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This one has taken quite some time to get to market – but it is finally here, and is an incredibly good value deal for lovers of traditional style Japanese swords..

The Forge Direct Wakizashi & Ko Katana is here!

Made of stunning master forged T10 tool steel with one full day of hand polishing to bring out the stunning detail of the hamon (your choice of Choji Midare or Gunome) it is available for just $699.99 with free shipping.

Everything about this sword just screams high quality – while most of the money goes into forging and polishing the blade, it is complimented by the best fittings available – with a selection of iron or brass Koshirae, silk ito and sageo and premium saya with rattan, mother of pearl or gold leaf options..

Pair it with the Forge Direct Katana to create a Daisho or appreciate it on its own as a Ko Katana or Wakizashi – the choice is yours.

Forge Direct Japanese – You Design It, We Make It Real

We already started off with a 20% discount on the stunning series of fully functional Fantasy Swords based on ancient Chinese myths and legends in the ‘Swords of Lhasa Collection’ with Forge Direct.

But after extensive negotiations with Master Michael Jie – as long as we can maintain a certain order volume, we have been able to get one final level of discount – not 20% but up to 40% off the swords usual market price..!

With many unique blade styles and geometries – including the largest collection of Octagonal cross section blade profiles in one place, the amazing revolving pattern welded blade of the Sword of Hannonlle and the solid brass handles of the Sword of Peace and the Sky Dragon – this really is quite an amazing opportunity.

BUT – this is the caveat – if we cannot maintain the necessary order volume, we will not be able to maintain the huge discounts on offer either, and so this offer may be withdrawn at any time and all swords will revert to the full price..

Though hopefully, with such steep discounts now on offer, that will not happen. But you don’t want to count on it – so if one of these unique designs ‘speaks’ to you, then grab it at the discount price while the sale is still on..

Check out the entire Swords of Lhasa Collection here

If getting access to the original fittings again was not good enough news – how does not one but THREE brand new designs, all heavily discounted with an introductory special, from the Master Smiths at Forge Direct grab you?

The first one is a high end and very exotic Dadao Chinese War Sword with solid brass, cheetah themed hilt that is surprisingly spry for such a meaty power chopper..

Down from $1500 to $1125

This really is quite a rare beast, as Dadao are quite uncommon to find on the sword market these days,and even rarer to find one at this kind of level of craftsmanship.

Just take a close look at the Damascus pattern of the blade – and rest assured that it has been made to the absolute highest standard possible..

Click the pic for a high res, detailed close up look

The second sword is another comparatively rare type – a high end WWII replica Gunto Japanese Military Sword, complete with lockable brass handle, iron saya,and a beautiful Master Smith blade to replicate the rarest type of Gunto – heirloom blades mounted in the new military style fittings.

Down from $1000 to just $750

Really cool, and makes for a stunning display piece, but of course – like all the Forge Direct Swords – is a 100% fully functional replica of the highest standard.

And then finally, and arguabley saving the best until last – one of the wildest, high activity hamon types I have seen in years – the ‘Extreme Yahazu’ Hamon Custom Katana.

Down from $1400 to $749.99

The Master Smiths have outdone themselves with this hamon pattern – and once this introductory special is over, if it has been well received by the sword community (and I have a feeling it will be!) it will be added as a third hamon option to the Forge Direct Elite Katana currently being offered for $899.99.

Below are some gallery pics of one of the the prototypes,which has the following customizations if you wanted to make this exact sword yourself:

28″ blade, full length bo-hi, iT03 Mokko Iron Tsuba, M1 Black Ito, Black Rayskin, G3 black sageo and S5 textured black saya

And THIS is what it all looks like when it comes together (customize YOURS however you like of course).

All of the special introductory pricing will finish midnight Friday the 8th of June, so if one of these three new designs strikes your fancy, now is the time to get one at the special introductory pricing and save..

It has been about 6 months or so since the Chinese government, in an effort to improve air quality, took the drastic action of shutting down tens of thousands of non compliant factories, foundries and workshops across the country.

Including, as we know, all the major suppliers of koshirae (sword for fittings for Katana) who got caught up in the crackdown, severely limiting the selections available for Japanese styled swords across the board, and specifically for our Forge Direct Elite Katana series..

Well, I am pleased to say that the fittings are back, cleaner and greener than ever before!

So the silver lining caused by the previous (polluted) dark cloud over the industry means that now,the Forge Direct Katana series has more choices than EVER before, as we added a ton of solid iron tsuba made by the forge itself to make up for the loss of the work hardened copper sets.. And with the return of the original sets, it brings the number of tsuba and fuchigashira set options to over 82 different sets!

So now there is surely something to suit everyone’s taste.

Available on both the Elite Custom Katana and for the Elite Custom O-Katana – and still at no extra cost!