steamboat28 wrote: Barring all of this, one might attempt to make boffers. Surround some PVC with some camp foam (the blue, flat pads that go under your sleeping bag), about three layer's worth, and try that.
For solo practice, you can get a LOT of mileage out of plain PVC so long as you keep it out of the sunlight (it breaks it down), but it doesn't hold up safely to sparring or dueling without padding.
thats what i though too, there are a ton of dyi vids on youtube for boffers, foam swords, training swords ect.
i dont know how many bokkens ive made over the years out of random branches and lumber lol some of them pretty nice
