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Post by derekinflorida on May 7, 2019 4:41:07 GMT
Does anyone have any experience or hear anything about a company called Sato Sword Forge? I came across their website by chance and they seem to have a lot of nice swords and tantos at various price points. There is virtually nothing I can find online about them independent of their website. Thanks.
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Post by reptaronice1 on May 7, 2019 4:51:52 GMT
Does anyone have any experience or hear anything about a company called Sato Sword Forge? I came across their website by chance and they seem to have a lot of nice swords and tantos at various price points. There is virtually nothing I can find online about them independent of their website. Thanks. So I never bought anything off there but I have seen on another forum I use that they got raved about quality wise. For the price people reccomend them. Some decent swords for around 300-500. I might give it a go
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Post by derekinflorida on May 9, 2019 12:55:22 GMT
I found a clue. One of their photos has a logo. It says "LONGYINGDAOJIAN". A Google search shows it to be a brand but I can't read Mandarin.
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Post by reptaronice1 on May 9, 2019 13:07:28 GMT
I found a clue. One of their photos has a logo. It says "LONGYINGDAOJIAN". A Google search shows it to be a brand but I can't read Mandarin. Wouldnt be able to help u there lol. If it were japanese I could possibly help XD. I do know a jian dao is a type of chinese martial arts sword.
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Post by derekinflorida on May 10, 2019 12:53:18 GMT
I traced the logo and name to a company I found online in Longquan China. Name translates to "Dragon Shadow". I emailed Sato Sword to ask if they are affiliated with them and am waiting for an answer. Sato looks great but absent anyone with firsthand experience buying a product from them I am hesitant to TOFTT for a few hundred dollars.
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Post by nddave on May 10, 2019 13:12:17 GMT
Sorting Katana vendors in the Chinese market is like trying to sort a bucket of jelly beans by brand name. It’s just too much work for absolutely nothing.
You’re best bet honestly is to just buy from a known and reputable vendor already established than take the risk with a “new” or unknown one. 9 times out of ten not only are you getting the same product every other Longquan vendor sells. What’s worse, the majority of the time these new vendors turn out to be just new store faces for old vendors who were either run off EBay for bad customer service or lost their account/website and started new. Sometimes they’re even just subsidiaries of bigger vendors (for example Ryansword and it’s many branches) and again sell the same product but for either cheaper or sometimes more expensive prices.
Overall in the end you’re getting a basic run of the mill Chinese production katana either way. There’s not going to be anything special or unique between one or the other and the only real differences will be fit and finish in regards to the quality control and what you paid. Again they’re a bucket of jelly beans.
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Post by Lancelot Chan on May 10, 2019 16:18:44 GMT
I've friends who purchased dragon shadow swords. Some of them have issues and one was chipped in the clay tempered edge on a hard plastic bottle. That sword was wide and thin as tameshigiri geometry.
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Post by reptaronice1 on May 10, 2019 16:38:33 GMT
I've friends who purchased dragon shadow swords. Some of them have issues and one was chipped in the clay tempered edge on a hard plastic bottle. That sword was wide and thin as tameshigiri geometry. thats no good!
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Post by derekinflorida on May 11, 2019 22:39:05 GMT
Wise counsel. They've given me incomplete answers and not answered my question about them being affiliated with Dragon Shadow. Red flags. More red flags with the return email address being a hotmail address and name being a strange westernized name. I ran into similar communication with a pro video company in China that didn't end well so am going to walk away slowly from Sato Sword.
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Post by Mitchy on Dec 11, 2019 12:09:08 GMT
My experience was very bad. 2 days after I received my katana the grip start to broke the blade have a glitch etc. When I write to the cie I had a stupid answer with no solution. Never again.
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Post by albert jones on Apr 24, 2020 9:17:03 GMT
i am dealing with sato sword at the moment and at this point in time i would stay a hundred miles away from them
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Post by Hip9999 on May 10, 2020 16:44:45 GMT
Does anyone have any experience or hear anything about a company called Sato Sword Forge? I came across their website by chance and they seem to have a lot of nice swords and tantos at various price points. There is virtually nothing I can find online about them independent of their website. Thanks. So I never bought anything off there but I have seen on another forum I use that they got raved about quality wise. For the price people reccomend them. Some decent swords for around 300-500. I might give it a go
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Post by Hip999 on May 10, 2020 16:45:12 GMT
So I never bought anything off there but I have seen on another forum I use that they got raved about quality wise. For the price people reccomend them. Some decent swords for around 300-500. I might give it a go
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Post by Dandelion on May 10, 2020 17:06:59 GMT
I found a clue. One of their photos has a logo. It says "LONGYINGDAOJIAN". A Google search shows it to be a brand but I can't read Mandarin. Wouldnt be able to help u there lol. If it were japanese I could possibly help XD. I do know a jian dao is a type of chinese martial arts sword. "Jian" = any type of straight double edged chinese sword "Dao" = any type of curved and/or single edged chinese sword A "Jian Dao" is a contradiction and makes no sense AFAIK.
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Post by Frankie on Sept 26, 2020 17:30:59 GMT
I purchased my first katana with them, the quality is really good and is Japanese authentic. The designs on the handle, along with the blade itself is unique.
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Post by SatoSwordsReview1 on Nov 1, 2020 21:43:57 GMT
Canadian buyer here. I got one of their lower-priced swords for shoots and giggles and was actually blown away. It was forged and full tang. Was sharp and well cared for. Lots of packaging. for the 150 price it wasn't bad at all. I was just going to wall hang it but it was well built and I use it to smash boxes and the odd 2L all the time. Lots of fun it's better than some of the $300 ones I have. I'm definitely going back and getting one of their "Fancier" and higher-priced ones. If the lower-priced swords are that nice I can't wait for my next one.
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Post by Bariorey on Dec 14, 2020 10:11:10 GMT
I have payed them 6th of september. Never got my product or answer from them about my shipping.
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Post by Soria0854 on Jan 1, 2021 19:40:26 GMT
I did research and couldn’t find any info or reviews on the swords or tantos. I took a chance and ordered the most expensive tanto they offered which is roughly around $600. I can tell you first hand the blade and steel are nice, folded steel as requested, but that’s where it stops. The fitting did not match what was advertised at all, instead some very cheap zinc cast fittings. The wrap was very loose and the hamon was basically reversed on the blade, in that the hamon had a mirror polish and the side of the blade is cloudy. Their customer serve is horrible, I told them the issue and they offered to send me a tsuba! I’m still trying to deal with them and it doesn’t look good. I’m hoping PayPal will intervine and this won’t be a complete lose. Stay away from Sato forge!
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Post by alexandre on Mar 6, 2021 2:48:17 GMT
I bought a second hand Katana that was from them. Happy I got it for cheap. Would never pay full price for that! The blade is very nice but the fittings are really disapointing (too big for the sword and sharp). The ito is loose. The tsuka was never disassemble before and when I did I saw that the tsuka was cracked, the same (rayskin) was in 4 parts (cut in 2 on the two sides)... Very disapointed of SatoSwords.
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Post by Sword First, Research Later on Apr 18, 2021 6:16:34 GMT
Canadian buyer here. I got one of their lower-priced swords for shoots and giggles and was actually blown away. It was forged and full tang. Was sharp and well cared for. Lots of packaging. for the 150 price it wasn't bad at all. I was just going to wall hang it but it was well built and I use it to smash boxes and the odd 2L all the time. Lots of fun it's better than some of the $300 ones I have. I'm definitely going back and getting one of their "Fancier" and higher-priced ones. If the lower-priced swords are that nice I can't wait for my next one. Not to be that guy, but the "SatoSwordsReview1" account name writing a positive review among the SEA of negative ones makes me slightly regret buying the sword first and doing more research after
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