A couple of hot specials for the New Year

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A belated Happy New Year to you all! Trust you had a great break from the day to day grind – no doubt most of you are already back at full steam..! At SBG we didn’t really take any official time off during the holiday period, though we did slow down a bit and took a little time off here and there when we could (mostly when our suppliers and shippers did!).

Anyway, might as well start the first post for 2015 with a couple of very cool – or should I say hot – specials from our friends at the Hanwei forge to kick the year off with.

The first deal is the classic Hanwei Practical Katana – a basic but very sharp and serviceable blade that has stood the test of time, and if you have never owned one before, you won’t want to miss this deal – a chance to pick it up at BELOW WHOLESALE cost from now until the 16th of January..!

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And for fans of medieval swords, how about the Practical Norman sword and a FREE 9″ diameter plated buckler from GRFB? With the blunted training sword and buckler you can have some serious fun, buy three and get three sets with free shipping too!!

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Both of these deals are only available until Friday the 16th of January, so get in on them quick. And while you are looking for some hot specials, you might also want to check out two recent additions to our hot specials page here – the amazing value for money DaDao Chinese Warsword and the Sinbad Scimitar by Condor Knife and Tool – both selling for a crazy $84.99 each – but don’t be fooled by the price tags. These are SERIOUS cutting blades going for an insanely low price.

 

Probably too late for Christmas, but here’s a last minute idea..

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As of today, it probably is a but too late to be doing your online sword shopping and get it in time for Christmas 2014..

Of course, it is still possible – but with the amount of parcels whizzing around the place right now, congestion is a serious problem and rush shipments of swords is one option that often ends up with broken scabbards, bashed and lost parcels, etc – which is why generally we don’t go in for it to avoid Christmas day disappointments..

So what to do if you have, like many of us, left your Christmas shopping to the last minute and don’t want to mess it up by ordering online?

parchment paperYup, why not order some SBG sword store – digitally delivered Gift Certificates!

You can order them from as little as $10 and they NEVER expire. And the other bonus is, you can let your friend or loved one choose their own gift and get EXACTLY what they wanted.

Because they never expire and because we are constantly adding new swords to the store, I would think they are the perfect Gift for Christmas!

Check them out by clicking on the pic!

Just Landed – New Katana and Euro Line by Ronin Katana!

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This is easily some of the biggest news for lovers of fully functional medieval swords – the new Euro line by Ronin Katana has just landed and they are something pretty special..

Over a year in development, there are 6 new models in the line up, with one handed and two handed models all priced at a ridiculously low $249.99 plus shipping (and the great news is, they are able to be shipped WORLDWIDE – so finally customers in Europe, Canada and Australasia can get a piece of the action without paying more than the cost of the sword itself in shipping!).

Each sword is hand forged from 1075 steel and tempered to perfection, light in the hand (the heaviest is 2.4lbs, which is for a two hander with 32.5 inch blade and 7 inch handle, scent stopper pommel and large curved crossguard, shown below).

The lightest, a single handed hybrid triple fuller blade with simple cross guard and wheel pommel.

Each sword also comes with a FREE bonus wood core, leather sheathe and belt suspension system for wearing or display and come sharpened ready to cut right out of the box!

And if that wasn’t enough (heck, how can it EVER be enough!) they have also introduced 7 new Dojo Pro Katana models, fresh off the docks and ready for immediate shipping!

These really are cool looking designs, some of the best yet – and while I can’t pick my favorite of the new ones, if I had to I would probably have to go with model 27.

Of course, the best thing about these new models are that the blades are identical so you really can’t go wrong, just pick the design you like the most personally without having to worry about blade length, hamon, etc. Tough as nails and ready to go!

Check them all out here

Walking Dead Katana – on Sale at the Store!

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o-MICHONNE-THE-WALKING-DEAD-facebookI 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..

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Custom Katana Orders Closed for Chinese New Year 2015

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Just a very quick update, a few hours ago we closed off on batch 31 of the SBG Custom Katana – however if we were to follow our usual delivery schedule, batch 32 would end up seriously delayed by Chinese New Year Celebrations at the forge in late January 2015 to February.

Rather than have the batch get delayed like this, we have closed off on new orders to allow the forge to concentrate on getting completely up to date up to and including the most recent batch that closed a few hours ago.

Updates will be made accordingly and we will be doing our best to avoid any delays to existing orders – it is theoretically possible that there may be delays, but we have factored the Chinese New Year shutdown into our calculations so we should be fine.

Apologies for any inconvenience to people wanting to get in on a new batch, but we think it is better to pause orders entirely than get a slew of update requests from customers who miss important annoucements, etc.

Thanks for your understanding, more updates to follow soon (at the moment we are finishing off on shipping batch 28 and shipping some swords ahead of schedule on 29, so it is looking good!).

– Paul