splintered shinai

**mystic_kendoka** · 25th November 2003, 12:47 AM

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** · 25th November 2003, 12:48 AM

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

midnightdawn · 25th November 2003, 03:54 AM

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** · 25th November 2003, 04:02 AM

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** · 25th November 2003, 04:22 AM

yea, your dojo code was BTK right?

**mystic_kendoka** · 25th November 2003, 04:23 AM

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** · 25th November 2003, 04:24 AM

Originally Posted by 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.

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** · 25th November 2003, 06:35 AM

Originally Posted by 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

Then it was Samantha, I guess

. She won the fighting spirit.

**Shiro** · 25th November 2003, 06:41 AM

Originally Posted by mystic_kendoka

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** · 25th November 2003, 09:11 AM

Originally Posted by 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?

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** · 26th November 2003, 02:10 AM

Originally Posted by Shiro

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** · 26th November 2003, 03:58 AM

Originally Posted by mystic_kendoka

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

**mystic_kendoka** · 26th November 2003, 04:08 AM

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

**mystic_kendoka** · 26th November 2003, 04:09 AM

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..

)

**Shiro** · 26th November 2003, 04:10 AM

Originally Posted by 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..

)

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