Dear Friends -
Recently came across this Boku-to advertised as an example of Oishi Shin-Kage Ryu equipment from the Bakumatsu era. I have done some fruitful research as to the origins of the school - read Watkins Sensei's webpages thoroughly. I wonder if anyone here agrees or disagrees with the attribution and why?
The item itself is 136 cm long, with no measureable sori, the tsuba is nearly 9 cm in diameter, most here agree it is oak and while quite long it is very well balanced in the hand, at least for me.
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I look forward to any comments - I apologize if this should be in the equipment section but since it is not for sale I thought it would interest the Ko-ryu folks.
-t for Toryu or if we must Tom...
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