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Post by chrisperoni on Feb 1, 2011 19:58:20 GMT
What kind of sword is a nanana na nana ? Asian, right? Is it a curved blade or double edged?
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Post by adtharp on Feb 1, 2011 20:11:21 GMT
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Post by Greg on Feb 1, 2011 20:56:15 GMT
Whatever it is, I call dibs.
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Post by Hiroshi on Feb 1, 2011 23:08:11 GMT
Oh yea, you definitely want to call dibs. It's going to be awesome!
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Post by Sean (Shadowhowler) on Feb 2, 2011 0:45:34 GMT
Stroke me, stroke me... STROKE. STROKE.
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Post by TomK on Feb 2, 2011 1:23:58 GMT
first post updated with the actual announcement.
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Post by LittleJP on Feb 2, 2011 1:36:47 GMT
Oh, boy, I am so getting one.
And there goes most of my month's pay...
Any idea when everything'll be ready to go?
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Post by Hiroshi on Feb 2, 2011 2:15:51 GMT
Wow tom, good looking out. you totally forgot to mention me!
Well I guess I'll have to say it.
Hello, My name is hiroshi, and I am a swordaholic.
So Tom and I partnered up.
Tom is taking care of most things euro and I'll be taking care of the Katana. We are currently in negotiations with a forge and I hope we will be able to offer katana with in the next couple months.
To start we will be offering a budget katana under $120 and a high quality 1095 DH w/ geometric yokote, real hamon, alternating ito wrap, iron/steel tsuba, iron fuchi kashira
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Eventually we hope to offer more then 8 different models of katana. everything from t-10 swords, 1095 swords, DH steel iaito w/ hamon, unokubi/shobu/shinogi zukuri. tanto, wakzashi and a proper kissaki mohora!
Get ready for an awesome summer guys!
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Post by Sean (Shadowhowler) on Feb 2, 2011 2:16:46 GMT
Very interesting Tom...
Can't wait to see how this all pans out. Best of luck to you on the new endeavor!
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Post by Aaron on Feb 2, 2011 2:17:31 GMT
Looks like I'll be headed to Oregon a lot sooner than expected, Tom.  Congrats to you and all who are involved in this, it sounds ridiculously awesome. |
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Post by Hiroshi on Feb 2, 2011 2:18:18 GMT
we will have several models ready to ship by friday. Starting now you can place orders to have a sword commissioned. You have the option to pay half now and half later or the whole thing up front!
Imagine that ATRIM blades on a payment plan!!!
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Post by LittleJP on Feb 2, 2011 2:45:29 GMT
I was thinking of the Mercenary Line. I'd prefer to save $100, and finish it myself. Always relaxing, and meditative, working with something razor sharp.
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Post by Aaron on Feb 2, 2011 3:04:28 GMT
OOohhhh! I like that. I was looking through the site earlier and was just popping in to ask if the ordering feature was functioning, glad to know it is. That new Xa.4 sounds pretty exciting....
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Post by TomK on Feb 2, 2011 3:08:34 GMT
I am so sorry for not mentioning you Hiroshi, you may flog me for it tomorrow.
Yes Hiroshi is our web master and katana man.
on the katana I would like to clarify something that I was confused about in Hiroshi's post: we hope to offer a high quality katana for a competitive price and we hope to offer a budget katana that is of extremely high quality for the budget. unless the katana is a very high quality piece we will not offer it. the same is true of our European swords of course but I have every trust and faith in Gus' ability to turn out wonderful swords.
Xa.4 is a model I am very excited about too, and not just me but Mike also. I suspect the Xa.4 may be Mike's first custom.
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Post by Student of Sword on Feb 2, 2011 3:14:50 GMT
Tom and Hiroshi,
Is this Bugei/Citadel/MAS quality katana for less than their current offered price?
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Post by Deleted on Feb 2, 2011 3:23:27 GMT
I hope the deposit and all up front formula works out but with the 50% (and more) up front comes a lot of responsibility. I don't see any limited liability notice for the site and that reads like a potential problem for all involved down the road. A concern may arise if a maker is spread too thin and in the case of an overseas project, supply and even basic fulfillment can be a real and ongoing issue over the years. Best of luck for all but don't forget the past. There have simply been too many cases of both in country projects and newly contracted batching overseas to disregard what can go wrong.
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Post by Hiroshi on Feb 2, 2011 3:24:55 GMT
We are currently in negotiations with the forge. We will be getting a sample from the forge. When we do, I will review the sword/s and we will also send the sword/s to one of the forum members (we have not decided who yet) to give an objective review.
We are hoping that the quality will be akin to a sword that would sell for $400-$500
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Post by Hiroshi on Feb 2, 2011 3:31:37 GMT
As far as the katana, those will be in house, in stock, and throughly inspected before they are listed on the site.
So need to worry about past issues of katana projects never being delivered. In the future We MAY think of doing a custom batch, but those swords will NOT be paid for in advance and no monies will be exchanged untill the swords are in stock, inspected and ready to go in the box.
I'll let Tom field the question regarding the euro's.
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Post by TomK on Feb 2, 2011 3:58:35 GMT
and that is why we call ourselves TRIED and true!
all our swords will be individually inspected.
as for getting ahead of ourselves on the pre-orders, we are definitely concerned about this and we are going to do two things to control it.
1: once we have 10 commissions we will stop accepting commissions.
2: we will not obligate the money from a commission to any project until the sword is paid in full AND shipped.
3: when we do ship we will buy insurance on the item so that if it gets lost in the mail (or worse) then the post office will have to replace it.
Bugei/MAS/Citadel/Munetoshi/Ronin Katana/DF/Kensei and many other companies make many wonderful swords and I don't want to make a direct comparison, I'll leave that to all of you. we don't know what the quality of the forge we are talking to will be yet, but things look very good. if they can deliver on half of their promises it will be very good indeed.
we are dreaming big but starting small, stick with us and see what happens. should be a fun ride.
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Post by LittleJP on Feb 2, 2011 3:59:35 GMT
Tom, how would I order a Mercenary grade? There's no option on the website to do so.
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Congrats to you and all who are involved in this, it sounds ridiculously awesome.
