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A good source for jo size staffs are hiking staffs available mail order from The Boy Scouts of America.
The staffs are one and one eighth inches in diameter and five feet long. The type of wood varies, on availability, from a nice tight grained hardwood that is very strong to a really crumby softsoft wood that is still suitable for kata and hiking.
I cut them to proper length for the individual, and then give them a coat of tung oil followed by paste wax when dry.
Last time I ordered, several years ago, they were $2.25 apiece. It is a good idea to order several as about a third of them will be badly warped.
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