What the ban has done is clear the market of ‘Junk’. One item that can be an issue is the Iaito as many are made with stainless steel. All of the Japanese swords at Enso are either forged or folded. Therefore, any martial arts practitioner can buy a Katana or Samurai Swords, as a shop we are also able to sell the swords as long as they are made with traditional methods. Then a few months later in August 2008, the government revised this ban and decided to take Japan out of the law. Swords made using traditional methods means being either folded steel or forged steel. Let’s digress slightly as it’ll be useful in a minute. Martial artists could still buy them, any sword made in Japan before 1953 and any sword made in Japan using traditional methods. As part of this outright ban, there were still some exceptions. In April 2008, the UK government introduced a Sword Ban, this covered all curved blades longer than 50cm. If you have any further questions on this, please contact us at our shop to discuss your best choice, call (0117) 9425832 or email shop and Legality on the Cold Steel Warrior Katana
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