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**berdyanskdotsu** · 10-21-2009, 12:08 PM

I'm dubious that someone could do small men with a shinken without a lot of specific practice, since a shinken weighs maybe around 4x as much as a shinai.

Not that much. Maybe 2 to 3 X. A shinai is 500-600 g, a shinken 1200-1500 or so. I've seen swordstore steel iaito at under 1000g. That's very light, but the point is shinken aren't as heavy as people think they are.

10-21-2009, 12:08 PM	#19
berdyanskdotsu Join Date Oct 2005 Posts 428 Senior Member	I'm dubious that someone could do small men with a shinken without a lot of specific practice, since a shinken weighs maybe around 4x as much as a shinai. Not that much. Maybe 2 to 3 X. A shinai is 500-600 g, a shinken 1200-1500 or so. I've seen swordstore steel iaito at under 1000g. That's very light, but the point is shinken aren't as heavy as people think they are.
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