r/kendo 11d ago

Shinai bag brand

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Hi! I saw the team Korea during the WKC but couldn’t ask them what brand was, I tried searching in every online store I know but haven’t found anything, can someone help me? Thanks!

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u/agailen 11d ago

It may well be custom made, especially considering that material

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u/Kalas86 11d ago

Yeah, I thought about it also, it looks really nice

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u/AsianEiji 11d ago edited 11d ago

looks like real Alligator skin or snake skin... likely dyed silver but being I see black it might be undyed or brush dyed (for sure not textured leather to imitate croc skin)

Can either be custom made or small batch premium item from a retailer. At this point it just might be cheaper for you to find someone local to you to custom make one for you being shipping isnt cheap. If it is croc/alligator the leather itself is already 2k-3k USD for something of that length. While snake skin is way cheaper and comes naturally long but smaller details than croc/alligator skin and less durable. You can get imitation leather for much cheaper though (real leather from say a cow/goat or fake man made leather)

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u/Francis_Bacon_Strips 11d ago

Found something similar here.

This is quite common in Korea for some reason. I'm just guessing it's big here since a lot of people associate budo with dragon, and snake skin is the most realistic it can go when it comes to owning a dragon skin I guess...

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u/Kuruma-baka 2 dan 11d ago

Doesn’t Sehyun supply the Korean National Team? Maybe start there?