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On the August the 8th we made what we thought was going to be one of the best selling deals of 2024.. And not for the first time this year, we were sorely disappointed.

We secured the best deal humanly possible, combined shipping and made it FREE for the whole of the USA and bundled together the entire Angus Trim designed Survival Katana Daisho series (Katana, Wakizashi and Tanto) that would cost $444.48 if you bought them at OUR Store ($405 plus shipping at KoA, elsewhere such as CAS Iberia closer to $550).

So when we did the math and factored in PayPal costs at our end, plus shipping costs and staff handling costs, we thought that $329 would see these blades go out the door like hot cakes..

If by hot cakes you mean, one – well, that’s pretty much what happened – and I have not been so shocked in a looobg time that almost no-one realized the value on offer here..

Maybe it’s the economy, maybe people don’t want to save money and get three of the best Tactical Katana for a price that works out at around $110 each.

So we have decided to heck with it, the bargain price is $299.99 with FREE shipping, and even if this means we might end up losing a whole lot of money on this if it goes sideways (because we priced it so close to the bone the first time around, I nearly didn’t go ahead with it).

If we end up losing too much money hand over first on this deal too quickly (after all, these are MSRP $200 swords going out for less than $99 a piece, complete with high quality tactical sheathes) we reserve the right to pull the plug and cancel and refund any orders as right now, the very last thing SBG needs is a loss, but we know by the sales figures that you guys are in need of a serious WIN..

So here is, for how long much longer I can’t say other than enjoy it while it lasts..

SALE OVER AND PROMOTION NO LONGER AVAILABLE

While we plan another couple of minor sales and closeouts this month, so far without a doubt the APOC deal where you can get a full 9260 Survival set of swords for less than $110 a piece shipped is pretty much as good as it can possibly get, if you like Claymore’s – then THIS special deal, which is not a flash deal but is good for the whole month of August, is most definitely for you.

Best way to sum it up?

It’s really well tempered, distally tapered, central fullered, balanced only 5″ from the guard, lightweight (4lbs 4oz) for its massive 40.5″ blade and 13.75″ handle, and it’s hard to argue that its pretty good value at $389. But for $229.99 for brand new fresh stock – that’s a whole lot of quality steel for pennies on the dollar.. Do we really need to say more?

A little Claymore/Claidheam-hmor history..

Puritans maintain that the Claymore references later single handed, basket hilt Scottish swords, but when most collectors think of Claymore, they are technically referring the Gaelic word “claidheam-hmor” which means ‘great sword’. But whatever they were called, they were truly terrifying weapons of war on the battlefield.

Here is a record of an aftermath from a heated battle near the pass of Killiecrankie in 1689:

“... the enemy lay in heaps almost in the order they were posted; but so disfigured with wounds, and so hashed and mangled, that even the victors could not look upon the amazing proofs of their own agility and strength without surprise and horror.

Many had their heads divided into two halves by one blow; others had their sculls cut off above the ears by a back-strock, like a night-cap. Their thick buffe-belts were not sufficient to defend their shoulders from such deep gashes as almost disclosed their entrails. Several pikes, small-swords, and the like weapons were cut quite through, and some that wore skull caps had them so beat into their brains that they died upon the spot.“

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