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Hi all,

While we aren’t really all that far behind schedule, especially on the more recent Custom Katana Batches, I would rather err on the side of caution than end up with everything running late.

An examination of the Custom Katana Batch Status Page shows that batch 25 (which was supposed to be in the hands of customers by the 15th of last month) is only 20% shipped with the balance now being sorted, inspected and preparing to go out, so is officially running a fair bit behind schedule.

At the same time, batch 26, which is officially due on the 15th of this month, has only just now started shipping from the forge. While it is not yet late, customs delays could easily make it so – and as each sword is carefully inspected before shipping – it will almost certainly run behind schedule too..

As such, I think that to be fair to everyone with existing orders – and to give the forge a chance to concentrate on batches 27, 28 and 29 without interruption – a temporary pause is in order while we catch up (not to mention, batch 30 will likely be a slow batch too as it will become due during the 2014/15 New Years Period).

Apologies for the inconvenience, but I think it is best for everyone to catch up and ensure we don’t end up falling too far behind.

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Hey all,

Just a quick heads up post – batch 28 of the SBG Custom Katana, due around the 15th of November, has just closed off. In theory the current batch that just opened would be due one month later, on the 15th of December..

The problem is, this is smack bang middle of the Christmas madness parcel scramble that happens around that time every year, and especially sensitive to delays..

So as such, even though we will do our best to bring batch 29 in BEFORE Christmas 2014, it is too close to the date in a time that is typically chaotic at best to make anything even resembling a guarantee..

Thus, the expected delivery date is pushed back to December 27th 2014 to January 15th (a larger than usual expected delivery window too, primarily because we will take some time off during this period too – likely just before Christmas to just after new years, but we may be shipping in between, will keep you updated, but this is where it all stands at the moment).

Some of these swords won’t be here for long, not ony because they are popular but – because it is just SBG and not one of the sword industry giants, we can only afford to bring to market some 5 to 20pcs of any given model at one time..

But, even if I do say so myself, they are exceptionally good and exceptionally fair priced, providing a lucky few people the opportunity to get some truly exceptional value for money!

You see, the thing that first struck me about this particular forge was the quality of their differentialy hardened T-10 tool steel blades – not just the material, but the way they forged, shaped, polished and overall finish to the blade. It was head and shoulders above its mountings, and we knew we had stumbled upon a real gem of an operation over there in Longquan..

But now, adding my own spin to it with my own designs, the fittings in many cases come up to meet the quaity of the blade, and the final package is a sword that we could and probably SHOULD sell for a lot more than what we do..

The best way to understand what I am going on about is to check out the new additions below. While the designs are based loosely on historical precedent, they are pretty much just made to my own taste. So if your taste in Japanese styled swords is like mine, you truly are in for a treat..!

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