Nose to the grindstone 2025

[Drunk Monk]

Buy it. You know you want it. 

You sir, are a feckn enabler. 

I just spent a generous Amazon gift card that Master Grace Wu gave me for my birthday on a new iaito. It's sort of a reward for ranking Ikkyu. I have many katanas already: a refurbished gunto (blade courtesy of our own D00Maestro), a refurbished katana with an Oscar Kolumbatovich blade that Fred gave me, two perks from Tiger Claw - a stainless steel one that I blunted for iai and a 'demo' aluminum-bladed p.o.s. that is my go-to (our dojo, like many modern iai schools, prefers aluminum blunt blades - it's something I wasn't too keen on in my youth, but nowadays, I'm happy to work lighter and safer), a ninja-to (same one I got to accessorize my D00M ninja suit)... I think that's it. The new one is a modest, aluminum blade. A decent iaito would set me back $300-600. This one I just ordered is only $150, but it has a more traditional handle wrapping and hopefully is designed for tachikaze (sword wind - that cool slicing sound that an iaito makes when the cut is true). 

It keeps raining on my day off so I'm just being lazy, watching TV, snacking & napping. I am fighting the urge to write.