http://www.buyubooks.com/product_details.cfm?id=10505 it doesn't show how to make it but you can purchase one here.. Taisho ... their ... inclusive in ... ...
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Rae Lahman
tsukiko_gozen
Aug 2, 2004 12:41 am
okay, got it! domo arigato, everyone! tsukiko ... __________________________________ Do you Yahoo!? New and Improved Yahoo! Mail - 100MB free storage! ...
15703
mokurai
mokuraibozu
Aug 2, 2004 1:12 pm
Are you referring to the lacquered cup-like hat? If so, Kuji-dono has made one that looks correct. It is really quite simply a lacquered cup, though I don't...
15704
makiwara_no_yetsuko
makiwara_no_...
Aug 2, 2004 9:30 pm
... Habotai is smooth. Noil has little slubs and pills in it and sometimes has an odor until it's washed a few times. While modern sensibilities sometimes like...
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Donald Luby
katsuichiban
Aug 3, 2004 2:21 am
... I've actually known people who prefer the feel of noil to habotai, especially against their skin; I've also found some very 'fine' (as opposed to coarse)...
15706
John
spike_fan_mox
Aug 3, 2004 2:43 am
I have an idea, that I know will sound horrid, but I think it will work. I am thinking of making a shikoro out of leather, no biggie there, but instead of...
15707
Otagiri Tatsuzou
otagiri_tatsuzo
Aug 3, 2004 3:23 am
... Odawara-dono: The amount of time you would spend tooling a solid piece of leather to look like several pieces of laquered metal could be greater than the ...
15708
mattfmcti
Aug 3, 2004 3:52 am
Katai na Itoko! (Honorable Cousins) I have been reading the Sawyer translation of various Chinese military classics (entitled The Seven Military Classics of...
15709
John
spike_fan_mox
Aug 3, 2004 3:54 am
Tatsuzou-Dono The shikoro is totally cosmetic in the helm I have been working on.I have a 14 gauge solid skirt under where it will go. The leather I am...
15710
Solveig
drnostrand
Aug 3, 2004 4:48 am
Noble Cousin! Greetings from Solveig! You are, alas, going about this the wrong way. First of all, you need to decide whether or not you are writing to someone...
15711
Solveig
drnostrand
Aug 3, 2004 4:48 am
Noble Cousin! Greetings from Solveig! ... Pretty much no. ... Pretty much no. ... The ones who don't have shaven forlocks are either young boys or disreputable...
15712
makiwara_no_yetsuko
makiwara_no_...
Aug 3, 2004 4:49 am
... Rosamund's currently advertising it on her website at that price, and says she's got lots of colors available: http://www.thornyrose.com/cloaks.html She...
15713
Park McKellop
squire009
Aug 3, 2004 4:55 am
I think you are inventing a solution for a problem that generally doesn't exist. I don't see the risk of the scenario you are proposing happening that often....
15714
makiwara_no_yetsuko
makiwara_no_...
Aug 3, 2004 5:10 am
... Honorable lady, ... correspondence ... poetry). You say that like it's a BAD thing. ;-> Crisp folds and brushstrokes, Perhaps a whiff of incense, Delight...
15715
Donald Luby
katsuichiban
Aug 3, 2004 5:54 am
... Of the three, my personal favorite is Silk Connection, though all three are quite good. ... Dying it yourself is also a good plan, especially since that...
15716
Donald Luby
katsuichiban
Aug 3, 2004 6:11 am
... If there is a fully legal 16-or-thicker ga steel helmet underneath, you can cosmetically add to it however you like, though you should be careful if it...
15717
Scott
saito_04
Aug 3, 2004 7:09 am
... thing ... than ... are ... Thank you for your answers! I think what always threw me off about "Ran" was that even though the armor was obviously sengoku,...
15718
Scott
saito_04
Aug 3, 2004 7:11 am
... to ... I used to wear a kabuto with metal shikkoro and I did have a problem with the lames shearing through the lacing along the front edge, but I think...
15719
Otagiri Tatsuzou
otagiri_tatsuzo
Aug 3, 2004 1:22 pm
... Saito-dono If you look through the portraits of various lords of the sengoku and at the battle scrolls, you will see that men of rank wore tachi more ...
15720
Otagiri Tatsuzou
otagiri_tatsuzo
Aug 3, 2004 1:31 pm
SR Turnbull has published a list of items that an ashigaru was expected to carry on the march in The Samurai Sourcebook (ISBN 1-85409-523-4). This list is from...
15721
Otagiri Tatsuzou
otagiri_tatsuzo
Aug 3, 2004 1:42 pm
Onegaishimasu: What would be the "points of difference" between a jinbaori and a sleeveless haori? How does one distinguish the two? I ask because this because...
15722
raijin31
Aug 3, 2004 2:54 pm
Greetings!! I have been wearing kabuto with metal shikoro since '97. As Saito suggested, putting the lacing holes closer together do help lengthen the life of...
15723
makiwara_no_yetsuko
makiwara_no_...
Aug 3, 2004 3:14 pm
... The jinbaori I have seen have "lapels," and are slit part way up the back (makes sense for mounted samurai), while I think of haori as having a kimon-oid...
15724
makiwara_no_yetsuko
makiwara_no_...
Aug 3, 2004 3:18 pm
... Check out this GORGEOUS jinbaori from the Momoyama period. Unfortunately, the Kyoto Museum website didn't have a front view, but you can see the slit up...
15725
makiwara_no_yetsuko
makiwara_no_...
Aug 3, 2004 3:29 pm
... but ... There's an Edo period one at http://www.trocadero.com/dragondance/catalog40.html which I post because it actually shows a front view - notice the...
15726
mokurai
mokuraibozu
Aug 3, 2004 3:59 pm
Greetings, I am sure Ii or someone will chime in on this eventually, so have patience Fujiwara-dono. I personally suspect that the majority of the titles were...
15727
Maria
autumnriver
Aug 3, 2004 4:35 pm
... Really! Correspondence is a delight! Mulberry paper Entwined around a blossom Sweetly scented words Composed in charming sequence. Ah! My heart will...
15728
Jennifer Kobayashi
jhkob
Aug 3, 2004 7:48 pm
... Agreed! Winging words sending Intimate sorrows and joys Fragile as the dawn. My mind rides the brushstroked words to thoughts of strangers and friends. Ki...
15729
ekoogler1@...
ekoogler1
Aug 3, 2004 8:00 pm
The poems you all write are so melodious and invocative of all sorts of wonderful imagery. I envy you the ability to write such beautiful compositions. I can...
