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I am a custom knifemaker( who has been busy making knives for hunting season lately),and have been making MA weopons since I was a kid, I started using material that I found around the house but as craftmanship improved I started to invest in quality materails, I order my rattan for Arnis sticks from a caning supply company and clean up and burn them my self, I sell them where I train, I have also made a Red Oak bo I am working on a set of Kama's and a Katana but I need time to forge my own stuff instead of orders.
Keep working on them, You never know where weaponsmithing will take you.
Wow thats cool, Nitanbo-san. I take it that you have been making weapons for a very long time?
Ive been making knives for about 7 years now, steady part time professionally for about 4 of that, I have been making other weapons for probly 20 years orso,
Oh, contrare. I have used plenty of broom/rake/any kind of long-handled tool for Bo staffs. They work perfect. Especially for out door use. They are durable and they can really take a beating.
I make my own weapons...real ones...some practice...but mostly real...Swords, knives, nunchukus, shuriken, kama, bo,I made a website that has some of their pix...the link should be on my profile, I don't want to be a spammer.
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It's good to make your own weapons, it helps you understand them better (how they are constructed etc) and gives you a good connection with it (its your baby)a part of you. It makes you want to use it more than one you have merly paid for.
But aways use the best quality materials you can get hold of, and be sure to test them well. Make sure they dont splinter, break or fall apart, you don't want some poor traing partner who happens to be near you when your handcrafted Kama falls apart and launches a wooden sickle blade at their head.......that would be bad
I would also check your sensei is ok with you using such things in class, it can affect insurance, or your sensei may not want uncontrolled/unchecked items in class.
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Oh thank you...but I only play with my live weapons myself...and I haven't joined a dojo yet.
The live weapons I make are either modified from weapons I bought so the steel is fairly decent...but I don't worry about steel quality too much except when it comes to my personal knives and my sword, which I haven't got yet but when I do it will be a Cold Steel, Warrior-Series Wakasashi. They're the American reproduction of the Japanese blade, with the hard steel sandwiched between the soft steels.
I don't make many wooden weapons...I did make a pair of chucks out of aluminum piping and put a spongy handle over it...so they're my practice ones.
When I do join a dojo I wouldn't bring my weapons in, I would probably buy some training weapons at my army/navy store.
~Bows Respectfully~ Thank You! I know I don't know everything and I need more training, but I've actually been graded by a Tae-Kwon-Do instructor, and he said that I have excellent form for someone who's had no formal training...and if I were to join his dojo, Obviously I would have to test out, but he said that I would move through the first 4 belts with ease. I find things like that and being able to imitate things I see, builds my confidence in myself...Thank You for the compliment.
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Originally Posted by germanninja
~Bows Respectfully~ Thank You! I know I don't know everything and I need more training, but I've actually been graded by a Tae-Kwon-Do instructor, and he said that I have excellent form for someone who's had no formal training...and if I were to join his dojo, Obviously I would have to test out, but he said that I would move through the first 4 belts with ease. I find things like that and being able to imitate things I see, builds my confidence in myself...Thank You for the compliment.
Is Tae-Kwon-Do the only MA near you? It will give you a great head start to fast-track some early belts, and keep your intrest level up. TKD is a solid MA you could learn alot from that style. Be good as a base for your martial journey!
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