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Set of 2 Foam Padded Training Swords Shinai Bokken New

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The Swords when they arrived they looked nice but within a few Strokes of hitting them together like you are supposed to the wooden handle seperated from the pvc pipe holding one of the foam blades. I reglued the one using Gorilla glue and it held fine. A few days later the other one also seperated as they are only glued together. I reglued that one and things were working again. I now have to reglue them as the foam has come off the pvc piping and that needs to be reglued to that.

They are nice quality and would work great as practice swords if only the glue would hold. I was with my sons as they used them and the problems came with just general use nothing that should have caused them to fall apart like they did.

They work great unless you are really out to do some damage, then the foam tends to come off and the entire blade end seems to fall off too. However, this is after about 6 hours of extremley intense fighting...fighting which most people would not do to each other

The Swords have a plactic tube that runs through the center of the padding, this tube will break with repeated use.

I have used these with my 5 years old son and 10 years old daughter for about 4-5 weeks now and it's a lot of fun. However, after a few days of use, the foam cover slips out over the plastic pipe on one sword. Also, three small nails right at the inner end of the wooden handle that probably attach the wood handle to the pipe started to fee in my hands. Not too dangerous, but I did not expect that. I can feel the nails on both swords. I continue to use this product but won't buy it again or recommend it to others. I think the product should be improved for safety and durability.