For everyone that's posted a new knife or a new wooden spoon, one of my (square-butted) bokken attempts.
I snapped it myself, before it took someone's eye out in the dojo. I got the piece of ash from a mate, and there was one knot I couldn't avoid.
Nice looking bokken, makes a change from the red oak. Unusual to see you've built the tsuba into it. I know a lot of the Aiki followers tend to remove theirs.
I use the plastic and rubber tsuba on mine, too many skinned and rapped knuckles over the years.
I've just retired my white oak bokken after 20 odd years as it was sounding "hollow" on contact, so I fear there may be a crack/split developing inside.
Good piece of work that bokken of yours, pity about the knot.
All the best,
Liam