The area of the
kashira, where the left hand holds the wooden sword, is
shaped to be slightly domed (like that of a live blade mounting).
It is cut with a cleanly delineated edge and formed by the
action of many little cuts of a razor sharp knife.
This bokken is always used with a tsuba (hand guard).
Made of reliable cross laminated bamboo, it's not prone
to the dramatic and sudden failures common to solid
wood tsuba
Shown
on the left is the short stubby kissaki (point) of this
bokken. It's made to withstand the direct impact which often
occurs in the Kashima sword style. For information on how
these weapons are made, see this link
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