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In this part of the series, Rich Myers, the owner and operator of Rei-Mon Buki will show the different tools he uses to carve the wood.
The first tool that he uses is the plain. And he advises that you use a glove to protect your hand. The main topic in this series is to carve the edges to give the wood an oval shape. Generally, he shaves off the corners of the wood to make an oval shape.
The second tool is the sand block. He uses it to smoothen the surface of the wood. This process will be discussed on the next part of the series.
Making your own bokken - Custom design of a bokken
In the second part of the series he shows us how to make a design for a Bokken.
In designing a Bokken, we are looking at three points:
Point 1 - the link of the handle
Point 2 - the link of the blade
Point 3 - the curve, how much curve we want
The first step in [...]
Making your own bokken - How to pick the wood
Rich Myers is the owner and operator of Rei-Mon Buki specializing in weapons, striking, and training, specifically cutting Bokken. In this first part of a four -part series, Rich will show us how to pick a piece of wood for a Bokken.
You can actually make a Bokken out of any piece of hard wood. [...]
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