Custom Jikishinkage-ryū naginata (215 cm). You can choose between the constructively stronger "2-part kissaki" or the more traditional "1-part kissaki". Select one of our 8 woodtypes or have your naginata engraved for personalisation.
Jikishinkage-ryū (直心影流) or in full: Kashima Shinden Jikishinkage-ryū (鹿島神傳直心影流) was founded in the mid-sixteenth century, based upon older styles of swordsmanship.
Kashima Shinden Jikishinkage-ryū can be translated as the "divinely transmitted, honest reflection of the heart, school of Kashima."
Hornbeam (Carpinus betulus) is the prefered wood for us at Koryu Bokken for the bokken used in daily practise. Hornbeam has many similarities to the Japanese white oak bokkens used to be made from some 15 years ago.
It has few vessels and the vessels it has are very small; it is about the same desity as Japanese white oak; it is strong; absorbs shocks; the wood dents without splintering and it's color is not to far from white oak to stand out in a dojo, if that may be a problem.
All the hornbeam is cut from our carpenters own private forest in Croatia. Pieces as selected for their shape to follow te sori of your blade and then dried for one year before being procesed.
Hornbeam can be used for both small and long weapons so you can order a full set of weapons with exactly the same colour.
Other woodtypes we offer for long weapons:
Beech (Fagus sylvatica)
Wild Cherry (Prunus avium)
European oak (Quercus petraea)
Acacia (Albizia procera)
Jatoba (Hymenaea courbaril)
Walnut (Juglans cinerea)
Ipe (Tabebuia serratifolia)
All previous woods are non-CITES spiecies and are readily available.
Unfortunatelly we are unable to offer the following woodtypes on a regular basis, since the supply for suitable pieces is very slim. We do however offer some stock items from these woods and if your are very interested in one of these types of wood, feel free to contact us, maybe we can find you a piece.
Our woodworker Pero, can engrave your name in you naginata by hand. If you like to personalise your naginata this way, please select the position and number of caracters. When you have finished your order we'll contact you for your choice of kanji or perhaps help in translating your name to katakana. All engravings will be done in the japanese "regular script" unless you specificly ask us otherwise.
Manufactoring & Shipping
Since this is a custom item please allow for 8 - 12 weeks manufactoring time. After manufactoring the item is shipped from our carpenter in Croatia to our office in The Netherlands for Quality Control (QC) and then shipped to you.
Only use the shipping methods that go via our office in The Netherlands when ordering this product. Shipping from our office in The Netherlands is only applicable for non-custom/in-stock products.