{"id":50,"date":"2011-11-11T09:13:00","date_gmt":"2011-11-11T09:13:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/sbg-sword-store.sword-buyers-guide.com\/wordpress\/?p=50"},"modified":"2011-11-11T09:13:00","modified_gmt":"2011-11-11T09:13:00","slug":"50","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sbg-sword-store.sword-buyers-guide.com\/wordpress\/50\/","title":{"rendered":""},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Ok, time for a bit of a format change as the old blog (which I have archived <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/sbg-sword-store.sword-buyers-guide.com\/news.html\">here<\/a> was getting, shall we say a little LONG..!<\/p>\n<p>Plus, it was about time to add some additional functionality &#8211; so at least for the time being this new format will have to do! (I&#8217;ll be tweaking it as necessary, but this will do for a start).<\/p>\n<p>Anyway, lots of news to report &#8211; for a start we have a couple of cool specials going right now on two of Hanwei&#8217;s hottest Katana just in time for Christmas &#8211; both the <a href=\"https:\/\/sbg-sword-store.sword-buyers-guide.com\/media\/Hanwei\/Gunto.jpg\">Yasukuni Colonels Gunto<\/a> and the incredible <a href=\"https:\/\/sbg-sword-store.sword-buyers-guide.com\/product194.html\">Bamboo Mat Katana<\/a> (pictured below).<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/2.bp.blogspot.com\/-xokvhyY9pPQ\/TrzvGb0a6jI\/AAAAAAAAAFM\/8nbvPGt-IVM\/s1600\/Bamboo4.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" style=\"display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 267px;\" src=\"http:\/\/2.bp.blogspot.com\/-xokvhyY9pPQ\/TrzvGb0a6jI\/AAAAAAAAAFM\/8nbvPGt-IVM\/s400\/Bamboo4.jpg\" border=\"0\" alt=\"\"id=\"BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5673672524405860914\" \/><\/a><br \/>But there are also a doings transpiring with the imminent lauch of batch 18 of our supremely popular <a href=\"https:\/\/sbg-sword-store.sword-buyers-guide.com\/custom-katana.html\">SBG Custom Katana<\/a> of which I have recently ressurected its dedicated <a href=\"http:\/\/custom-katana.blogspot.com\/\">blog right here<\/a> (looks like I might be getting addicted to blogging as well as swords doesn&#8217;t it!?).<\/p>\n<p>Anyway, if you are interested in some up to date information on this batch (as well as a sneak preview of some new limited edition swords being made by the forge) you might want to mosey on over there.<\/p>\n<p>Speaking of sneak previews, stay tuned for a very special sneak preview of some new products that will be in the store towards the end of December by <a href=\"https:\/\/sbg-sword-store.sword-buyers-guide.com\/ronin.html\">Ronin Katana<\/a> (well, why not &#8211; here&#8217;s an advance pic just to whet your appetite a little&#8230;<br \/><a href=\"http:\/\/4.bp.blogspot.com\/-q-uWcbv1Z6I\/TrzrJ-PaVuI\/AAAAAAAAAE0\/SEZuODt17X8\/s1600\/DSC08473-737x556.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" style=\"display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 302px;\" src=\"http:\/\/4.bp.blogspot.com\/-q-uWcbv1Z6I\/TrzrJ-PaVuI\/AAAAAAAAAE0\/SEZuODt17X8\/s400\/DSC08473-737x556.jpg\" border=\"0\" alt=\"\"id=\"BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5673668187138971362\" \/><\/a><br \/>More on this (and MUCH more from Ronin) in another post..!<\/p>\n<p>In other sword store news, I should mention that while many people have been asking &#8211; NO, <a href=\"https:\/\/sbg-sword-store.sword-buyers-guide.com\/9260.html\">Cheness Cutlery<\/a> will NOT be having a pre-Christmas sale as their inventory is running too low and the restock has been delayed and will likely arrive only a week or so before Christmas anyway.. I should also mention that their warehouse will be taking a week off normal opearations after thanksgiving, so while orders can be placed during this time they will not be shipped until they resume normal operations.<\/p>\n<p>Anwyay, I&#8217;ll be posting here again soon but in the meantime welcome to the new format, lets see how it goes!<\/p>\n<p>All the best,<br \/>&#8211; Paul<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Ok, time for a bit of a format change as the old blog (which I have archived here was getting, shall we say a little LONG..! 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