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Post by Ishida Kentarou Mitsumasa on Mar 31, 2011 2:06:29 GMT -5
I cut some kanagu mawari and other plates tonight. I'm using plastic for now, but saving the patterns. If this all works out, I'll be giving the patterns to a smith to have made for me out of stainless steel. Watagami, wakiita, and nodowa plates by tomlapille, on Flickr Munaita and oshitsuke-no-ita by tomlapille, on Flickr Tekko by tomlapille, on Flickr We didn't get to the suneate and kote plates, but that can happen later when I'm actually making those things for real. Now to drill a thousand holes...
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Post by pallidus on Mar 31, 2011 14:23:32 GMT -5
Looks great! Keep it up!
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Post by Ishida Kentarou Mitsumasa on Apr 11, 2011 2:12:22 GMT -5
Still plodding along... Se-ita before kusazuri by tomlapille, on Flickr I used shiki in this part. It makes the boards a lot more solid, and kept them straight, but didn't keep them from twisting. It won't be noticeable once the thing is tied down in place on my back, but I'm still not sure what I'm doing wrong. This does not behave like the museum pieces I've seen. It remains functional enough for fighting, though. As the last lacing to do is the kusazuri, and I'll be doing that next Saturday during an otherwise unproductive time, it seems that it is now time to try to curve some ABS in the oven. I'll be enlisting some help for that part.
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Post by Suzuki Ken'ichi on Apr 11, 2011 12:53:47 GMT -5
Make sure you heat ABS in a well-ventilated area. It can give off toxic gasses when heated.
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Post by AJBryant on Apr 11, 2011 17:14:13 GMT -5
Spiffers! This is coming along nicely.
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Post by konrad on Apr 11, 2011 20:23:11 GMT -5
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Post by Yoshida Kiku on Apr 14, 2011 23:07:21 GMT -5
Depending if you have a wife who might be touchy about using the oven for armouring projects you might also give a cheap old heat gun a try My husband is the touchy one! LOL
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Post by Ishida Kentarou Mitsumasa on Apr 15, 2011 10:57:35 GMT -5
If I want to make sashimono fittings for this armor, is it fair game for me to just attach it to the oshitsuke-no-ita on the se-ita? I've never actually seen a haramaki with sashimono brackets, but the se-ita top plate I have is wide enough to attach them.
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Post by Ishida Kentarou Mitsumasa on Apr 16, 2011 20:10:45 GMT -5
The se-ita is done... Se-ita completed by tomlapille, on Flickr Which means that I am now scale-complete. Scale complete do by tomlapille, on Flickr I reiterate my question from before: can I just put a kattari on the back of the se-ita, or were sashimono not used with haramaki armors?
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Post by Lash on Apr 16, 2011 20:42:51 GMT -5
absolutley gorgeous !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
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Post by AJBryant on Apr 20, 2011 18:27:23 GMT -5
Well, your armour is clearly in the style of a tôsei gusoku (that is, a modern pattern) of haramaki -- so, yeah, you can put a kattari on it. It would be frowned upon by some armourers (historically speaking) but many other armourers would have done it because kattari were common features on "modern" armours. Waiting for the pics of you in it.
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Post by mrcunningham on Apr 22, 2011 20:07:23 GMT -5
Lovely work. Congratulations!
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Post by konrad on May 23, 2011 21:01:17 GMT -5
Would you be able to post a quick snapshot of how you tied your lacing at the begining and the end of your lacing runs? I'm still a bit confused on the proper knot to use.
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Post by Ishida Kentarou Mitsumasa on Jul 2, 2011 23:01:22 GMT -5
Sode 1, back by tomlapille, on Flickr Here's the back of a sode. All I did was put one single knot in the cord, then melt the knot into a nylon blob with a lighter.
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Post by Ishida Kentarou Mitsumasa on Jul 2, 2011 23:15:25 GMT -5
Here are some suneate. Pair of suneate by tomlapille, on Flickr These are entirely decorative, as I wear lightweight sport leg and shin armor underneath my hakama. I want to look as correct as possible, though, so I made these anyway. Suneate by tomlapille, on Flickr The fabric is three layers. The front layer is Fabrics-Store.com Cobalt 4C22. The layer below that is black burlap from the local Joann. The back layer is Fabrics-Store.com black IL20. The bias tape around the edge is made out of Fabrics-Store.com Black 4C22. The square patch is black leather. The laces are Rice Braid nylon plain flat braid in grey, with the loops made out of the same material in navy. The shino are black ABS. They don't look quite right, obviously, but I had the material left over from other projects. They are attached to the backing with black embroidery floss. I fought in these for a while before attaching the ABS and leather, which is why the fabric looks a little beat up and muddy. Suneate close-up by tomlapille, on Flickr I followed Hiraizumi-sensei's patterns for guidance on how to make attachment holes on the shino. There were no such instructions about the leather, so I just used my leather punch to make holes as small as I could and used the same attachment method. I'll be fighting in these tomorrow. I look forward to seeing how they hold up.
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