[geeks] Swords

[N.Miller]

On Monday, October 20, 2003, at 09:42 AM, nimitz at ns1.nimitzbrood.com 
wrote:

>> On Mon, Oct 20, 2003 at 08:19:05AM -0400, Kevin wrote:
>>> Whats your budget?  Decent ones can be had for ~$1k
>>> (maybe a bit less) and really nice ones will run you
>>> $9K - $20K+.
>>
>>> From what I've seen, you can get no-frills models for ~$200.
>> They're not collectors editions, but decent "working" instruments.
>>
>
> If you're going to practice then order the bamboo practice sword.  
> You'll be much better off and you'll have less risk of cutting 
> something *cough* appendage *cough* by accident.

For wrist strength, either an oak boken (sp?) or an appropriate
length of rebar (a la _Snowcrash_) is good.

=Nadine=