tribute to the legendary swordsmith Nagasone Kotetsu. Available in 3 sizes, select a 28", 29" or 30" Nagasa blade. MSRP $1,400

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5160 Spring Steel Katana with Moroha Zukuri (also known as Kogarasu Zukuri) blade - one of the earliest styles of Katana and likely the form taken by the first Katana ever forged by the legendary ancient sword smith Amakuni. MSRP $549

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5160 Spring Steel Katana with a long and powerful cutting blade from one of Japan's most violent periods in its turbulent history. MSRP $549

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5160 Spring Steel Katana with unique smooth and deadly Shobu style tip geometry. MSRP $549

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Amazingly durable Hawk and Sparrow 'Hunter' themed Katana made from legendary L6 tool steel in a Shobu zukuri blade style. MSRP $1,900

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Premium Quality HWS-2S Steel Katana with iron fittings and real O-Choji Hamon. MSRP $1,259.00

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Classic Reissue of the original Tiger Katana. Premium Swedish Powder Steel DH blade, imported Japanese cotton, original and sturdy fittings painstakingly recreated. MSRP $1,650

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