A Custom Katana LITE Prototype
From one end of the price spectrum to the other, the SBG Custom Katana returns to it’s roots with the Budget Model LITE series!
This is as, if not MORE revolutionary than Custom Katana 3.0 – a custom Katana available for just $229.99!!
So how do we get the price down so low?
Instead of T-10 tool steel (which is hard to work with, but produces a magnificent blade and hamon) we use basic clay tempered 1050 (which is easy to work with, but produces a lightweight munitions grade blade and hamon).
Instead of a high leve polish and geometric kissaki and bo-hi, we use the standard options everyone else does.
Instead of Iron or Work Hardened Elite Copper Sets, we settle with basic brass and alloy. And we also limit the total number of choices (56 iron/copper tsuba with 3.0, 36 brass/alloy with the lite).
And we make all the blades to one size (28″) tough with 3.0 you get to select 27, 28 or 29″ blades.
But despite these limitations, the end result is a decently made, quality assured custom sword suitable for light cutting duty – and what it loses in durability it makes up for in speed, even the solid bodied blade version handles super fast and weights only 2lbs 3oz! Go the bo-hi and good luck tracking the blade in movement!
Anyway, here’s one we made earlier 😉 Want to make the same thing? How about with black ito? Or a blood red saya? That’s te beauty of this project. YOU CAN!
Check the new options out here at the SBG Custom Katana Store Page – in the meantime, some very affordable, customizable eye candy for you all..
Custom Katana LITE in textured S11 Saya
The natural, UN-enhanced hamon
Fast, well balanced – and – well, LITE!
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