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 …

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.