Does anyone know of a good supplier of wooden training knives? Preferrable in the UK. A friend is looking to get some and any recommendation would be appreciated.
Nearly every martial arts website, or company in a magazine, will sell wooden training knives, depends if you are looking for something special, or just a run of the mill training knife, or are you looking to buy in bulk ? Personally I prefer aluminium training knives, had a couple of wooden ones splinter on me in the past, plus the nice shiny blade seems to make everything that bit more realistic Neil
Training Knives I have had the same problem with wooden knives splintering in the past, which is why i am looking for a recommendation rather than just buying from any site. The knives are for a couple of teenagers so i would prefer that they use wood to start with and am looking for 2 or mabye 4 only. In my own training i have also used alluminium knives and occassionally a real knife with the edge taken off which IMO give a different perspective to the training as it changes the way i think about the drills and adds to the fun
In that case I would suggest that you look at companies selling filipino martial arts gear, as they will tend to sell knives made of hardwood, rather than a varnished pine, they look more like real knives and are a bit more hard wearing as well. I have a contact number for somebody that sells gear like that, i'll PM / email it to you if your interested, I'll not put it on the forum as it would probaly be considered advertising as I know they guy that runs it Neil
