Rawlings short blade

The Blades are designed to allow much safer thrusting than with conventional wooden wasters or shinai. The blade/tang joint (traditionally a weak point) is reinforced by a high tensile steel rod running along the full length of the handle. This also removes any flex in the handle traditionally associated with plastic training swords.

Rawlings  swords are manufactured in the U.K to the highest quality. They are constructed from reinforced high impact plastic (U.K. sourced for quality control) unlike the cheaper inferior plastics used by other manufacturers.

We use recycled materials when available. Whilst has no impact on the quality of the product it does lessen the impact on the planet.