my first iaito i own and I love it the quality its perfect. highly recommended seller and fast shipping too.
The quality is exactly what's expected and the motifs are beautiful!
My son was over the moon to receive a Tokugawa kamon tenegui as a gift!
J'ai reçu rapidement mon "Lucky Bag" . Les shinais différents sont de très bonne qualité et le fait d'en avoir 3 différents va me permettre de les tester et de trouver celui qui me convient le mieux . Merci encore à Tozando.
Excellent high-quality product. Very beautiful peace. Shipping was very quick and done very professional professionally very satisfied.
Well-made, beautiful product. Came very promptly very well priced excellent service very satisfied.
Beautiful product very well-made excellent craftsmanship this is an outstanding company. They’re wonderful to deal with and I’m a repeat customer with gratitude.
well, i have about 11 shinai total, been trying what i like, what i dont like. luckily i can afford such an experiment. tried pretty much all tozando line up and most of AJB line up. Hyoga rengoku is #1. yes it's pricey. i have it set up with carbon fiber light tsuba and jissen stubadome. i dont have a faster shinai than this. 2nd one that still doesnt come close to this is AJB gentaisen, but you have to modefy grip and etc. perfect balance. gives you everything, good hasuji, kote snipes, easy kaeshi do (if you practiced it). this is my go to shinai.
For the packaging to the bokuto itself the amazing attention to detail can’t be praised enough. I’m glad I purchased here instead of an inauthentic cheap alternative.
I’m sure it’s perfect it’s for a surprise present for the dojo so it hasn’t been revelled yet .
The material seems great unfortunately the sizing seems a little off.
Ordered the 5L both top and pants. Compared to other makes the top is much wider, more like a 6. The pants are unfortunately quite short - I would say standard length not long.
I’m 190cm 92kg for reference. A shame as I was really looking forward to this dogi. Shopping with Tozando is easy and straight forward.
item arrived as expected, value for money, good quality and good price
I needed a hakama that provided a more generous fit in the hips so that the pleats did not pull in the front but flowed neatly down. My only choice was to order custom. I ordered the 11000 fabric because I wanted it specifically for seminars and Shinsa. The fabric is wonderful and the aroma of the genuine Shoaizome Indigo dyed cotton was a pleasant bonus surprise. The fit is perfect. The hem is rolled (sewn flat) to give it weight for a good drape. My sensei really liked the fabric too.
I gave it an initial 4 gallon cold water soak in a five gallon bucket: 1 gallon water to one cup white distilled water for a bit less than 30 minutes. I made sure it was completely submerged - I put a plate on top of the water to ensure this. The first rinse was brown as it removed the dye process impurities and then the second rinse was a deep rich blue. I did a third rinse and then clipped it on a Hakama hanger over my bathtub. I had left the basting stitches in to maintain the pleats during the soaks and used stainless steel straight pins to keep the pleats straight between the basting stitches when I hung it to dry. It came out perfectly.
I still “smurfed-out” during the seminar but blue hands are expected with a new Hakama. Thank you Tozando!
Espectacular.
Hermoso balance ! Es ideal para comenzar.
Por si les preocupa . Si .. la hoja silva
My custom iaito arrived more quickly than expected (a full two months before the anticipated shipping date) and is absolutely perfect in every way. Thank you, Tozando!
The iaito arrived safely, and I am satisfied with the final products.
However, the exchange and repair process took much longer than expected and involved several changes and clarifications regarding availability, replacement, shipping, and import fees. This made the process frustrating and uncertain at times.
I appreciate that Tozando eventually made considerable efforts to resolve the situation, including repairing the original iaito, providing a 15% discount on the replacement, and covering shipping and import fees for both iaito.
The final outcome was satisfactory, but I hope Tozando can improve the consistency and clarity of its communication and after-sales service in the future.
These Shinai are wonderfully made. Everyone at the dojo are amazed at the quality of each one and how strong they are even though they are not smoked (like my personal one is). They are priced quietly nicely for the workmanship that went into each shinai! Thanks to all the folks that created these!!
It's a good product, though the base is a letdown; the fabric there seems too delicate—it will probably tear or get a hole in it soon.
Got the Toryumon, and in spite of shipping delays to the PH, Tozando followed through and helped with getting the iaito to a different address to me in Japan. Really appreciate the support and will look forward to getting another iaito soon!