We take great pride in the quality of our products and our advice to you regarding them. If you are happy with your products, service and advice then please let us know because we really do appreciate your thoughts and comments.

Some of our satisfied customers have kindly taken the time to leave us the following comments:



"May I take this opportunity to thank you for providing my Dancing crane iaito Katana. it's beautiful! I look forward to using it for many years to come."
Laura Barrance - Shropshire

"Muchas Gracias"
Andy Davies - Hampshire

"Thanks - this Tessen (Blue Dragon) is very well made and looks good too - cheers!"
Laura Hoskison - Shrewsbury

"Just wanted to let you know the Sashimono came this morning! It is absolutely superb and i'm sure our instructor is going to love it when we present it to him tonight. Thank you so very much."
Michelle - Cambridgeshire

"Hi again Taran. "Sashimono" lady here again ordering the kama... Wanted the case for them too but was unable to add them to cart? BTW He loved the Sashimono and it looks great hanging in the Dojo. Thanks Again."
Michelle - Cambridgeshire

"Hi Taran. I picked up my parcel today, and have just opened it up and home and tried it on - it's perfect!
 Thanks very much for your help, and for the gift of the rubber shuriken - that was a lovely thought, and much appreciated. I'm sure I'll be ordering more from you in the future. Thanks again"
Ed B - Northamptonshire

"For the past four years I have been a student of Sensei Taran McCarnun (The proprietor of Black-Ronin.com), I hold him in great regard both as my sensei and as my friend. Over the years every item I have purchased from Sensei Taran has been of the highest quality and very good value for money."
Gareth Burgess - Shropshire

"I have been delighted with all aspects of the products and service. Its not often you find a Company, or someone, that goes "the extra mile" for you as Taran Sensei does. Great value for money, superb quality and a speedy service. I am an extremely satisfied Black Ronin user. Many thanks..."
Richard Madeley - Shrewsbury

"These downloads are the best idea any martial arts supplier has ever had, I shall hand them out at training and direct them to your website, we had a Sashimono made recently by you guys too (bujinkn tengu ryu ely) Guys have a fantastic xmas and thanks again!"
Ian Haddow (Bujinkn Tengu Ryu Student) Ely, Cambridgeshire

"Whoopee! It's arrived (Bokken-14) and I am delighted with it. Well packaged too. Thank you so much for all your trouble. Have a lovely festive season"
Heather - Isle Of Arran - Scotland

"Hi Taran. Belt recieved :-) very pleased with it, thank you very much"
C. Humbles - North East Essex Jikishin Jujujitsu

"Dear Taran: Just a line to confirm that I received the Kabuto today. Very well packaged indeed. I am extremely pleased with the quality, even the demon crest ornament is a cast metal item and not plastic.

Thank you for your excellent service and I hope that once I find some more space at home I will be able to buy another kabuto from you in the future! Best wishes"

Tim Brooks - East Sussex

"Hi Taran, Many thanks for this (Hanwei Musashi Classic) definitely not as exciting a blade as the Elite but very very nice :-) Kind regards,

Marc - Hastings

"Though we have heard of stupid haste in war, cleverness has never been seen associated with long delays, as such I would just like to say thanks for the prompt delivery!"
Sun Tzu - Military Tactician - Ancient China