Customer Reviews

Set of 2 40" Hardwood Datio Bokken Kendo Practice Sword

5 star:		(4)
4 star:		(1)
3 star:		(2)
2 star:		(1)
1 star:		(1)

 

 

The order came way faster than I thought it was going to be. The wood is pretty strong and sturdy, but remember THEY ARE NOT FOR FULL CONTACT! They are simply for training your forms, stances, attacks, etc. If you want to spar get yourself a foam padded bokken. All in all they were good quality, arrived faster than estimated date. It's a good buy for me.

Comes with a nice grip, excellent for just screwing around. However they have begun to split and one did fully crack. Nothing a little duct tape couldn't fix :) I have owned these a little less than a year.

I'll admit immediately, I did not buy these to practice bokken with. I purchased these to film a movie with some friends, just for fun. I spray painted the "blade" silver and the handle red, then wrapped some strong ribbon around it. They work absolutely perfect for our needs. Other than that, they are both quite light, but can certainly take a beating. We have hit other swords, the ground, trees, and occasionally each other with them and they certainly hold up. Very good product plus you get TWO of them!

I ordered this item and not only was it here on time, I was very impressed with how close the product detail for it was, if your looking for a set these I highly recommend this one! They where in mint shape and have a very even weight to them.

These black wooden bokens are okay but I prefer the ones with the natural wood grain still visible and with a light colored stain. Also, the "purple oak" ones that seem to be common from Brazil these days don't seem to be as sturdy as the Japanese white oak, although they're okay too. I say "purple" because they look like they're stained as a gimmick, but it's hard to tell unless you're a good woodworker (which I'm not).

In some ways I prefer the suede-covered Kashima Shinryu style straight, suede-covered shinai for this sort of training than the boken, as you can still break a bone with a boken, but a shinai is much safer, and the Kashima Shinryu ones are even covered with suede. But they're straight and not curved, which is different from what most people are used to, but what the hell. Just goes to show you how involved just getting a good training sword or boken is these days.

the bokken themselves are nice the tsuba that come with them are plastic and don't fit well,if you do decide to use them it's nothing a little glue won't take care of.

i have to agree with the last review, i prefer the non colerd ones to, i have been useing the same bokin for about 2 years now and have got into alot of fights with it ( with my freand that is 24 years old). it finally cracked after awile but i still use it

These were the worst to train with.. I had trained with them on the first day I recieved them.. THEY BROKE!!!

These broke pretty soon after my son received them as a gift. He isn't rough on them, but they are practice swords...didn't hold up.