Re: Needed: Advice on best material for special application

Tennis Smith wrote:
> 1) heavy as steel
> 
> 2) non-splintering
> 
> 3) non-conducting of vibrations
> 
> 4) can be molded to approximate the length shape of a traditional
> bokken
> 
> 5) won't break if violently struck with another bokken of any type.
> 

Why not put a strip of lead along the back of the hickory blade?

Cheers,

Phil Hobbs