【Miyazaki Prefecture Miyakonojo Workshop Highest Quality Genuine Red Oak Bokken】 Absolutely unavailable at general retailers. ※About Genuine Red Oak Compared to the relatively light and flexible Japanese Loquat wood, I believe that genuine red oak is the best material for practical bokken, considering the balance of weight, strength, and flexibility. The red oak bokken currently sold are actually a substitute called Ichii Oak. To distinguish it from Ichii Oak, genuine red oak is referred to as "Genuine Red Oak" or "Red Genuine Oak." Currently, genuine red oak logs are extremely rare and hardly circulate in the market, making it extremely difficult to obtain a bokken made of genuine red oak. Due to the lack of logs, it will become increasingly difficult to obtain in the future, so the rarity of genuine red oak is extremely high. Furthermore, a genuine red oak Aikido bokken (Busan Bokken) is not sold at any store. This product is only listed on Mercari, so if this product is offered at a discounted price on a general website, it is a fraudulent site, so please be careful. This item is produced in a workshop of traditional craftsmen in Miyakonojo, Miyazaki Prefecture, of which there are only a few, so the quality of the production is high, with no warping, and the weight is excellent, exceeding 700g, with no problems. It goes without saying that it is high-quality genuine red oak. In particular, you will rarely see a genuine red oak bokken for Aikido. For reference, I have included a comparison photo with general red oak (Ichii Oak), so please see the difference. The difference in mass is significant, so you can see how superior genuine red oak is. ・Length: Approximately 103.5cm (slight variations may occur), with no warping and excellent balance. ・It is covered with shrink film, so the bokken itself has not been touched. ・Recently, malicious businesses have been increasing who cut and paste images and text from Mercari and Yahoo Auctions and post them on fraudulent sites, so I have overlaid the text "Mercari Exclusive" on the photos.