Deluxe Tapered Bo Staff Hickory Ipe 72" 1,1/4" Laminated Construction for Martial Arts

This listing is for Hickory/Ipe Deluxe handmade Martial Arts Wooden Bo Staff. These staffs are tapered. This is an upgrade to a common bamboo or rattan staff. The Bo Staff is a traditional Okinawan training tool used in Kobudo training styles. These particular staffs are 72 inches in length. This staff tapers from 1,1/4" in the center portion to approximately 15/16" at the tips. The materials consist of beautiful hickory on either side and an extremely heavy darker ipe wood down the center for added straitness and beauty and weight. Hickory is one of the best and heaviest available indigenous north american woods. Ipe wood is twice as hard as ipe on the wood hardness scale. The laminations of the various woods increases the strength of the wood by having the grain structures reinforce one another. This bo staff is recommended for all possible dojo uses as it is stronger then even solid hickory. It combines the best impact qualities of hickory with the extra heft and weight from of ipe