It is a very well made Bokken. This is my in-between for my hand-to-hand and my katana. I practice with my katana mostly, but I still practice with it when I try something new. It was very well made and highly durable. My only suggestion, don't practice a bo vs. your bokken. The bo will crack it. I was very surprised though, I thought it was definitely going to snap, but it only has a crack. And it isn't even that bad, just a medium sized crack. I'm defiantly getting more, in case something happens to one, I have a spare. Or maybe even dual-wield combat.