A few days ago, our members already got a notification about the new things that were going to happen here at our store (not a member yet ? Go here, subscribe and you will be part of our elite club ).
Today I can announce a first new toy…I’m not sure if you remember the 9260 steel samurai swords we got in from the Konron forge. They were a huge success and the first and second delivery did sold out within a few weeks. At this moment, the forge need to re-locate and it will still take a few weeks before they can start producing. So patience is the message here 
On the other hand, we have a second forge we’re working with who will supply us the more higher end stuff….but…the last months we were also working with that forge on an very affordable yet high quality katana and well here it is :
The KIKU Katana !
The blade is made of 1060 through hardened spring steel, very sharp and very durable. The blade (from tip to tsuba) measure around 75cm, which is between 2,45 and 2,50 Shaku. The tsuka measure 27,5cm and the whole ‘toy’ weight 945gram and balance at 12cm from the tsuba..speaking of a good balanced sword my friends
The Fuchi & kashira and Tsuba are made of iron. Now.. I do know that they’re not the finest pieces of art but were looking at a low budget katana remember. Don’t be scared when hearing the word ‘low budget’ because it doesn’t mean this sword is a little more than a wallhanger !
The biggest problem with the cheaper swords are mostly , the quality of the blade and the tsuka. This blade does come with a manufacturer guarantee against breaking ! So how about that my friends ! Just to clear things up, the guarantee is valid when using the katana under normal circumstances. So don’t even think about chopping a tree, bricks or iron objects. It’s still a sword, not an axe or a hammer… What we understand under normal circumstances are cutting tatami and bamboo. For bamboo we do highly recommend the non hi version of this katana !
As for the tsuka, you can check the pictures yourself..does that look like a cheap, tiny tsuka with cracks ? And what about the menuki and ito. This baby has imported Japanese cotton ito on the handle and the wrap is very, very thight…
Anyway…we’re very happy with the end result and at this point you’re probably asking :”What about the price..?” We will offer this katana at the introduction price of 185 euro..The price will go up in the near future, that’s for sure but since it’s a new product in our line, we’re making a special price for the first one’s..
People who are willing to buy and are prepared to write a good useful review (with pics and perhaps video) of this katana are getting an extra 10% discount .
Don’t look at the site yet because you can’t find it there yet…send me a mail at dave@samurai-sword-shop.com or be patience until it appear on the site
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