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We were hoping to actually be shipping batch 44 from the forge, however as is often the case with custom sword orders (or indeed, custom anything orders) there has been a bit of a unintended delay..

While the forge did their bit and shipped the completed batch out on time, it appears that our friends at EMS who ship the swords to our inspection team have seemingly gone on holidays leaving our shipment sitting at the docks in China unable to move..

It’s hard to get all the details at this time of year thanks to the shutdown, though we are trying and will update everyone here and on the SBG Custom Katana Batch Status report page

However, as the forge is shut down until the 12th of February, we had planned this as the ideal time to start taking new orders for Batch 45.. And even though we weren’t quite able to get batch 44 where we would have liked it to be, we can’t stall taking new orders for much longer – so from now until the 12th of February we are now taking orders for BATCH 45 of the SBG Custom Katana..

Despite enormous pressure to raise the price, we will keep it at just $429.99 shipped – so if you are tired of ordering inferior quality custom swords from eBay or Amazon and want to get the best possible product, guaranteed to be customized to your specs and to meet and even exceed your quality expectations – now is your golden opportunity (these swords are subjected to the kind of quality control usually reserved for swords several times the price).

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The end of January is shaping up to be something of a sword sale bonanza.. Just looking at the most recent blog entries we can see new swords, restocks, limited edition offers, mega discount sales and now a special offer on one of the swords from our own Black Dragon Forge..

The SBG Black Dragon Sanmai Katana is what it says on the box – a T10 and 1095 carbon steel blade laminated in the traditional Sanmai style

The complete package – this sword comes with iron fittings, rattan wrapped saya, black leather ito wrap with hishigami – you name it, this sword has it. And while we priced it as low as we possibly could at just $579.99 with free shipping – it has not sold as quickly as we needed it to..

As such, we have no choice but to liquidate it below cost with a huge $100 discount – so now you can grab it for just $479.99 with FREE SHIPPING.

Only 9 are left at the time of writing this blog post, and once sold out we obviously wont be bringing it back – so if you are after an extremely traditional styled Japanese sword, this deal is too good to pass up.

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Every year since it started, the Master Smiths at Forge Direct have generously offered a big discount on their products over the Chinese New Year to ensure they are busy when they get back from the holidays (which is often the time when they do their BEST work).

This year is no exception – and so we are delighted to be able to pass on those discounts and am giving you all a whopping 25% off the entire range of Forge Direct Chinese – a large selection of exotic, unique and beautiful ancient Chinese sword styles spanning a period of over 2500 years of history.

From high end Feathersteel and Spinsteel blades to more affordable Jian, spears and daggers – you can pick them all up for the very best price the forge and us can muster..

Have a look and see for yourself what is on offer – but don’t snooze on this one, the deal ends midnight EST 12th February 2019..

FORGE DIRECT CHINESE – 25% OFF SPECIAL SALE

To make room for newer, more ornate (and more expensive) Fantasy sword models, Darksword Armory have decided to clear some of their older classic models and are discontinuing the Carpathian, the Nomad and the Two Handed Viking Sword..

All three swords are being liquidated at $75 off PLUS exclusive to SBG each one comes with free shipping and a free sharpening service (Darksword blades are usually unsharpened by default).

Amazing value – grab them while you can because once they are gone, these models are gone for good..

All this and more in the:

HOT SPECIALS SECTION

The wildly popular Euro Sword line by Ronin Katana gets a little bigger with two new and extremely attractive additions with classic ‘fish tail’ pommels.

Model 4 is an extremely powerful arming sword – and the fish tail pommel allows it to be used hand and a half style if so desired (making it similar to one of my favorite swords in the Oakeshott typology. Type XIII)

Model 5 is a classic Italian style Longsword with an emphasis on the thrust, but being quite heavy can also be used to deliver rather powerful cuts.

Side Note – ‘Missing’ Sword Numbers..

You might be wondering why these two new swords are numbered models 4 and 5 when there is a model 13 sword.. Why not models 14 and 15?

The reason is that the first launch of the Euro line had 6 models, but the batch was not quite up to Ronin’s high standards so was liquidated on the cheap and followed up by models 7, 8 and 9 as the original 6 were still being sold off..

This meant that there was a bit of a gap – and so the most recent models start again at Model 1 – leaving only 1 more to go (Model 6, which has not been released yet) before the numbering is back on track. Just in case you were curious or it was triggering your OCD like it does mine.. Lol.

Both are attractive, sturdy and extremely well made – and part of the reason they are such good value for money is because they are severely underpriced – in all honesty these are $500 swords being sold so close to the actual cost to make them that eventually something will have to give and the current low pricing will come to an end.

RONIN KATANA – the Euro Line