The Samurai Sword Blog

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 …

The Ronin Katana 10th anniversary prize giveaways continue. Ronin gave away a bunch or prizes last week, including an samurai sword from the entry level katana line. This week is kicking off with an eight fold path tsuba. Ronin has used this tsuba on and off for many years, and it was of course the tsuba used on the sword of Morpheus in the Matrix movies. Want to win it? Enter at contest on the Ronin Katana facebook page.  …

Ronin's 10th Anniversary Give Away Has Started! Today Ronin awarded a customer loyalty prize (hammer forged bare blade). Keep checking back here and the Ronin facebook page for weekly contests. There is no purchase necessary for the weekly prizes. Loyalty prizes are awarded to people that have either made purchases from Ronin in the past, been really active on the Ronin facebook page, or have spoken positively about Ronin on other sites. What can you win? Swords, tsuba, silk sword bags, the …

First look at one of the new 2015 elites (#218). This is the full sized version of a Kogarasu Maru, or little crow. Elites are one of a kind swords, so this is the exact katana that will be for sale.