Cold Steel Bokken Polypropylene Handle

by Cold Steel

Product Features

• Overall Length: 41-1/2"
• Blade Length: 30"
• Blade Material: Polypropylene
• Handle Material: Polypropylene

Product Description

Authentic Kashi wood Bokkens are still used today, but are becoming quite costly. They also have the disadvantages, being made of wood, that they may rot, crack split or splinter. Cold Steel’s solution to these dilemmas was to design a synthetic substitute, low in price and impervious to the elements.Our Bokken and our new Wakazashi Bokken are made of the heaviest grade polypropylene available and closely duplicate a real Katana and Wakazashi in length, size, weight and feel. While they’re not quite as rigid as wood, they have the advantages of being virtually unbreakable and remarkably stiff and cut resistant.

Product Details

• Shipping Weight: 1.2 pounds (View shipping rates and policies)
• Shipping: Currently, item can be shipped only within the U.S.
• Shipping Advisory: This item must be shipped separately from other items in your order. Additional shipping charges will not apply.
• ASIN: B0009QRRUG
• Item model number: 92BK
• Average Customer Review: 4.5 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (24 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #2,155 in Sports & Outdoors (See Top 100 in Sports & Outdoors)
  • #1 in Sports & Outdoors > Other Sports > Martial Arts > Weapons > Practice Swords

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

10 of 10 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars The Best for Your Buck, January 27, 2010

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S. Steudle (NJ, USA) - See all my reviews
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Once I bought my first set of these Bokken, I knew that there was no turning back to old traditional wood and bamboo practice swords. Wood breaks easy...but these things a virtually unbreakable...i have literally beat it on a steal pole and had zero damage to the bokken. It has very easily allowed my students and I to go full force/ full contact while training and not have to worry about if the bokken will break and perhaps hurt someone. Great product, recommend it 100%.

14 of 16 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Great For Sparing, December 10, 2007

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E.J.M. - See all my reviews

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they don't break, when me and the other students train with the old wood bokkens we find that they are yes great, but when i brought my cold steel bokken in and tried it out after i had gotten it i took not to the fact of they are flexible on contact, the grip can be ruffed up more with sandpaper if you like a ruff grip that is. i found with this bokken over my wood bokken that it was lighter then i thought it would be more like a live blade but less like a wood bokken, in my personal opinion of it not great great for endurance drills so that your arm muscles use the weight of the wood in both the cut and the ready stances to build up for a live blade and the faster cut with the live blade from using the wood bokken, but as i said this is very minor difference that most that buy this as there first bokken will not know. i still have and use my wood bokkens for drills and solo training, but when it comes down to sparing i use this do to the fact of i have had a Japanese White Oak bokken shatter on me that was a $50 dollar bokken, and everyone thinks that price is everything... i will NEVER give anything 5 out of 5 to be honest, nothing is perfect, but this is really really close to a VERY good all around bokken.

17 of 22 people found the following review helpful:

3.0 out of 5 stars a pretty solid product, September 12, 2005

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R. Jenko (Pittsburgh, Pa) - See all my reviews
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The sword is good but one feature should be considered before purchasing. It is as follows:

I suppose this adds to it's "indestructibility" but the sword is a little flexible. However, if your blade angle is in line with the angle of your cut, then there is no notice. You can only feel it when you hit something, or when you, e.g. twist your sword during a cut. I suppose that can be considered a positive thing, as it will give you feedback when you make a bad cut.

I used it during a demonstration, and it was rather comfortable. The grip is (for lack of a better description that comes to mind) a the tiniest bit coarse, but it does nothing but improve grip.

This is a good choice, if you don't mind the slight flexibility. I haven't tried it yet, but i would imagine, it would be good for sparring, too.