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Feb 4, 2010, New Reviews Added

Hey folks,

Just added 5 new reviews to the site and have adjusted all relevant pages to include them - you can see them all below, and there are a few more scheduled for this month that will be added as we go..

Behind the scenes, I am also about to start work on a couple of new projects, one of which will actually be perhaps the most revolutionary change to the way site visitors can get the absolute most out of the reviews and information on SBG...

More on this soon, but expect to see some more reviews added over the following week.

Paul Southren

Feb 3, 2010, Hedemark Viking Sword Review

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Feb 2, 2010, Musashi Bamboo Katana Review

The $80 Musashi Bamboo Katana may well represent the next generation of low cost, differentially hardened Katana with real hamon. But how does it REALLY compare to more traditionally priced, traditional Katana? Find out in this review from SBG's Paul Southren

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Feb 2, 2010, Hanwei Scottish Claymore Review

Hands on Review of the sub $200 Hanwei Scottish Claymore by Robert Betts, including hard durability testing on a wooden shield

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Feb 2, 2010, Ronin Dotanuki Katana Review

Hands on review of the new Ronin Katana Dotanuki Dojo Pro line - model # 003

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Jan 30, 2010, Valiant Armoury Kreigschwert Sword Review

Hands on Review of the Valiant Armoury Kreigschwert sword by ChrisA

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Jan 20, 2010, Quick Update

Wow, I just realized that it has been over one month since the last post here on the SBG blog, so I had better make a quick appearance..!

Have been run off my feet behind the scenes - mostly with a plethora of emails and dealing with several exclusive SBG projects (you'll see that the News section over at the SBG Sword Store has been anything but quiet (and I also just realized that the latest addition to the site, which is an overview of the NEW Heavy Duty Dotanuki blades by Ronin Katana somehow did not update as it should have, so please do check it out - if you are a Katana lover I am sure you will find it VERY interesting!).

Anyway, some recent news - as many of you are no doubt aware, one of the most reliable (not to mention the most aggressively priced) sword stores - Kult of Athena - recently had their site go down from Christmas eve to a few days ago - and when they came back, they came back with some prices so incredibly low on the entire range of Hanwei swords that I have had to play catch up and update as many reviews with the new prices as possible..!

I'll also be updating most of the main pages over the next day or two (just some minor tweaks), adding a few more reviews here and there and (if time permits) adding a fun new article to the 'community' section of the site (though with the end of the month looming, writing next months issue of the Sword Buyers Digest will of course take precedence..

So yes indeed, crazy busy behind the scenes as usual!!

Talk to you all again soon. In the meantime, Katana fans should definitely have a look at both KoA's new prices on Hanwei swords and follow the link at the bottom of this post to check out the brand new heavy duty Ronin Kats..

Best,

Paul Southren

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Dec 16, 2009, Sword Questions

Sword Questions of the Week:

Dec 16, 2009, Sword Blog Question

QUESTION Hello Mr. Southren, This is Michael from the US. I am a daily follower of your blog and a subscriber to your online magazine. I have

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Dec 16, 2009, Recommendation for a custom sword

QUESTION I have several sketches of a sword I'd like made. The one blacksmith I've bought from in the past isn't available. I'm looking for a

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