jhgf 5 if you are doing iaido its good for beginners, home practice and teachingyou actually have to be more careful not to pinch your hand when sheathing the bokuto than with a iaito.if you're doing koryu kenjutsu etc, sure but if you get thrown around in the ground it's gonna bend and warp, and become useless but maybe that's preferable to a wooden one splintering or breaking on the spot idk