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Post by Otagiri Tatsuzou on May 24, 2005 23:23:53 GMT -5
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Post by Otagiri Tatsuzou on May 24, 2005 23:26:47 GMT -5
In case I wasn't clear ...
I mean ...
!!~~WOW~~!!
(and I moved this thread here since there is so much beyond just armour)
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Post by Nagamochi on May 25, 2005 3:31:08 GMT -5
Oh, my! After doing a speedy 2 hour tour through the photos, I have this weird, major urge to spend my tax return on a one-way flight to Kyoto....
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Post by Arima Jinsuke on May 25, 2005 18:21:02 GMT -5
These are simply amazing. Thanks so much for sharing them.
I saw a couple of things that really caught my eye...there is one gentleman who's lacing is two-tone (white and blue, as I recall) and arranged in such a way as to form a repeating zig-zag pattern across the whole armor. Stunning. I remember reading this on Mr. Bryant's site:
"Unlike patterns formed by the applications of different colored lacing in adjacent rows or in a specific lacing positions, leather lacing also allows the option of using a lacing material in which the “pattern” is actually printed on the lacing material. The most common patterned leather is kozakura gawa, in which small green or dark blue cherry blossoms are scattered over the pale yellow leather surface. The second most common pattern is shina gawa, in which white “fern leaves” are printed on dark blue or gray leather. It takes considerable skill to do this, as when “properly” done the image of the fern leaves is preserved across the bands of lacing."
Was two-tone lacing like that used in period? I also saw a couple of armors that used two-tone lacing (one was dark and medium green, as I recall) but didn't form a pattern with it...just random, subtle changes in color. Was this done in period? This would be a GREAT way to spruce up armor...get some lacing in a color you like, tie it up in bunches and knots, dye it a darker shade of the same color, and lace with it. I think the effect would be very visually appealing. Any chance such things were done in period?
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Post by Saionji Shonagon on May 25, 2005 21:49:43 GMT -5
Woooooooooooowwwwwwwwwwwwwwwww!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
These are amazing!
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Post by Ryokai on May 25, 2005 22:39:16 GMT -5
*drool* Really, thats mind numbingly cool! *resumes drooling*
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Post by Otagiri Tatsuzou on Sept 23, 2005 10:30:41 GMT -5
:happy anniversary:
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