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Time Sensitive special sales, discounts and promotions – some of which are exclusive flash sales just for readers of the blog. It pays to be in the know..!

New Dragon Dao MK II and other BIG changes going on over at Forge Direct & Project X

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We have a tried a LOT of unique traditional Chinese sword designs over the years. But it would seem that as the industry has slowed down and lost momentum for high end Chinese swords (and honestly, who can blame them, some of the entry level stuff is pretty darned good!) – the time has come to more or less settle on the designs that will define the brand.

So quietly over the last few weeks and months, we have been re-organizing Forge Direct Chinese – bringing back two new blades, and getting rid of almost all the others until we have the best of the best, those blades that customers send us in glowing reviews time after time.

‘Swords’ such as the ‘Boar Killing Spear’ (technically a short hafted blade with extra long handle):

BOAR KILLING SPEAR IS BACK

And then at the Elite end, the complex Windsteel laminated folded blade and stunning fittings of the Monkey King sword (and with this one, if you need to ask how much it is, then you can’t afford it):

RETURN OF THE MONKEY KING

And then, one final hurrah on two swords before they go before the end of the month – the NEW Four Beasts Jian and the Dragon Tiger Jian. Maybe it was the economy, maybe people just didn’t like them – but they are on crazy discount pricing over on the HOT SPECIALS section until the end of the month, after which they join the sword graveyard in the sky..

And if that was not enough, at the end of the month we are also discontinuing our Project X Elite high polish Choji Katana and it will be sold off at Forge Direct levels until the end of the month.

It’s pretty crazy how the sword industry often doesn’t actually buy what it says it really wants – but either way, they aren’t many of these in the world so if you want a truly unique blade before its too late in a few days time, you had better put that custom order together quick quick..

Hi Polish Katana
Hi Polish Wakizashi

And FINALLY (told you there was a lot of Forge Direct and Project X news going on right now) – we are proud to announce what might well be the last addition to the Forge Direct family.. The Dragon Dao Mk II!

Unlike the limited edition of 20pcs (that ran for around $1800 or so) – the simplified but hardly ‘stripped back’ version of the Dragon Dao is available all year long, looks as mean as hell and one cut and you will be hooked for life..

Check it out and the entire brand new and we hope more permanent, stable line up over at Forge Direct today:

Forge Direct

Keep the last of the summer warmth with the Winter Sun Katana

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The Winter Sun is a long bladed (30.5″ bladed) monotempered 5160 Spring Steel blade designed for practicality and long term durability in mind. Few 5160 monotemepered blades are just plain tough and forgiving as the Winter Sun, and it’s the kind of sword that has so much power behind it, it will plain old split your cutting stand in half and just wait for the next target..

It’s not just some bare bones tactical piece, the Winter Sun has class and style, with real iron and silver fittings, and if you buy it before the end of the month this blade that we normally squeeze our margins for to $349 is just $249.99 – lowest price it has EVER been. But only if you get it before the end of the month..

Winter Sun Just $249.99

3 day flash closeout sale on 4 APOC items..

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For the most part, I love the APOC series. I mean, designed by Angus Smith and covering so many unique and different blade styles that there is something to love for everyone. Especially when they are all so reasonably priced to begin with but the 9260 tempered steel can do, well, can do stuff like this:

However, there are four designs that no longer just ‘sit right’ with me. So I am making them available for one last time to anyone who they DO sit right with at the best closeout bargain sale price possible.

CHOP HOUSE KNIFE – Was $159

NOW $99.95

It’s kind of based on a cross between a Chinese Dao and a meat cleaver, but the cannibalistic connotation for this one is just a bit too much.. I get it, in hard times two legged meat is a tempting addition to the menu, but with a blade dedicated to this – it’s just a bit too gruesome and so we are discounting it down from $159 down to $99.95.

And next up, the axes – I added these as a bonus ages ago and never bothered to take them down, but while historical axes are great at SBG, I think tactical ones are just a tad too much..

So here’s the deals:

DOUBLE MUKK – Was $109.00

NOW $69.95

BARRENS PACK AXE – Was $99.00

NOW $64.95

HUNDR HATCHET – Was $89.00

NOW $59.95

So enjoy these final deals while they remain, all will be removed from the store midnight.

NO LONGER AVAILABLE

This deal might end up hurting us but..

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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

24hr closeout sale on NEW Ryujin 5160 blades..!

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On May the 8th, just a little over 3 months ago, we introduced a line of really well tempered, differentially hardened 5160 Spring Steel blades from Ryujin in 4 different cool styles discounted down to just $329.

But it seems in this difficult economy, iron sets with real 24K gold inlay, hishigami inlay on the itomaki, what we thought the market wanted was something that just no one can seem to afford right now.

So it is with a heavy heart given a choice to RAISE prices (as they are not selling enough to cover their costs) or sell them off one last time down to the totally unsustainable price of $299.99

The sale ends in less than 24 hrs, so if you want to grab a bargain that everyone else let pass by before its too late, you need to act FAST:

HOT SPECIALS

SOLD OUT AND NO LONGER AVAILABLE