About Vass & Slipad

Vass & Slipad translates "Sharp and Honed". It started out as a small sharpening buissness, selling high quality knives and holding sharpening courses.

In 2003, our interest in japanese sword arts and the inspiration from japanese polishers, got us into the search for good quality swords to supply our customers.

We found CITADEL to be the company that lived up to our expectations:

* Hand forged and handmade from start to finish

* Using traditional methods and materials

* Rugged enough for batto-do and tameshigiri training

* Agile, properly balanced and well suited for Iaido

* Prices that won´t affect your relationship

The next step was to find good cutting material. After months of searching and comparing we decided to go with high quality targets from Mugen Dachi company.

We are proud to carry these exellent targets for tameshigiri and we do recommend them to anyone who is developing their swordsmanship.

AAfter all, if you just want to cut something, you don´t really need neither CITADEL or Tatami from Mugen Dachi. Just buy a cheap sword and start slicing beach mats or water melons. Keep safety in mind though...

But, if you want to improve your swordsmanship, we feel confident to supply you with the best we can find.

Welcome!