We said from the outset that the APOC 3pc set deal may be ended at any time, and well, that time is now..
Deal is done and the sale is over.
But there are still a few more cool special last minute deals about to end worth checking out before the clock counts out to the end of the month:
SALE ENDED/NO LONGER AVAILABLE
Some of the best picks from the ending sales..
Kingston Arms Scottish Claymore
We already posted about this special earlier in the month so, just grab this bargain while it is still on sale at at crazy $229.99.
Dragon King Winter Sun
Monotemperered 5160 Spring Steel Dragon King beater from hell normally around $500, $350 at SBG and currently how much? $249.99? Yeah, don’t skip this one.. It’s one of our current most popular top sellers, and no wonder..
Celtic Leafblade
When this whole set of sword and cool leather sheathe with solid brass fittings is still $222 – you will be kicking yourself when it goes back to $359..
There’s a whole bunch of others about to go back to full price, so do yourself a favor and check them all out before time runs out:
We have a tried a LOT of unique traditional Chinese sword designs over the years. But it would seem that as the industry has slowed down and lost momentum for high end Chinese swords (and honestly, who can blame them, some of the entry level stuff is pretty darned good!) – the time has come to more or less settle on the designs that will define the brand.
So quietly over the last few weeks and months, we have been re-organizing Forge Direct Chinese – bringing back two new blades, and getting rid of almost all the others until we have the best of the best, those blades that customers send us in glowing reviews time after time.
‘Swords’ such as the ‘Boar Killing Spear’ (technically a short hafted blade with extra long handle):
BOAR KILLING SPEAR IS BACK
And then at the Elite end, the complex Windsteel laminated folded blade and stunning fittings of the Monkey King sword (and with this one, if you need to ask how much it is, then you can’t afford it):
RETURN OF THE MONKEY KING
And then, one final hurrah on two swords before they go before the end of the month – the NEW Four Beasts Jian and the Dragon Tiger Jian. Maybe it was the economy, maybe people just didn’t like them – but they are on crazy discount pricing over on the HOT SPECIALS section until the end of the month, after which they join the sword graveyard in the sky..
And if that was not enough, at the end of the month we are also discontinuing our Project X Elite high polish Choji Katana and it will be sold off at Forge Direct levels until the end of the month.
It’s pretty crazy how the sword industry often doesn’t actually buy what it says it really wants – but either way, they aren’t many of these in the world so if you want a truly unique blade before its too late in a few days time, you had better put that custom order together quick quick..
And FINALLY (told you there was a lot of Forge Direct and Project X news going on right now) – we are proud to announce what might well be the last addition to the Forge Direct family.. The Dragon Dao Mk II!
Unlike the limited edition of 20pcs (that ran for around $1800 or so) – the simplified but hardly ‘stripped back’ version of the Dragon Dao is available all year long, looks as mean as hell and one cut and you will be hooked for life..
Check it out and the entire brand new and we hope more permanent, stable line up over at Forge Direct today:
The Winter Sun is a long bladed (30.5″ bladed) monotempered 5160 Spring Steel blade designed for practicality and long term durability in mind. Few 5160 monotemepered blades are just plain tough and forgiving as the Winter Sun, and it’s the kind of sword that has so much power behind it, it will plain old split your cutting stand in half and just wait for the next target..
It’s not just some bare bones tactical piece, the Winter Sun has class and style, with real iron and silver fittings, and if you buy it before the end of the month this blade that we normally squeeze our margins for to $349 is just $249.99 – lowest price it has EVER been. But only if you get it before the end of the month..
We have been ardent supporters of Darksword Armory since the beginning. Even though their earliest swords were ‘rustic’ at best and needed refinement, refinement and Darksword fit together like a hand and gauntlet.. And man, have we seen some amazing designs and tough, no-nonsense swords over the years..
There was one in particular I ALWAYS wanted to sell, but Darksword could never keep up with demand to be able to supply it themselves, never mind offer it somewhere else, and that was their Anduril replica.. So it is with absolute DELIGHT that I am proud to offer the most recent and true to the books version Darksword have ever made!
To say that they have taken this already fantastic sword to a never level is a total understatement. From the engraved and perfectly tempered 5160 blade to the fittings, I mean even the darned quillion looks good!
Now the new Anduril is a pretty darned act to follow. By DSA might just have pulled it off with two other Tolkein inspired fully functional masterpieces..
The Gurthag, a dark elven forged blade that brought great sorrow and slaughter might make the superstitious stay away from it with a 10′ pole, but for everyone else who loves I mean looking elf sword – it’s definitely one of the nicest ones out there!
And then finally, an Elven blade that makes sense to me personally – I often felt that Arming swords and Longswords don’t really suit the Elven fighting style, to be it’s either rapier or saber depending on when fighting on foot or on horseback. So High Elven King Ringil sword very much suits that latter vision.
Fans of battle ready Fantasy swords are really spoiled for choice with these three new swords. Check them out and more at our Darksword Armory page below for their full selection:
P.S. We are working to update all our pics of the Darksword images we have in our store over the coming days, weeks and (hopefully not) months.. The newer pics are the ones with brown backgrounds, any doubts – just ask!
It would seem that straight from the get go, the blades from the Dune series were the PERFECT fit for the kind of shorter, tougher and simpler, more practical blades that the series has focused on.
First there were two house Atreides swords from Dune I:
Then hot on it’s heels. the second House Atreides blade:
All very reasonable for around $250 for blades hand made in the USA. But then came along with bad guys sword, the primary sword of Feyd-Rautha:
And so it was only a question of time before his matching paired dagger joined the line up, and here it is – the knife of Feyd-Rautha to really show off his two handed, deadly fighting style;
How it is made
As is often the case, Scorpion Swords like to show some behind the scenes of how their swords were put together. As always, it starts with a block of premium quality American sourced 1095 carbon steel, which is professionally cut to shape from a template.
6 drills are pinned as it takes shape, and it is given a rough grind and shaping before being heat treated.
Now toughs as nails and refined with further edge grinding, the 6 pins are inserted and the whole thing epoxied into place so that it is effectively become one almost indestructible piece.
Finally it is sharpened to perfection, 3 extra brass pins inserted from both sides for even greater overall strength and durability, the wooden handle is wrapped in off white leather and..
Viola! The matching dagger becomes real, available by itself for $249.99 or paired with the short sword to master Feyd’s intimidating fighting style..
