MartialSportsGear.com - Cold Steel Boken Top Quality Practice Weapon
|
List Price: $45.00
Our Price: $25.49
Your Save: $ 19.51 ( 43% )
Availability: N/A
Manufacturer: COLD STEEL
|
Average Customer Rating:   
|
|
Binding: Misc.
Brand: Emissive Energy
Is Autographed: 0
Is Memorabilia: 0
Label: COLD STEEL
Legal Disclaimer: Legal Disclaimer of Liability. You must be of at least 18 years of age to purchase this product. It is the buyers responsibility to check your local laws before buying.
Manufacturer: COLD STEEL
Publisher: COLD STEEL
Studio: COLD STEEL
|
|
|
|
|
|
Editorial Reviews:
|
The Boken was originally designed to imitate a live blade without the possibility of causing permanent injury (please note, this item can cause serious injury or death if not used properly). Constructed from the highest grade polypropylene available and closely duplicates a real Katana in length, size, weight, and feet and has the advantage of being virtually unbreakable, as well as remarkably stiff and cut resistant.
|
|
|
Spotlight customer reviews:
|
Customer Rating:
Summary: Great For Sparing
Comment: they don't break, when me and the other students train with the old wood bokkens we find that they are yes great, but when i brought my cold steel bokken in and tried it out after i had gotten it i took not to the fact of they are flexible on contact, the grip can be ruffed up more with sandpaper if you like a ruff grip that is. i found with this bokken over my wood bokken that it was lighter then i thought it would be more like a live blade but less like a wood bokken, in my personal opinion of it not great great for endurance drills so that your arm muscles use the weight of the wood in both the cut and the ready stances to build up for a live blade and the faster cut with the live blade from using the wood bokken, but as i said this is very minor difference that most that buy this as there first bokken will not know. i still have and use my wood bokkens for drills and solo training, but when it comes down to sparing i use this do to the fact of i have had a Japanese White Oak bokken shatter on me that was a $50 dollar bokken, and everyone thinks that price is everything... i will NEVER give anything 5 out of 5 to be honest, nothing is perfect, but this is really really close to a VERY good all around bokken.
Customer Rating:
Summary: a pretty solid product
Comment: The sword is good but one feature should be considered before purchasing. It is as follows:
I suppose this adds to it's "indestructibility" but the sword is a little flexible. However, if your blade angle is in line with the angle of your cut, then there is no notice. You can only feel it when you hit something, or when you, e.g. twist your sword during a cut. I suppose that can be considered a positive thing, as it will give you feedback when you make a bad cut.
I used it during a demonstration, and it was rather comfortable. The grip is (for lack of a better description that comes to mind) a the tiniest bit coarse, but it does nothing but improve grip.
This is a good choice, if you don't mind the slight flexibility. I haven't tried it yet, but i would imagine, it would be good for sparring, too.
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
