Buying your first katana shouldn't be a gamble — or a solo one. Sword Friends is a community of collectors who help each other find suppliers they can trust, inspect swords properly, and buy with real confidence.
Most online sword communities are walls of hype, affiliate links, and one-star horror stories with no one to tell you the truth. Sword Friends is the opposite: a vetted group of real collectors who share what they've actually tested — so you don't have to learn the hard way.
No sponsors. No kickbacks. Nobody gets paid to push a brand. When a $50 wall hanger deserves to be called a wall hanger, we say so — that's the whole point of having each other.
Sword Friends exists so the same questions stop being asked in the dark. When you join, you're not buying a product — you're walking into a room full of people who've already made (and learned from) the mistakes you're about to make.
"The safest way to buy is from someone who's already been burned once and is willing to tell you about it."
— Matthew Jensen, Founding MemberWe're building the verified community the sword world has been asking for: sellers vetted before they're trusted, listings inspected by people who know, and buyers who never have to second-guess alone. It starts with the founding members on this list.
Join the founding member waitlist and reply to the welcome email with what you'd like to see — or avoid. Founding members get first access and a real say in what we build. No spam, unsubscribe anytime.
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