Who Has The Best REAL Nunchaku...?

[nunchuckalot]

Woodalls obviously has some very nice stuff but $40 to $50 isn't exactly the price range I want to resupply at, especially given that Dolan's used to sell similar stuff in the $5-$15 range, even with inflation that would be $12-$35.00 respectively. I'll eventually get one pair of Woodalls, but they might also end up behind glass.

Dolan's used to sell cheap nunchaku because it was cheap wood and design... I would invest in Woodalls because of their superior design and wood, or just build your own, even that would be better than Dolan's.

[karatevideoguy]

Thanks. Does anyone have the specifications for Prochux Thrasher line? Stick lengths, Diameter, Tapered? Can they be ordered with 5" cord? The website doesn't seem to have this information. If they are available in 14" with 5" cord they might be promising.

Contact Lee Barden directly he can make pretty much whatever you want and they will be prochux style. He is doing tappered now and he has the proditionals with just about any length of rope you want
leebarden@comcast.net

[Berserkergang]

Tapered...  I want to try tapered proditionals...

[SteyrAUG]

Dolan's used to sell cheap nunchaku because it was cheap wood and design... I would invest in Woodalls because of their superior design and wood, or just build your own, even that would be better than Dolan's.

Yeah, I'm gonna completely dismiss your opinion.

First off Rosewood and Cocobolo are hardly "cheap" woods and even their lowest price Rock Maple was stronger than EVERY nunchaku I've ever encountered in 30 plus years in the same price range and stronger than some that cost twice as much. As for the design being "cheap"?!? The nylon cord are the same design as every other traditional nunchaku and the swivel chain offered by Dolans is stronger than ANY nunchaku I've ever encountered with a chain connection.

Btw, you do know Woodalls uses the Dolan's U Swivel design right? Are you saying they use a cheap design?

 

[SteyrAUG]

Contact Lee Barden directly he can make pretty much whatever you want and they will be prochux style. He is doing tappered now and he has the proditionals with just about any length of rope you want
leebarden@comcast.net

Will do, thanks. This seems like my best option.

[nunchuckalot]

Yeah, I'm gonna completely dismiss your opinion.

First off Rosewood and Cocobolo are hardly "cheap" woods and even their lowest price Rock Maple was stronger than EVERY nunchaku I've ever encountered in 30 plus years in the same price range and stronger than some that cost twice as much. As for the design being "cheap"?!? The nylon cord are the same design as every other traditional nunchaku and the swivel chain offered by Dolans is stronger than ANY nunchaku I've ever encountered with a chain connection.

Btw, you do know Woodalls uses the Dolan's U Swivel design right? Are you saying they use a cheap design?

 

I had two pair of Dolans and they where junk, one set broke after  2 weeks of use, the wood split at the top,  and the other  swivel snapped, both made from oak. You gotta be kidding about maple lol, those wouldn’t last a month with the  u swivel design, if u still have a pair of maple u swivels then they hadn’t seen much action lol.

And yes rosewood and cocobolo can be cheap woods from a bad stock, plus that price range was in the 80’s, this is 2010.  
$ 75 is a good price now days, beats paying $20 on Dolans best junk 30years ago, the $5 maples where throw aways.  


Woodalls doesn’t use the same Dolan's U Swivel design….. it’s an updated design.


Edit: now I think about it more, it doesn't matter how good the wood was long as the old Dolan u-swivels where attached to them

[nunchuckalot]

I'm looking for something similar, strong wood and mostly interested in tapered octagon "matched by weight" sticks 14" connected by cord or a quality chain setup
Please don't tell me about any "lightweight" demo only quality stuff, not interested at all.
Woodalls obviously has some very nice stuff but $40 to $50 isn't exactly the price range I want to resupply at, especially given that Dolan's used to sell similar stuff in the $5-$15 range, even with inflation that would be $12-$35.00 respectively. I'll eventually get one pair of Woodalls, but they might also end up behind glass.
So who has a heavy duty, hard use nunchaku at a reasonable price?

The only reason I mentioned Woodalls is because it fits what your looking for,  it’s is funny you compare Woodalls and Dolans prices, as the price of tea has gone up since 30 years ago + inflation.  LMAO on the price comparison.  $40 to $50 to day  is a reasonable price, compared to $12-$35.00 30years ago lol….

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Quote from: karatevideoguy on February 18, 2010, 07:02:25 PM
Contact Lee Barden directly he can make pretty much whatever you want and they will be prochux style. He is doing tappered now and he has the proditionals with just about any length of rope you want
leebarden@comcast.net


Will do, thanks. This seems like my best option.

You see, this doesn’t seem right lol, prochux is more like pencil sticks or toothpicks. I thought you wanted heavy duty, not "lightweight" demo only quality stuff…  prochux is like lightweight" demo only quality stuff.

Of course this is just my opinion.

[Berserkergang]

My Jatoba, purpleheart, and hickory Prochux are heavy. They're not pencils. Just so you know.

[TuKongChucks]

My Jatoba, purpleheart, and hickory Prochux are heavy. They're not pencils. Just so you know.

Thats what I was thinking, I never heard of pros being light and only demo quality.  And your vid smashin sh*t helps prove they arent cuz my 'demo only quality chucks' couldnt break wind.

[Berserkergang]

I don't like derailing stuff..but:

[nunchuckalot]

The video proves nothing, I could use any piece of wood and smash stuff up, hell my hands could break half that stuff lol.  I’m just using comments from previous users of prochuxs,  I have a pair of prochuxs and they are dinky in my hands.  Besides,  I’m sure anything can be made heavy duty.
Oh !!!
I remember a video you did comparing prochux to trads or something like that on a punching bag,  that video obviously showed trads hitting with more power! Even remember reading viewer comments.

Thats what I was thinking, I never heard of pros being light and only demo quality.

You got to be joking, you never heard of them called pencil sticks lol
Well I know you guys like prochuxs, but when it comes to heavy duty nunchaku,  Woodalls wins, hands down.

just my opinion.

[Berserkergang]

I'll refrain.

Yes, Woodalls can build you bigger chucks than Pros, but everything has it's purpose and everyone has their own needs. If your Pros are too dinky for what you want then okay. One thing I will disagree with though is if you want a contest of heavy duty chucks then Jose has solid iron chucks which when compared makes Woodalls look like toothpicks. If those aren't big enough then you could try those freestanding pot breaking hands at some telephone poll chucks.

[TuKongChucks]

If you could use your hands or any piece of wood to do that, then what was the point in even saying anything about dolans or pros?  Therefore you could do anything with pros as with some woodalls, cause they are just any piece of wood after all.  I own woodalls I know they are tough chucks, ive seen pros been put to the test, they are strong aswell.  I guess Jose's would make woodalls or pros look like toothpicks, so I guess DIY steel and iron win hands down.

[SteyrAUG]

The only reason I mentioned Woodalls is because it fits what your looking for,  it’s is funny you compare Woodalls and Dolans prices, as the price of tea has gone up since 30 years ago + inflation.  LMAO on the price comparison.  $40 to $50 to day  is a reasonable price, compared to $12-$35.00 30years ago lol….

Well if you actually took the time to read my original post, you would noticed I used an inflation calculator to compare prices. So it really was an apples to apples comparison. As far as Dolan's quality vs. the rest, all I can say is I have lots of experience with hard usage of weapons. Besides weapon on weapon training, we actually did breaking with weapons. As a general rule Dolan's were on the short list of weapons that survived such abuse. I have no experience with Woodalls as of yet so I have no way to compare them in terms of strength. But the notion that Dolan's were cheaply made is absurd.

You see, this doesn’t seem right lol, prochux is more like pencil sticks or toothpicks. I thought you wanted heavy duty, not "lightweight" demo only quality stuff…  prochux is like lightweight" demo only quality stuff.

Of course this is just my opinion.

I want to thank you for this comment, I was unaware that prochux were pencil sticks. That is certainly not what I'm looking for. The search continues.

[SteyrAUG]

Thats what I was thinking, I never heard of pros being light and only demo quality.  And your vid smashin sh*t helps prove they arent cuz my 'demo only quality chucks' couldnt break wind.

Thanks guys, he was wrong about Dolans. He might be wrong about everything else. I'll call them and look into it.