When I picked them up out of the box they where bigger then I thought. I also found them a little heavy but I don't have anything to compare them to. Over all I found them to be a good buy.

This was the closest thing I have held to an actual sword and I found it to be very realistic. It has improved the speed and accuracy of my swing. I'm not a practitioner of any sword style but take moves from any movie I've seen and gotten kind of good at swords thanks to this bokken!