Forge Direct (Project X) Elite T10 Custom Katana V5.0

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An offshoot of Project X Japanese - and second in quality only to those elite Soshu Kitae laminated blades, our Forge Direct T10 Custom Katana are truly premium quality, traditionally forged swords and find the perfect balance point between price and refinement for high end martial arts grade Katana.

Hand crafted by certified Master Smiths and polished to bring out the beauty of the masters work - few other blades anywhere near this price point are as keen, well made or well balanced - and is an absolute joy to cut with.

HIGH END T10 TOOL STEEL CUSTOM KATANA

The concept is simple, we take the most attractive, Master Smith Forged T10 High Speed Tool Steel blades with a stunning unenhanced, natural Hamon available in either Choji Midare or Gunome Midare styles (choose which you prefer). You then select whether or not you want full, partial or no-bo-hi (fuller/blood groove) and design it from the ground up from our hand picked selection of only the best, top quality, highly durable fittings to make it your own unique, personalized design.

3-4 weeks later, it all comes together and we send you the tracking info as soon as it leaves the forge via email.

The blade alone is one of the finest we have ever seen at SBG, they balance and cut like few other swords I have seen at any price point - but with all these custom options, you can truly make it this fine sword your own in 8 easy steps:

MAKE IT YOUR OWN IN SEVEN EASY STEPS

To truly make this sword your own, simply select one of the selections for each custom option in the dropdown menu as follows:

STEP ONE: SELECT THE BLADE LENGTH AND FULLER

Select from a 26, 28 or 30" blade length (click here for information on selecting the right blade length). For the strongest blade possible (power cutter) select the solid bodied blade option. For the fastest, lightest blade possible select full bo-hi. For a mix between the two, select partial bo-hi.

STEP TWO: SELECT THE HABAKI

Choose from 6 different styles of brass Habaki blade collars to begin creating your own unique style.

STEP THREE: SELECT THE FITTING SETS

Select the Koshirae (furniture) theme that best suits your style. In the dropdown menu you need to choose if you want a to go 'freeform' (which means you don't want the pre-made themed copper fitting sets, but want to mix and match from the widest selection possible) or a set of matching 'copper set' option.

As you can see from the example below, if you want to use individual parts and build it from the ground up, select Freeform (no set) option at marked option point 1 or leave everything to the default copper set and at option point 1 enter the set you would like to use.

COPPER SET OPTIONS

Select the 'default set' option for any of the three 'freeform' options (see example above) and pick out a fully themed work hardened copper elite fittings set, complete with matching tsuba, fuchigashira and menuki all in one.

FREE FORM (MAKE YOUR OWN SET)

The first 'freeform' tsuba selections are made from solid iron. Leave field 4 without a copper set selection and pick from the components below.

There is a selection of 'Sukashi' (stencil/cut-out configuration) made from blackened, antiqued brass.

And then there are a bunch of bright brass tsuba in many different unique styles and configurations.

Then to compliment these fittings, select the Fuchigashira set - either iron or bright brass, and then pick out which menuki you wish to add to the handle (handle ornament).

STEP FOUR: SELECT ITO WRAP COLOR

Select the color of the silk ito maki wrap (now made with hishigami and FULL RAYSKIN wrap on EVERY sword).

Alternatively, you can opt for 'bad boy' black leather ito.

STEP FIVE: SELECT RAYSKIN COLOR

Select the color of the rayskin under the ito maki wrap. 100% real rayskin is used in all cases, and can be left white or colored black or red. It is up to you.

STEP SIX: SELECT SAGEO COLOR

Now select your choice of hard wearing, thick sageo to go on the saya. When in doubt, go with a simple color that closely compliments the ito maki wrap you have selected.

STEP SEVEN: SELECT THE SAYA

Finally, select the saya to give it that last personal touch. From simple monocolored lacquer to highly detailed mother of pearl and rayskin wrapped - all the options are free. All saya come with a genuine buffalo horn kurikata, koiguchi and kojiri.

Then sit back and leave the rest to us!

Do not be fooled by cheap imitations, from the quality of the stunning blade to the amazing selection of best quality fittings, this is as close as you are ever likely to get to owning your own heirloom quality personalized katana..

 If you have any questions or if anything is unclear, feel free to contact us, we are only to happy to help.

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