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Category Archives: Available for Purchase
Cable Gentlemans Tanto by Michael Bell, Price Further Reduced
A “gentleman’s tantō” of 6 and 1/8 inch nagasa, cable construction, hira-zukuri, with silver habaki. Overall length of 10 and 3/4 inches. In a simple koshirae, in a style similar to most kwaiken, only slightly larger, with black and red … Continue reading
Cable Shirogatana “Castle Sword” by Michael Bell, For Sale
This blade forged from a single piece of forge-welded cable has a 23 inch (59.7 cm) nagasa. Blade is tori-zori with chu-kissaki. Well-controled gunome hamon with usturi. Mr. Nakajima referred to similar swords as “castle swords”, because the somewhat shorter … Continue reading
Custom Handmade Sword Bags, For Sale
Dragonfly Forge is now proud to start offering sword bags custom to fit each sword. They are handmade by Anna Bell of Dragonfly Forge here in our shop in Oregon. Every bag is padded with quilting material, keeping the swords … Continue reading

