Find the Odachi

[TheBattousai]

I need help finding an Odachi style bokken and/or an inexpensive real one. I use the term Odachi to mean the large katana like sword that is roughly 67' inches long for those that don't know. The swords are fairly easy to find (cost too much for me), but bokkens are something I've never seen.

 

[Blindside]

I'm guessing you won't find alot of bokken. With a blade length that long, at some point the curvature is going to run more cross-grain than with-the-grain, and be prone to breaking.

If you are seriously considering it, I would contact someone like www.woodenswords.com and ask about custom construction.

Lamont

 

[TheBattousai]

Thanks for the site, these guys may prove useful for some other projects.

 

[Brian R. VanCise]

Try Ed Green over at www.budoweapons.com !

Brian R. VanCise
www.instinctiveresponsetraining.com

 

[ScottUK]

Odachi is a regular sword.

Try NODACHI instead.

 

[TheBattousai]

Yeah I always forget about the Nodachi, I'll see about what I find using the alternate word.