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Post by seriouslee on May 11, 2017 20:30:16 GMT
I have one of each and prefer to the wooden one for two reasons.
1) The handle is wrapped - if feels more like the real thing. The poly one has "wrap" but it is harder to get a comfortable grip.
2) The weight is the same as my blade so muscle memory is transferable.
The wooden one matches my blade better.
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Post by wazikan on May 24, 2017 18:07:16 GMT
im a wood fan. I usually cut and shape bokkens to match my specs. plus in like sanding the wood. fiber material always seems so unnatural to me
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Post by Ifrit on May 25, 2017 3:35:15 GMT
Gotta say I prefer wood. Got a red oak one that I bought from my Dojo and it has served me well for many purposes. The thing is a weapon in itself.
I prefer the traditional feel of it. The weight. The stiffness.
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Post by alaw35 on Jul 23, 2020 16:52:52 GMT
Need to buy a bokken, but I'm not sure what I should buy in terms of what's available. Should I get a $12 dollar wood bokken or a $30 polpropylene bokken such as the one from Cold Steel. The polpropylene is extremely less likely to break, but I'd like some opinions please. Making things more complicated is the fact that I need a bokken that is 43" long (total size) Thank you, experts! Bringing back up the question of the bokken to get. I am thinking of a suburito bokken strictly to use for my own use to do shoulder work to attempt to keep in shape. I am a 71 year old male around 165 pounds. I use kettletbells and a persian meel. It seems the wood ones are definetely more expensive than say a cold steel suburito which is polypropolene (whatever that is). For my use I would be curious in views. I can get a cold steel for around $30 and it seems to get a decent suburito from wood it is at least double the price. Curious particularly from folks who have used both and have thoughts. Thanks. Jim
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Post by vidar on Jul 23, 2020 22:20:30 GMT
Hello
I have used all sorts of bokken. My personal advice would be to take a simple oak bokken and do a lot of cuts and combinations. The exercises you do are more important than the material you use...
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Post by Timo Nieminen on Jul 23, 2020 23:56:02 GMT
With bare hands, I prefer wood, but it isn't a big deal. The pricing is the other way around here - I can get a wooden suburito for half the price of a Cold Steel one. For sparring, I prefer polypropylene, but (a) you're not planning to do that, (b) that's not what suburito are for, and (c) I wear gloves when sparring so preferring wood with bare hands isn't an issue for me. One advantage of wood is that you can get heavier ones, like 1.5kg or 2.5kg: www.ebay.com/itm/Suburito-heavy-boken-115-cm-45-3-2-5-kg-Fraxinus-Excelsior-European-Ash/254612734029instead of just the 1.15kg of the Cold Steel.
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Post by lamtab on Jan 11, 2022 8:14:06 GMT
Hello Have any of you ever tried those padded swords? I was thinking that a padded sword with a strong core might be a good choice if the core is durable enough.
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