Category Archives: Store Product Info and Musings

Just finished a bit of a quick upgrade to the store by improving the navigation a bit.

I think that previously it was set up to make it easy for ME to find things there rather than site visitors – after all, I kind of knew what I was looking for when I use it, and casual or first time visitors to the store would probably end up with a little too much info, so I have simplified the side menu and used larger icon blocks instead of text to make finding broad categories easier and, I hope, more intuitive.

Still a few tweaks here and there needed to make it even more user friendly, but one thing at a time.

Speaking of small tweaks here and there, I decided to change up one of our special offers to what I was originally planning – and that is to offer the new basic 1045 Tantos as a free gift with every budget $149 entry level Katana to deliver the best value possible for our most affordable sword.

BUY ONE OF THESE

1060 Carbon Steel w/real hamon just $149.99!

AND GET ONE OF THESE

1045 carbon steel $29.99

FOR FREE!

It’s not easy to do, as the margins are so low to offer anything free on top is a stretch (which is why I changed it at the last minute) but in the end I wanted to make the very best deal possible so have changed it up accordingly. Find it and more in the Hot Specials Section, now prominently displayed at the top of the page.

A bit of a special sword to talk about in this post..

As part of the Legendary Swords Project, we have been collaborating with several US based artisans – and here we teamed up with Jeffrey R. Robinson, also known as Brother Banzai on the SBG forums, who has given one of our high end Forge Direct Feathesteel blade the Bronze by Jeffrey Robinson treatment..

And the results, well – they speak for themselves..

The sword here is the prototype for the Seraph Aegis, the ORIGINAL sword which a limited edition run of 20pcs that will become available over the coming months is based on.. And the ORIGINAL is for sale – at around the same price that the standard stock removal swords are sold at – and even includes a matching custom made scabbard as well!

The blade is both strong, with an Octagonal cross section capable of withstanding a surprising amount of punishment, and the solid bronze fittings are also sturdy and perfectly fitted to create a work of sword art that is as beautiful as it is deadly..

Naturally, there is only 1 available and rather than charge a premium for it, we are selling it almost at cost price..!

So if you are in the high end custom sword market and interested in something both original, beautiful and that is a part of SBG history – you really do need to take a close look at this one..

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Following hot on the heels of the Yong Lo Sword is a second budget Chinese Sword that looks like it should be sold for so much more than the asking price..

This one is the 65mn Spring Steel Tang Dynasty Two Handed Silver Jian

Ornate and highly detailed, at first glance it looks like it could be one of the high end swords from forge direct, and indeed if the blade was folded – it could be passed off as such which is what many sellers actually do, but at SBG we go the other way, sell it for a price based on what it costs – not what it looks like it should cost – and don’t mess around with a cheap and nasty folded blade but rather a nice monotempered 65mn Spring Steel blade with satin polish finish.

Apart from the crazy low price, and how attractive it looks, the most outstanding feature of this sword is the lighting fast handling – weighing only 2.1lbs with a point of balance 3.75″ from the guard!

Here is a quick video of the sword in action with a flex test and some tatami mat cutting at the forge where it is made.

Pretty good value, and our contribution to keeping sellers of Chinese Swords honest.

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