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Thorondor wrote:Looking good! Can't wait to see the chest plate when it's finally finished.
Oh, don't forget to die the scales first
Mannajax wrote:I have a newb question cuz I've never done that before... Wouldn't you want to scales over lapping the other directions? With them open at the top, doesn't that leave the lace open to extra stress from being hit on down swings? A real blade would, i should think, cut the laces and leave you vulnerable. In our game, it looks to me like it would weaken the lacing over time and cause unnecessary wear out. Is this not so?
Elebrim wrote:...I question why lately it seems like we must do everything that Amtgard does or else we are no longer the best fighters. I don't think it's right or necessary.
Mannajax wrote:I have a newb question cuz I've never done that before... Wouldn't you want to scales over lapping the other directions? With them open at the top, doesn't that leave the lace open to extra stress from being hit on down swings? A real blade would, i should think, cut the laces and leave you vulnerable. In our game, it looks to me like it would weaken the lacing over time and cause unnecessary wear out. Is this not so?
Derian wrote:Well, ****. Par is right.
Forkbeard wrote:
No, I did not make it I own this one, as this scale dou is around 200yrs old and being made from hundreds+ of individual scales it would have been quite a job to make. I make custom leather scabbards for fantasy swords and knives myself. I read all the posts here but since I study samurai armor for the most part I just admire the work I see. I saw a picture of mine on this thread and since it was about scale armor which is something I know a little about I thought I would add another picture to the lot. I get a lot of requests for close up images of samurai armor ( and weapons) from people who make or want to make their own armor since I collect samurai armor and I have a large collection of images also.Forkbeard wrote:And?
Did you make that?
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Mefit the Geek wrote:You'll get what I give you and like it!
Zeldrine Cold wrote:So you post a picture of something we have already seen. Good for you for owning a piece of history but really so what? Is there something that you're going to offer that people here haven't said or can just go and find for themselves?
Sieglatan wrote: it looks like you killed and skinned a tiny cow, and riveted the hide onto it.
Ignatius wrote:I love that he just got put in time out for a month!!!
You have already seen it because I purposely posted the image on forums and or wikipedia commons for exactly that reason, to share rare and hard to find pictures of samurai armor and or weapons. Take the hon iyozane dou as an example, it is a very rare armor, with absolutely no close up pictures for anyone to see until I posted mine, the interior pictures are the only ones on the internet that I know of.Zeldrine Cold wrote:So you post a picture of something we have already seen. Good for you for owning a piece of history but really so what? Is there something that you're going to offer that people here haven't said or can just go and find for themselves?
Thanks Embara Cayosin and Tiberius Claudius, I learn a lot from watching this forum and I thought I would share something that might be of interest.Tiberius Claudius wrote:Thanks for sharing that unique bit of history with us AmSam. Welcome to the community.
When I say something is "rare" it has nothing to do with value, as many of the rarest items do not have much value to collectors of samurai antiques and some of the most valuable things are not uncommon at all. By "rare" I mean something that you can not see pictures of and or find information on. I do not believe in locking things away in a room and not letting anyone see it ever. You cant learn about something that you do not know exists and there is no information about it any were.Forkbeard wrote: Your kind of saying "look at me!" and then not saying much beyond, "my **** is real and rare".
Perhaps you could get a question and answer thread going to get a conversation flowing about japanese armor. Your knowledge is valuable and people would benifit from it.
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