Bokken #2, Suburito

This is the second bokken I made, a suburito. Suburito are practice swords not meant for sparring, or for contact, but are overweighted to train the arm muscles and to force the user to focus on the technical aspects of his swing.

 This sword was made of three different kinds of wood- oak, cherry, and mahogany. Its weighted slightly less than a shinken, but much heavier than a standard bokken. It was fun to make and was recently sold on eBay.