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Okay but room for improvement |
January 22, 2022 |
Reviewer:
William Bomar
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I have two, 1 for myself (5'11"/180cm) & 1 for my (female 5'7"/152cm) sparring partner Overall: Right up front-I like these synthetic nodachi As has been said, they are heavy in the blade--just like most synthetics It is a good synthetic and I am considering more for future endeavors Pros: Long nodachi; could be called short o-dachi. Though not perfect for either, these work pretty well The wraps are great. But maybe a darker blue? Cons: Long for nodachi and if you are looking strictly for Japanese longsword, these are a bit long The tsuba is too small, only the size of a standard katana tsuba. Diameter should be 1" greater -Handle Too flexible & poorly weighted Too narrow, even for the smaller hands of my partner. If it was less bendy, that might be less of an issue It bends and twists under use, both during sparring and solo drills This makes it difficult to grip in gloves for sparring and awkward to use even performing drills bare handed
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