Category Archives: SBG Custom Katana

We just closed off on batch 39 of the SBG Custom Katana, due 17th of August – and have opened up Batch 40 accordingly. Batch 37 is now in the final stages of assembly, all the blades have been done and once assembled should ship by the end of the month and start to arrive in Canada for inspection and final shipping in June as scheduled (though I have been told that bad weather in Longquan and across China generally is causing delays with saya drying times on pretty much everything there and at many other forges, though hopefully it will not slow things down too much on batch 37 and batch 38).

You can check the status of the most recent batches here (just updated).

Additionally, because we now have 3 brands of custom katana and each one is similar but ultimately very different, we added a new page to our blog “Custom Katana – Similarities and Differences” here

We just officially closed off batch 38, due 17th of July, and opened up on new commissions for batch 39, due August 17th.

There will still be a couple of days where existing orders can make any last minute changes, so if you placed an order recently and want to make any modifications to the final design of your SBG custom katana, shoot us an email and we will make the changes before all the orders are locked up and sent to the forge.

Talk to you all again soon!

Just a quick update, forging of batch 37 is now well underway and batch 38 will be closing off in the next 48 hours (actually less than this) so if you wanted to get in on this batch, the clock is ticking (literally)..

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Just a very quick post – batch 37 has now officially closed and batch 38 just opened.

Right now we are cross checking each order and allowing the most recently submitted orders until Sunday night to make any modifications to their order before we lock them up and send them through to the forge to begin work.

The expected delivery of batch 37 is June 17th and the most recently opened batch, which will run until the 17th of April, is scheduled to arrive on the 17th of July.

Will keep you all updated as we go so talk to you again soon..!

It has been at least 8 months since we last took a custom katana order. Last year we had a series of unexpected setbacks, from a delay caused by changing a component supplier, changing our shipping team from the USA to Manitoba, and then a delay of an additional 2-3 months when our main contact at the forge had a heart valve replacement surgery (and then of course, Chinese New Year celebration when the forge shuts down for the better part of Feb)..

But since the 17th of February we are FINALLY caught up and in the clear, and the forge is finally ready and waiting for new orders – so after months and months of pausing all new orders – we are back in the fray again and accepting new custom katana orders for batch 37 until the 17th of March!

So for anyone who has been waiting, well – now is your chance..!

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