Greetings!
My name is Stu Smith from Melbourne, Australia.
After many years treating my body hard, I have been more focused on internal work, including an interest in applying power through a weapon, with my logical choice here (with very restrictive weapons laws) being Bokuto.
To that end, I have been hand carving Bokuto out of Australian hardwood, particularly Australian Ironbark and Redgum.
These timbers have the ability to let me test my limited but hopefully developing skills, using standardised tests that anyone can replicate.
Some of my initial testing:
If you go to youtube and type in 'Samisa Bokken' there a few videos up showing how I am going about the testing.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5m2W9bhQtPw&t=6s
These videos are a work in progress, so please take them for what they are.
All the best!
Stu Smith