{"product_id":"tapered-bo","title":"Tapered Bo","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cmeta charset=\"utf-8\"\u003eThe tapered bo is a traditional staff associated with \u003cspan data-copy-service-computed-style='font-family: \"Google Sans\", Roboto, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; font-weight: 500; margin: 0px; text-decoration: none; border-bottom: 0px rgb(0, 29, 53);' data-sfc-inited=\"2\" data-sfc-cb=\"\" data-sfc-root=\"ep\" data-sfc-cp=\"\" class=\"\"\u003eOkinawan kobudō. Like other legendary Okinawan weapons which arose from everyday farming and travel tools (and therefore hidden in plain sight) the Bo staff originated from the \u003cem data-copy-service-computed-style='font-family: \"Google Sans\", Roboto, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; font-weight: 400; margin: 0px; text-decoration: none; border-bottom: 0px rgb(10, 10, 10);' data-sfc-cb=\"\" data-sfc-root=\"ep\" class=\"eujQNb\"\u003etenbin\u003c!--TgQPHd||[]--\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e (a shoulder yoke used to carry baskets). It measures two shaku (six feet) in length.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan data-copy-service-computed-style='font-family: \"Google Sans\", Roboto, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; font-weight: 500; margin: 0px; text-decoration: none; border-bottom: 0px rgb(0, 29, 53);' data-sfc-inited=\"2\" data-sfc-cb=\"\" data-sfc-root=\"ep\" data-sfc-cp=\"\" class=\"\"\u003eLike all of our products, this is made in our Vermont workshop with methods developed from over 40 years in the business of making wooden weapons for martial artists. We use our flagship air dried Appalachian hickory, \u003ca title=\"kingfisher quality grade levels\" href=\"https:\/\/kingfisherwoodworks.com\/pages\/bokken-jo-and-staff-quality-grade-information\"\u003egrade L7,\u003c\/a\u003e an indigenous American hardwood,  unsurpassed in shock strength and durability. The tapers are cut on a custom double sided lathe to extreme accuracy, giving the Bo practitioner a feeling of superb balance and maneuverability—this combined with substantial but not unmanageable weight. And like our other wooden weapons, the finish is not a sticky lacquer, but a combination of penetrating oils designed to maximize the slip\/grip characteristics needed for control and fast hand positioning.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Kingfisher WoodWorks LLC","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":43802091094090,"sku":null,"price":295.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"url":"https:\/\/kingfisherwoodworks.com\/products\/tapered-bo","provider":"kingfisherwoodworks","version":"1.0","type":"link"}