my first weapon was the kusari gama.my master would come by the house and see me throwing my axes into a old tree stump and he told me that he wanted me to try the kusari.and his gut feeling was right.it was like it was apart of me.it was like i had trained with it for years.i have had one made and paid 1200 for it.but its made really well and best of all it was made by hand.