40" Kendo Wooden Bokken Practice Samurai Sword Katana

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Product Features

• True Grip Design resembles real Sword
• Low Price
• Ideal for Practice
• Burgundy / Rosewood Color
• New and Improved Guard Design

Product Description

This is the Katana Length Wooden Bokken Practice Single Sword. The bokken is constructed from wood with a Red glossy finish. A cotton wrap has been wrapped over the handle of the sword. The Bokken is Katana length. A plastic guard and securing ring are included with the bokken.

Product Details

• Product Dimensions: 41 x 2 x 4 inches ; 2.5 pounds
• Shipping Weight: 10 pounds (View shipping rates and policies)
• ASIN: B000EVNFT8
• Average Customer Review: 3.6 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (34 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #2,880 in Sports & Outdoors (See Top 100 in Sports & Outdoors)
  • #1 in Sports & Outdoors > Other Sports > Martial Arts > Training Equipment > Training Sticks

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

25 of 26 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Good, but the natural wood one is better, July 17, 2006

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L. A. Kane (Seattle, WA USA) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: 40" Kendo Wooden Bokken Practice Samurai Sword Katana (Misc.)

The cord-wrapped handle is a great idea, offering more of a real sword-like look as well as a firmer grip. My hands tend to get sweaty and slip around a bit with long practice, particularly with the sealed lacquered finish on most bokken. This wrap really helps (though it needed a touch of glue to get it to stay in place). The two-piece guard design is a nice enhancement too. Though you really don't need the guard at all for many applications it is nice looking and appears stronger than the original.

It's still a fairly cheap piece of wood, compared to an ironwood version, but at this price (it was $9.99 when I bought it) you really can't go wrong. A nice enhancement over the basic bokken. I do, however, prefer the natural wood version to this one as it looks pretty bad once you start using it and the color scrapes off. Nevertheless, if you want an inexpensive practice sword this one is recommended...

15 of 16 people found the following review helpful:

1.0 out of 5 stars Inexpensive doesn't have to mean cheap, October 16, 2007

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M. Dalton "big-dummy" (New Orleans, Louisiana United States) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: 40" Kendo Wooden Bokken Practice Samurai Sword Katana (Misc.)

This one looked pretty good, but I wasn't pleased with it. I had an earlier plain bokken made of oak which I liked a lot, and sadly gave to a friend. I thought this one would be similar but the wood was extremely fragile, mine cracked and chipped just doing some light sparring against padded swords. Aesthetically it's not altogether pleasing either, it's lumpy and irregular when you look close up. I'm trying to figure out which one I bought the first time.

7 of 8 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Nice practice sword for a really great price., May 12, 2007

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Rook (CA, USA) - See all my reviews

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This review is from: 40" Kendo Wooden Bokken Practice Samurai Sword Katana (Misc.)

Bought this sword to practice and workout with. Is a great find for the workout or just collecting enthusist of Japanese-inspired equipment. The sword is nicely made and handles well. It comes nearly ready to use right out the box and looks good. The only drawback is the fact that the guard for the sword is not attached at requires some ingenity to attach properily and to stay attached.