Buying a katana in Germany, but where?
Katana shops are now a dime a dozen. For most shops in Germany, selling katana and other samurai swords is just a sideline alongside knives, knights' swords and all kinds of decorative items and weapons. Of course, each of these sellers is nevertheless an expert in Japanese swords with over 20 years of professional experience 😉
Behind this façade, however, the expertise is usually rather weak, which is something that even laypeople who have only superficially dealt with the subject realise.
Only a few dealers really specialise in the sale of samurai swords. Mostly even dealers in antique swords.
In this respect, our shop is a real exception, as we are a German Katana shop that offers all price ranges and quality levels, from cheaply produced series swords to high-quality, historical original Katana, and also provides absolutely professional and reliable customer service.
That is why we can use our own Katana Shop on Samuraischwert.kaufen, which is based in Germany.
Current developments in online shops
Since the beginning of the 2020s, there has been a clear development in the online shop market. Thanks to advanced programming and modern technology, shops can be quickly translated into all possible languages and foreign websites can be created with just a few clicks.
This approach is the current standard and German customers are shown German-language websites that at first glance also look like the pages of a German provider. Thanks to AI-driven software, the translations are also getting better and better and, with a few exceptions, can hardly be distinguished from a real German text.
So it's no surprise that we regularly receive questions about how high the import costs are or how many weeks delivery takes. As a German supplier, we do not charge any import fees for deliveries to Germany and delivery takes place just a few working days after receipt of payment!
With regard to samurai swords, the problem with automatic translations is that, despite modern technology, the translations are often flawed in detail and these details are sometimes very important for swords. Because some details make the difference between a cheap katana and an expensive katana.
Where are the Katana shops in Germany?
You can see where the shop operator is actually located in the legal notice of the respective site. If there is no legal notice, this usually means that it is a foreign site. If you are based in a third country, you will have to add approx. 25% to the prices for the import costs + time required to process the import. In the event of a return, such shops usually also incur costs of approx. 100 euros for the return shipment. Returns to.
The imprint obligation applies to German operators. Finding out where the shop is located in Germany is therefore easy and requires little effort for a German Katana shop.
What are the advantages of buying from a German online shop?
For German-speaking customers, the number one advantage is German-speaking support. Nothing is more annoying than a shipment that doesn't arrive and the shop's support team can't help because they don't speak German or at least English.
In our shop, we also stick to reality when we write about our products and ourselves. It often seems that no exaggeration is too small, especially in foreign shops. A decorative katana for 80 euros is often turned into an authentic Japanese katana. And shops that went online yesterday have been in existence for 10 years according to their own statements...
Thanks to our company headquarters in Germany, our distances are short. This means that dispatch, communication and processing all take place at record speed. Thanks to our many years of experience, our processes are also optimised to such an extent that we can work as quickly as possible for our customers. Over 50,000 genuine, positive customer reviews can't be wrong.
We would be delighted to supply you too and look forward to working with you.
