splintered shinai

[mystic_kendoka]

after the tournament i went to yesterday, i noticed my shinai was splintered a bit, its a verticle small piece missing from the bamboo slat of the blade side, near the nakayui, should i replace it or just sandpaper it down?

[mystic_kendoka]

oh, by splintered i dont mean splinters sticking out, but a little bit of the bamboo is missing about 2 mm...

[midnightdawn]

A few weeks ago, mine started to splinter in the same spot. i sanded it down, but its starting to splinter again. I'm going to rotate the bamboo slats around. My suggestion is you should probably do the same so a different one is getting a majority of the wear.

[Shiro]

the splinters are normal, you should just check before each practice if there aren't any loose ones and sandpaper it from time to time.

talking of splinters...... after my shiai yesterday, there was a splinter of about 5cm sticking in my right kote! :|

Mystic: hebt gij ni tegen mensen van Butokukan moeten "vechten" (ik weet niet hoe ik het moet zeggen voor technische tornooien ;) ), btw?

[mystic_kendoka]

yea, your dojo code was BTK right?

[mystic_kendoka]

then i fought one of you... either someone black or hispanic (dont mean any racism but i dont know their name or number...) it was someone from the c category

[mystic_kendoka]

A few weeks ago, mine started to splinter in the same spot. i sanded it down, but its starting to splinter again. I'm going to rotate the bamboo slats around. My suggestion is you should probably do the same so a different one is getting a majority of the wear.

by rotate, u mean just take the leather pieces off, and put them back on after you just twist the bamboo 90 degrees or something? or is it more complicated?

[Shiro]

then i fought one of you... either someone black or hispanic (dont mean any racism but i dont know their name or number...) it was someone from the c category

Then it was Samantha, I guess :). She won the fighting spirit.

[Shiro]

by rotate, u mean just take the leather pieces off, and put them back on after you just twist the bamboo 90 degrees or something? or is it more complicated?

it's just taking the pieces of and put them back on so that you're hitting with one of the other staves.

but just checking it regularly and sanpaper it from time to time will do, I think :)

[Catherine]

after the tournament i went to yesterday, i noticed my shinai was splintered a bit, its a verticle small piece missing from the bamboo slat of the blade side, near the nakayui, should i replace it or just sandpaper it down?

Hi,

After you sandpaper it, I suggest that you rub wax over the bit you sanded. I use a candle. You can also put some oil on it. The wax/oil just helps seal the bit you've sanded so that it will splinter again less quickly.

That sort of splintering is fairly normal. I rotate the handle on my shinai fairly regularly so that I am use all of the slats (at some time or another) as the cutting edge.

Catherine

[mystic_kendoka]

it's just taking the pieces of and put them back on so that you're hitting with one of the other staves.

but just checking it regularly and sanpaper it from time to time will do, I think :)

yea it was her, i didnt really look at any of my opponents, i was just concentrating on my own technique, but my mom said it was the girl who won the fighting spirit, so yea, she beat me i think :)

[Shiro]

yea it was her, i didnt really look at any of my opponents, i was just concentrating on my own technique, but my mom said it was the girl who won the fighting spirit, so yea, she beat me i think :)

She's about your age, I think, you want her phone number? ;) lol :D

[mystic_kendoka]

na, but do u have her email/msn email?

[mystic_kendoka]

u kno, think about the phone number later... (BTW, if u want to speak dutch please do so, ill understand u perfectly, and get to practise my dutch every now and then.. :D)

[Shiro]

u kno, think about the phone number later... (BTW, if u want to speak dutch please do so, ill understand u perfectly, and get to practise my dutch every now and then.. :D)

Voor mij is dat geen enkel probleem, maar ik weet niet of ze andere talen dan engels hier graag hebben..... :)

[mystic_kendoka]

yea.. better speak in english then... anyways, do u use msn? can i have ur email?