This was the cheapest yet best quality bokken I could find so I bought it, some people were saying something about this being light, it may very well be light but its an average weight for a shinken, about 1020 grams actually a lot of shinsakuto I've handled are lighter then this at around 900 grams or even 800, don't listen to the people talking about this being too light or talk about 3-4 pound swords, that's ridiculous maybe 3 pounds but 4 pounds is the limit, unless its ridiculously too big, noto would be made far more simplified if a sword weighed that much, there would be too much vibration and it would be impossible to keep the sword stable, meaning you would most likely take the saya out of your obi every time you resheath the sword, swordsmanship has very little to do with physical strength and far more to do with control and proper movement of the whole body.

Its nice for the price but I've seen far better bokuto and at a far higher price making this the better buy but maybe not the best quality.