Using one of the LongQuan blades as a naginata or yari
Mar 27, 2024 18:20:23 GMT
Post by blairbob on Mar 27, 2024 18:20:23 GMT
So I'm kind of a kick looking for a yari and/or naginata. I'd like one of both (tbh pairs of each would be great but $$$).
I've trained with wooden versions of either for years but I think training with a live one would be different though I would never want to do with a partner (would likely need to blunt one up and a good idea to do the same thing to the kissaki). We have a wooden yari and naginata at the dojo besides hanbo, jo, bo (heavy octagonal and standard).
Unfortunately I never bought one of the KrisCutlery naginata blades. There is one out there that seems to be over 2 shaku so I almost wonder if it's too long compared to 50cm or so (don't want one of the blades that are around 1 shaku though most yari seem shorter than that.)
I have looked for cheaper Nihonto yari or naginata though I'd really like to not spend over a grand on these. That's the bulk part of a ticket to Japan which I should be doing instead. There is also the LongQuan Naginata that apparently have weak shafts.
I've heard that wakizashi blades used as naginata have a nakago that is too short. But these "Nagamaki" blades often have a nagasa over 70cm and one in particular says 40cm (it's unmounted in one listing)
Notice there is a yari here and most yari I see don't have a long nakago.
Hanwei does have a yari and naginata, which still can be found on the web. I read one comment here on SBG that the Hanwei yari didn't feel balanced. And the LongQuan naginata tend to have weak shafts, sometimes multi sectional that snap.
Besides many of them don't have shafts much longer than 5'. Instead of 6-9' (longer for yari)
Mind you, I'm no craftsman. I carved a bokken once as a kid and grew up around my gpa who did a lot of woodworking besides spending some time in shop in Jr High School. I have built things with wood before but not like furniture or anything (fences, sheds, that sort of thing). One of the kohai at the dojo has all kinds of woodworking tools and likely a lot more knowhow than I do.
Awhile back I had an idea to just carve out my own rokushaku bo and training yari and naginata in lieu of buying one but after looking for good wood online (the woods at HomeDepot apparently were not good enough), another buddy said it wasn't worth the labor as he had the same thought years ago as his dad is a carpenter (he actually bought a naginata blade some years back though I don't know if he mounted it. Just that he cut the semprini out of himself with it on his hand requiring stitches)
Thoughts?
I would need to find some good strong wood for the shafts.
Not trying to get stupid expensive with it. I could afford the Hanwei stuff but don't want to pay more than that really.
I've trained with wooden versions of either for years but I think training with a live one would be different though I would never want to do with a partner (would likely need to blunt one up and a good idea to do the same thing to the kissaki). We have a wooden yari and naginata at the dojo besides hanbo, jo, bo (heavy octagonal and standard).
Unfortunately I never bought one of the KrisCutlery naginata blades. There is one out there that seems to be over 2 shaku so I almost wonder if it's too long compared to 50cm or so (don't want one of the blades that are around 1 shaku though most yari seem shorter than that.)
I have looked for cheaper Nihonto yari or naginata though I'd really like to not spend over a grand on these. That's the bulk part of a ticket to Japan which I should be doing instead. There is also the LongQuan Naginata that apparently have weak shafts.
I've heard that wakizashi blades used as naginata have a nakago that is too short. But these "Nagamaki" blades often have a nagasa over 70cm and one in particular says 40cm (it's unmounted in one listing)
Notice there is a yari here and most yari I see don't have a long nakago.
Hanwei does have a yari and naginata, which still can be found on the web. I read one comment here on SBG that the Hanwei yari didn't feel balanced. And the LongQuan naginata tend to have weak shafts, sometimes multi sectional that snap.
Besides many of them don't have shafts much longer than 5'. Instead of 6-9' (longer for yari)
Mind you, I'm no craftsman. I carved a bokken once as a kid and grew up around my gpa who did a lot of woodworking besides spending some time in shop in Jr High School. I have built things with wood before but not like furniture or anything (fences, sheds, that sort of thing). One of the kohai at the dojo has all kinds of woodworking tools and likely a lot more knowhow than I do.
Awhile back I had an idea to just carve out my own rokushaku bo and training yari and naginata in lieu of buying one but after looking for good wood online (the woods at HomeDepot apparently were not good enough), another buddy said it wasn't worth the labor as he had the same thought years ago as his dad is a carpenter (he actually bought a naginata blade some years back though I don't know if he mounted it. Just that he cut the semprini out of himself with it on his hand requiring stitches)
Thoughts?
I would need to find some good strong wood for the shafts.
Not trying to get stupid expensive with it. I could afford the Hanwei stuff but don't want to pay more than that really.