Wakizashi Bokken made from Pallet Wood

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I made this bokken wakizashi (a short japanese wooden sword for training purpose).
This wakizashi is made to a friend of mine. I used a pre-made wakizashi as a template for the right size and shape.
The wakizashi bokken is made from pallet wood. Some kind of oak. I had to do a lot of work to fix all the holes from the nails from when it was a pallet. I'm sure there are better/faster ways to make bokkens. This is how I make them. I like to cut them a bit oversized on the band saw and then handplane them to the final size. Then I can feel the size and weight continuously when I work.
There is a lot of time put into this. Its many hours of work for this one sword alone. Not counting all the time for the glue to dry. I made small plugs that was used to fill the old nail holes. You can see them in the last pictures.
I'ts much smarter to use a clean piece of wood. But the reward for me is higher when I get to use reclaimed wood and get a nice result.
A wakizashi is a much shorter sword than the katana. A bokken is used for training in many martial arts ie. aikido, karate and iaido. I use them sometimes in jiujitsu. I think the wakizashi bokken is a great weapon and reassemble a very long knife or dagger. There is not many (good) wakizashi katas that I found on the Internet, so if you find any, please post in the comments.
I really hope this wakizashi will be used plenty in the dojo.
Find out more about bokkens:
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Tools used is
- A small bandsaw
- hand planers
- drill
- hammer and chisel
- palm sander
- sanding paper
- wood oil
- coffe
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[@Creator_Nater]

Fascinating reading! Thanks for sharing, impressive craftsmanship!

[@dekeros-recreationalwoodwo6456]

Thank you very much for that! I'm honored! :-)

[@MakerCuisine]

Wonderful video, I really like the wakazashi. The size and shape came out perfect 👌. Most people don't understand how much work using pallet wood really is because of how it is abused so it takes some fixing up. But none the less a beautiful sword.

[@hellohooman8962]

I wish I had the right equipment to do this, but I managed to do a bokken without using any power tools and the result is just ugly lol, but I enjoyed doing it😂

[@kevingilbertdelacruz1039]

Any update if ever you've done a better version withou power tool?

[@ZombieWoodturner]

amazing what one can do with pallet wood! nice vid.

[@dekeros-recreationalwoodwo6456]

Thank you very much good sir! I really enjoy your videos and I am looking forward to your next projects! I appreciate you watching and commenting! Take care!

[@keenmeme128]

Sir may I ask a question? Is this sword can actually use for training? ( I mean the wood it self)

[@dekeros-recreationalwoodwo6456]

Hi there! Thanks for watching and your question. Yes, we use them for practice. Bokken never hits each other, they are used for kata (forms). But we also use them when practicing self defence techniques. Short swords are very fast to draw, and hard to avoid. :-)