The Samurai Sword Blog
How Ebay Samurai Swords get Made in China - An Inside Look at Sword Making Part Two
Ebay sword sellers often, okay always, claim they have a forge and make the swords they sell themselves. Actually, in 100% of the cases, this is untrue. Yep, they are all lying, and not one of them owns a forge. So where do the mass quantities of swords they sell come from? In some cases, they come from overflow from large factories. Ronin, for example, orders 500+ soshu kitae laminated katana every year. Because of the high failure rate, three blades are forged for every one that we order. The
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Oct 10th 2015
How Ebay Samurai Swords get Made in China - An Inside Look at Sword Making Part One
Every few years this topic comes up in a big way, and my email box
goes crazy. While I've published a few factory videos and wrote a few
articles for Sword Buyers Guide, I decided since I already pay for a
blog, I may as well put my inside access to use on Roninkatana.com as
well. So here it is. Ronin Katana has been around for
10 years now, and during that time I've spent many many months in China
living and working. My wife is the niece of Chinese national treasure
smith Weiping
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Oct 10th 2015
Taking a Look at the Deadpool Movie Samurai Swords
Some good shots of the katana Deadpool is using in the movie. Deadpool is probably the most famous comic book character to eviscerate enemies with samurai swords, but he is not the only one to do so in the movies. Wolverine made good use of them in The Wolverine, and Psylocke will be using one in the upcoming X-Men Apocalypse. Odds are high we will see Wolverine using them again when Old Man Logan comes out in a few years. No word on if we will see the Deadpool katana for sale.
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Aug 15th 2015
The Ronin Elite 2015 Soshu Kitae Line has Stocked
Ronin has restocked the elite line with lots of new katana for sale. O-katana, kogarsu maru (little crow), and ko katana are among the 60+ new elites this year. Ronin has also added some Chinese jian and dao this year. Ronin Katana is the world's largest seller of complex laminated katana, including soshu kitae. Lamination lines are clearly visible on our katana. Don't be fooled by Chinese ebayer's looking to steal from you by selling folded steel as lamination. As always, the elites are one of
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Aug 1st 2015
Ronin Katana has Restocked! New Swords and Tsuba for Sale
Ronin Katana has restocked all items, and added over 50 new ones! Now in addition to katana for sale, Ronin offers all the parts needed to build your own custom katana. Tsuba, saya, tsuka, seppa, habaki, and bare blades are all for sale. Three new models of European swords have been added, and 60 new elite katana are for sale.
Jul 24th 2015