Thxs for your input ! And it’s Dave, not sire Very funny but today a new shipment arrived and the swords does have some updates. More on that later this week.

As to your 4th point, we’re busy with that and in fact the service is up and running but just not presented on the web yet.

Different kind of steels and polish. Blade type, length and all other specs can be chosen…

Thanxs again for your reply !

Dave

My only suggestions for your new 9260 steel katanas would be as follows:

1. Make the Katanas in a variety of lengths,
from 28″ to 36″, and make sure that they are of the traditional ‘differential tempered’ type. Make sure that the Nakago is a full 12″ to 14″ in length to ensure maximum strength.

2. Supply them to your customers with the option of getting them ‘shira-saya’, or even bare blade, so that the owner can customize them himself with his own saya and tsuba, etc.

3. You might consider having the Nakago un-drilled, so that the customer could determine where best he wants to drill the peg holes.

4. Also make available a service wherein your customers could provide you with a sketch of the sword they had in mind, in terms of blade length, curvature, weight, etc., and you quote a price to have Konron custom make the blade for them. These would be much higher priced swords, but would put you into the class of the custom sword makers who currently charge
5-10K per blade, but at a fraction of the price.

I Thank you for your consideration, and I remain,

Respectfully;
Paul R. Ward