Project X Japanese – Pics and Update

The most recent swords from Project X have all been completed and are currently being carefully packed and prepared for an airfreight shipment from the forge. It should be another couple of weeks before they arrive, clear customs and are inspected and shipped out to customers who were lucky enough to secure a pre-order, then once everyone is happy we will list each of these stunning swords for sale direct from stock – though as the amount of swords we have is extremely limited, you had best sign up to the Project X newsletter to be notified if you have not pre-ordered and want to secure one for yourself.

In the meantime, here are some pics of the completed Katana (click the thumbnails for hi resolution pics)

Model 004 – the Shin Gunto

Model 005 – the O-Katana

Model 006 – the Dragon

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Note – Project X Chinese, the Dragon Dao is being shipped directly from Master Smith Micheal Jie, tracking numbers should be supplied to everyone who pre-ordered VERY soon.

 

SBG Black Dragon Forge – Scratch and Dent Sale!

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A few months ago we had a shipment of the official SBG Black Dragon Forge swords arrived, but our inspection team found a small problem..

For some reason, there was a bit of looseness with the handles – nothing major, but as our levels of QC on these swords and the SBG custom katana – both made at the same forge – we simply could not accept it.

After extensive negotiations with the forge we have repaired all the swords by permanently attaching the tsuka to do away with the wiggle once and for all. The only downside is that the swords cannot be disassembled – however if you are happy with the designs – you won’t need to as they are about as solid now as any sword could ever be..

But the upside (at least for you guys) is that we have discounted them by an average of $100 off the standard sale price!

Grab them while you can, the forge is taking extra steps to ensure this will never happen again – so this deal will NOT be repeated and they are only available at these prices while stocks, which were extremely limited to begin with, last..

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Hanwei Hot Specials – Save Hundreds!

May-hotspecials2016-2From today until the 5th of June we have three of Hanwei’s Best discounted to below wholesale prices.

The first sword is the stunning Lion Dog Katana, made from Hanwei’s own answer to the ultimate katana steel, their proprietary HWS-1S Steel Alloy with one of the most attractive natural hamons ever seen on a production blade:

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The Stunning Hamon of Hanwei’s HWS-1S Steel Blades

As nice as the hamon is the savings you can get if you are quick – down from a MSRP of $1,400 – down from our normally heavily discounted price of $929.99 to a ridiculously low $679.99..

The second sword is the classic Wind and Thunder Katana, a true power cutter down from $990 to just $499.99! And finally, for fans of medieval swords, the ultra durable – big and beefy – River Witham sword – down from $290 to a true bargain basement price of just $159.50..

All of this swords are brand new, best quality blades – not factory seconds or blemished swords – and the only reason why they are selling at such low prices is because Hanwei needs to rotate their stock on a regular basis – and these three excellent swords all just happened to become available at the same time.. But these bargains never last long, so if one of them interests you – you need to act fast..

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Custom Katana – Batch 40 Now Taking Orders

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