Ibexaz posted:

In school me and my friends bought bokken sticks at the sword store in the mall and we'd beat the poo poo out of each other in my buddy's back yard. Most of the bokken broke or got displaced over the years, but I kept a hold of one of them, an orangish brown one covered in tape to stop it from splitting any more than it already was, the edges bashed and dented from combat. I loved that thing.

Anyways around a decade later I found a dojo in town that offered, essentially, samurai sword classes. And when it came time to practice our swings the sensei let me use my my bokken for practice! This scarred wooden sword coursing with the memories of countless battles between my closest buds. And I got to use it for my ACTUAL samurai class!! Thanks for the memories, sword store at the mall.