We last offered it up for sale in May last year, and here it is again – pricing well below the usual cost/wholesale pricing with FREE SHIPPING on this traditional and very attractive practical cutting Katana by the artisans at Dragon King.
The Kohaku Katana by Dragon King – Just $459.99 with FREE SHIPPING
This sword is the complete package and a great mid-level production sword that ticks all the boxes, including:
Strong, custom made iron tsuba and fuchigashira
Buffalo horn kurikata on the saya
Super tight cotton ito wrap with unique silver menuki
Geometric yokote with beautifully polished kissaki
Hard wearing and attractive sageo cord
Expertly tempered blade with stunning real hamon
Currently below cost sale price gets you this $900 sword for less than half price.
If nothing else – it is worth the price of admission for this blade alone:
Pretty much a PERFECT kissaki with amazing polish and stunning boshi
Yes, the mega-sale is over – but not all of the bargains and sword buying opportunities have gone.. Not by a longshot..
As you can see from the previous post, we just added a new one off super special scratch and dent offer. But from the sale, here are some of the cool offers still available..
DARKSWORD CLOSEOUT SALE
The $75 discount plus free shipping and free sharpening offer on those 3 DSA blades is still ongoing and will be until the swords are sold out.. And as they are selling fast, if there is one design that you like the most out of the three, its a good idea to get in fast.
Click the image to see the swords
CLOSEOUT PRICING ON THE BLACK DRAGON SANMAI KATANA
We still have around 6 of the closeout Sanmai laminated Katana by the Black Dragon Forge. The sword is worth over $600 but is being closed out at just $479.99 with FREE SHIPPING.
Click the image to see the sword
NEW MEDIEVALS AND MEDIEVAL RESTOCKS
In addition to holding the pricing over on the full restock of medieval swords by Paul Chen’s Hanwei Forge (click here for our current selection) there are still those two brand new Italian styled swords by Ronin Katana. All of these swords are sub $300 and are being sold at the lowest possible mark up to give you truly amazing value for money
Click here for the Ronin Euro Collection
GUY GILCHRIST CUSTOM SAYA
And of course, you can still get these extremely unique, custom made Custom Saya by Guy Gilchrist. Guy is open to any and all designs that you can think of, it doesn’t have to be a teenage mutant ninja turtle or Muppet theme – the sky is the limit..!
Click here to see the Custom Saya
And there’s more…
In truth, EVERY DAY is like a mega-sale at our store. Our prices are what most other sellers call their sale prices, and heavy discounts well beyond what most other sellers offer are in-built into our every day low pricing.
Our best deals are listed in the HOT SPECIALS section – and there are some crazy good offers in there. But do some price shopping comparisons and you’ll see that the best deals on swords are right here at the SBG Sword Store..
We just closed off on Batch 45 of the Custom Katana a couple of days ago – not sure if was bad timing or what – but we barely got enough orders to be able to justify sending them through to the forge..
It’s no huge surprise, in recent years despite holding the price to the point where we are losing money – the number of orders has been steadily decreasing.. And this time around, so low that the project that we have been running for the last 10 years was nearly cancelled..
While some of it may be due to bad timing, the main reason orders have been disappearing is because the eBay and AliBaba sellers in China have become more and more aggressive – and more and more dishonest – promising things that they cannot do or lying about the steels and processes used. And so honest sellers can’t compete when sellers take local pig iron and claim it is Tamahagane on a $300 sword.. (please, please – NEVER attempt to cut with one of these monstrosities..)
The truth of these sellers is discussed here – not all are bad, and it is possible to get a good sword, but it is a total crapshoot – with more crap than shoot..
We would not mind losing orders if someone actually stepped up to the plate and did what we are doing, but better.. But losing them to dishonest business practices is bad for everyone..
Anyway, apologies for the mini-rant – we will do our best to try and keep the project going and get the word out to people to be extra careful when doing business with these companies whose offers are too good to be true.. (its really frustrating when we know they are using cheap 1045 carbon steel but claiming it is L6 or 9260 or – whatever will get them the sale!).
In the meantime, as Chinese New Year comes to and end, Batch 44 should ship out and Batch 45, which is being finalized with the customers in case of any last minute changes, will begin. We hope it is not the last one – just the QC we offer makes these swords worth the price point..
Case in point (and a great opportunity for one lucky, fast person) below is a Custom Katana from Batch 43 that failed QC at our end and was not sent to the customer (we made them a new one from scratch)
What is wrong with it? This.
I don’t know of any eBay seller who would catch a tiny chip like that, tell the customer and remake the sword for them.. Indeed, THESE are the kind of blades they WANT as they can get them cheap (eBay sellers are always asking the big forges for their scraps, rejects and QC fails)..
Instead, we sell it at a huge loss rather than throw it away or try and trick someone into buying it as a new sword – and like I mentioned – someone who is quick enough can get this rejected sword (which has a folded blade with Kobuse Lamination and Leather ito with hishigami) for less than half its value ($299 with free shipping) – click here if you are interested, there is only one available of course..
Anyway, /rant. I will update you all again in due course.. In the meantime, please do all you can to get the word out about these dishonest sellers and don’t fall for their false promises. Every now and again it IS possible to get a good deal with them, but more often than not, you don’t get what you ordered..
Right now the SBG Sword Store is having a bit of a ‘mega-sale’.
If you read the most recent blog posts, you will see a ton of new products and special offers all happening at the same time, from the special price extension on the Seraph Aegis, to the 25% discount on all Forge Direct Chinese Swords, to batch 45 of the SBG Custom Katana – and much, much more (for example, the DSA Fantasy Sword closeout, Ryujin Daisho Special, New RK Euros, Custom Saya by Guy Gilchrist, Full medieval sword restock at Hanwei, etc)..
Thus, with so many great offers available all at once, we have called it a mega-sale, but the special limited time offers all end midnight EST the 12th of February – around 48 hours from now..
The Limited Edition Seraph Aegis – custom made brass fittings, master smith feathersteel blade and custom scabbard. Premium quality at the lowest possible pricing..,
I really did not want to raise the price on this sword – at $2999.99 we break even and make a small profit that isn’t really enough to justify the amount of time and effort involved in the project – and not enough to help fund the Legendary Swords Project (which is proving to be a real money pit and has no outside funding, crowd sourcing or other ‘eBegging’).
But with only 5 made and 1 sold at the time the special offer ends, and a rather large amount of money tied up in its production, I have decided to extend the special offer until the 12th of February (when all the other mega-sales end).
If there are still swords available after the new extension period we will have no choice but to raise the price to cover the costs of funding the production for longer than anticipated – perhaps not up to $3800 but despite it being our most expensive sword to date, $3K really is too cheap for this sword package.. (the new price, which will also carry across to additional runs, will likely be priced at $3,300).
Either way, time is running out on this deal – do some research online and you’ll see that despite the high price, you get your money’s worth and then some.
