@Wayne Nadler yes, training with your secondary is a great tool for refining movement all around. If you don’t already, I would suggest doing many iterations of rokudangiri and spending time with suburi using the wakizashi, switching hands as you go, to appreciate this. Sometimes all I’ll have room for is a wak when I travel. It makes drawing with the body and cutting with the body far more obvious in smaller spaces (hotels, low ceilings, etc)

I believe most of the CRKT models have been discontinued except for what’s currently offered by CRKT’s official website. You could try Williamsbladedesign.com for the current adaptations he’s created for models like the sakimori/shinbu/hisshou but from what I’ve seen they come in small batches. Otherwise, official auction sites like eBay or private sales via message boards might be your best bet. I’ve been wanting to get a replacement Shizuoka no Ken and a hisshou for sometime but I’ve had no luck myself.

@Wayne Nadler that would be one of his newer designs. He had a line of three fixed fixed blades specific with CRKT under the same name that’s since been discontinued. I have the sakimori and I’m a little sad he did not keep with the same tsuka and tsukamaki design for the follow on Williams design blades.

No worries!

I think that an honest assessment of one’s environment and how we as individuals fit within it may be one of the most important factors in personal security. Without that clarity, generalized caution can escalate into paranoia or create negative social situations that could have been avoided otherwise. Confidence and presence can go a long way. In my own experience, whether I’m in a very safe area where I’m assuming the worst, or in a rough neighborhood where I know trouble has occurred before, issues often surface or become apparent when I’m too tense and misread the environment. On one hand, I can come across as unfriendly and unapproachable (inappropriate to the time and place). On the other, I can look like I don’t belong there, which may make me stand out unnecessarily (inappropriate to the time and place). The culture of training we participate in will influence our mannerisms and our solutions to problems that might pop up so it’s important to train thoughtfully and with purpose.