The 1917 Cutlass, also with a blued blade, is in a way the final evolution of the sword and the last time swords were used as a weapon of war.
I chose this sword not only as a tribute to the brave men of the war to end all wars, but also for purely pragmatic reasons – it is a one handed cutter whose value for money is off the charts, and makes for some serious backyard cutting fun!
In a similar vein, I chose the Italian Longsword for collectors who like their medieval swords beefy, sturdy and sharp. It may not have the refined balance and handling of the Tinker Pearce series, but – at least in my opinion – it looks great, cuts like a beast and is about as solid as you could hope any modern made 1055 monosteel sword to be.
Talking about solid, if you are in the market for a devestatingly effective and truly intimidating looking sword, you would be hard pressed to bypass the updated New version of the Grosse Messer (BIG knife, and they aren’t kidding!).
As functional as the original, personally I think it looks a lot more visually appealing and lacks none of the sheer cutting POWER of the original (indeed, it has been improved with a stronger hilt construction so you can really go to town).
Phonebooks beware!
And finally, well – a picture says a thousand words – how could I go past adding the MASSIVE Nodachi?
Clearly I couldn’t, and as we don’t have very many of these in stock, I suggest if you want to grab one (heck, there is plenty of handle to grab!) you get in on it quick before they are all sold out again (these are very hard to source and out of stock almost everwhere, unless you want to pay $800 that is..)
Enjoy guys, these swords are great!
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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