Phew!!

We have been working on the new responsive design since May – but now it is finally complete. And you may also notice, the blog has also been transformed (though the blog still has a bit of tidying up to be done, but we will get to that).

Now that all the heavy lifting has been done, we will continue to refine everything – and take a new and very exciting direction with the store blog now that it (almost) looks the part.

So be sure to check back frequently!

Naturally, the security of the store was and remains secure and paramount throughout the upgrade.

So hope you like the new responsive facelift..!

Update you all again soon.

– Paul

You may (or may not) have noticed some cosmetic changes at SBG over the last few days..

Mostly cosmetic, with the goal to make the store (and main site) responsive, easier to navigate and a tad more modern and attractive in appearance..

We are still tweaking a few things here and there, so if things don’t look quite “right” please bear with us.

Also note, the sites security is priority number one – and no changes are being made there, so you can still order as usual without any security concerns.

Hope you like the direction we are taking. If you have any problems, questions, comments or suggestions, please feel free to contact us!

Thanks all!

– Paul

Just a quick note, we have just had a limited re-stock of some of Cold Steels best swords which are again available at our heavily discounted prices at the SBG sword store.

It is all brand new, fresh stock – but quantities are limited. Two in particular are limited now to 1pc each – the Nodachi and the Italian longsword, so you need to act fast on these..!

Apologies in advance if they are sold out by the time you view this post – we will be updating the stock automatically and also checking its status twice daily – everything is of course listed here on our Cold Steel swords page.

I don’t usually go in for TV or movie swords much. Mostly because they are usually cheap stainless steel rubbish at massively overinflated prices.

But the sword of Michonne from the Walking Dead is a little bit different..

For a start, its a real sword – not stainless steel but 1045 carbon steel. Granted, this is considered to be the most basic level for a functional blade, but what makes it different is the extra long handle, ususually shaped kissaki, leather wrapping, fittings, shoulder strap and – well, generally this licensed replica is true to the original as seen in the series.

At $240 MSRP it IS overpriced. But we are selling them for $149.99 – pretty much the lowest price out there (better than ebay even, AND it’s guaranteed to be a true relica, not a knock off!) which might be a huge margin squeeze for us, but it’s a great deal for YOU! (especially if you use the Pre-Xmas discount code: Christmas – which gives you 10% off EVERYTHING in the store until midnight Sunday the 7th, that brings it down to UNDER the wholesale price and you can get it for just $134.99!).

Anyway, check it out – we have a fairly large number in stock but at this insane price point they are sure to sell out soon..

Click here for more info

I really hadn’t meant to do as much editing to the stores look and feel today, but as I have been messing around with new templates for the SBG Sword Forum trying to make sure that SBG has a recognizable theme across the main site, forum, sword store and sword blog (and the sister site, though there is of course more leeway there) I ended up doing a bit more than I had intended too – overauling both the store and the blog all in one go..! Phew, what a day..!

Anyway, I can’t say whether or not I have achieved a truly uniform “seamless look” across all the relevant sites, but it is close enough I think not for people to wonder “is this part of the same site? Where the heck am I now!” and to try and make navigating from one place to another a little easier and more intuitive..

Hope you like it!