Customer Reviews

1 Natural Wooden Bokken Practice Training Daito Sword

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Well, everyone else seemed to have gotten a different product than what I got. Mine was not red oak, nor white oak, or any oak I could recognize. Its way too light for its size, and came with the silly handle wrap gimmik (which was NOT pictured.) The product pictured was not the product delivered. The entire lenghth of the thing is covered in knots, and although sanded down, leave serious weak spots in the wood. The product I got is not fit for any kind of contact, and is too wide for good suburi. Forza fans will be happy with this boken, however, since they do not have to preform with them. Next time, I will not try to 'save a buck' and go with the lowest bidder. Its my fault for having done so to begin with.

Honestly, I did not expect much from this bokken despite the positive reviews. I bought this bokken as a spur of the moment kind of thing; I needed one as soon as possible when I first started Iaido, and not knowing where to buy, I turned to Amazon.

The bokken is well balanced and its handle has a better shape than my $30.00 bokken. I was so ecstatic when I started doing some iaido forms with this bokken. It has the perfect handle, fair weight and I didn't do handle maintenance with this bokken as I do with my other one. This is also a fairly sturdy bokken, able to withstand the force when I accidentally hit the kitchen counter while doing suburi (empty swinging) with this.

I recommend this bokken for the first time iaidoka. This bokken will serve you for many months and probably years if taken care of. This is a great bokken for its price.

Please do note that this is not a shinai, so don't try hitting your friends or trees with this thing. It is very likely to break.

Is a very solid bokken a little bit heavy, but it looks durable, comes with a plastic handguard remobable, well finished. Is made of hard wood, natural wooden color. It came in a huge Amazon package that i think was useless because the boken has a little chink on the tip and it semmed that was caused in the box by the look of the package. I highly recomend this boken!

This is a great and simple bokken made of red oak and as solid as a rock with good weight and a removable, plastic guard. It is approximately 39 or 40 inches long. A great deal for only nine dollars.

I misplaced my authentic $15 japanese red wood bokken and thought I had found the same for a better deal... I received the bokken which was NOT as pictured (japanese red wood). The wood is cracked in several places and there is wood filler slopped on in an attempt to save this cheap wood. WTF! I'll just go to menards and carve my own next time.

I normally do not write review for product but this is a must. I received my sword yesterday and it is very...corrections EXTREMELY different from the picture color wise. I was expected to see "red-oak" as stated in the description area however it is plain white (not sure if it's) oak wood. On the other hand, it felt authentic to touch, heavier than i could handle and seems sword like. The material is very dense well worth the price pay. Would i recommend this product? Answer: yes, if you are interested in martial art and are on a tight budget.
Side-note: i find it quite amusing as in how the sword was packaged - in a box that was literary 5x its size along with a mile long sheet paper-bag type of papers.

Has a great weight to it, very nice to practice with. It may have some chips but hey, cmon it's wood what do you expect? I'm really excited and satisfied with this product.

Definitely on the heavier side of bokken I've owned. It's definitely got heft. Mine came with a wrapped handle, which I promptly removed and then sanded down the handle.

This is a high quality bokken. I recommend it.

This item arrived at my home on the day of my third Forza Class...very nice. Heavier than the class bokken so a much greater workout. My instructor and the other members of my class who have their own Swords were impressed with the balance and distinctive rich deep brown color. For a generic Practice Daito Sword, (not that I have had much experience), this weapon is most satisfactory. I look forward to getting lots of use from this lovely piece of wood.