To: King Prout
White oak is good, red oak is crap - it splinters, and it swells like hell at the sight of water!
3,797 posted on
06/20/2006 2:33:13 PM PDT by
Irish_Thatcherite
(A vote for Bertie Ahern is a vote for Gerry Adams!| IRA supporters on FR are trolls, end of story!)
To: Irish_Thatcherite
sadly, most commercially available wood bokken are made of taiwanese red oak - the crappiest oak on the planet.
pay fifteen bucks, get LESS than you pay for.
3,798 posted on
06/20/2006 2:44:34 PM PDT by
King Prout
(many complain I am overly literal... this would not be a problem if fewer people were under-precise)
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