karatekaBR86 Posted August 11, 2004 Posted August 11, 2004 Hey again fellow martial artists...I recently purchased a pair of 22.5 inch shureido sai and upon recieving them...I noticed the handle wrapping (string) was purple! Being that I am extremely picky about things like this, espeacially when the picture showed the wrapping as black, I now would like to change them...I was wondering, would hockey tape (black) have enough grip retention for sai? Any suggestions? Cheers, Nick
Luckykboxer Posted August 11, 2004 Posted August 11, 2004 have you tried emailed Shureido, or at least the company you got them from and stating your case and asking if they can exchange them out?
karatekaBR86 Posted August 11, 2004 Author Posted August 11, 2004 Yes and that was the last one in stock
Kicks Posted August 16, 2004 Posted August 16, 2004 Can you dye the strings black? when you create the world's largest trailer park, you're going to have tornadoes
SaiFightsMS Posted August 16, 2004 Posted August 16, 2004 I have seen other Shureido sai with purple wrapping.
Shorin Ryuu Posted August 16, 2004 Posted August 16, 2004 I had a pair of Shureido sai handmade for the North American head of our style (Doug Perry, see the other sai post) that he let me buy (he kept trying to forget he sold them to me so I had to keep pressing the money on him...) and the wrappings were black. A year or so before that, I bought one and the wrappings were purple...I felt the same way, but got over it (especially since I got that pair with black wrapping now). Martial Arts Blog:http://bujutsublogger.blogspot.com/
harleyt26 Posted August 16, 2004 Posted August 16, 2004 the purple,or indigo, wrap used by Shureido is made localy in okinawa.Okinawans consider this to be a sort of national color for them.Shureido does still make sai with the black wrap also,. you just have to be lucky to get the color you want.I beleive the old style,two piece, sai all come with black wrap the newer three piece design can come either color.In the U.S. we can not order direct from okinawa we must order from the California store,they order in bulk so it depends what color their bulk order was made of.I ordered through Kamakazi in Spain for a while,till the California store found out and shut them down on the Shureido stuff.I can still get stuff from Spain but I must have it sent to a friend in Canada who in turn sends it to me,this increases shipping costs but some of the initial prices are lower so its not unfeasable.I have a fiend who rewrapped his sai with black parachute cord,they came out very nice.Good luck finding a wrap you like and let us know what worked best for you.You know the Agena sai all come without wrap unless you specify differently. Thomas Hodges migi kamae,migi bo kihon ichi
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