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Post by ciepher17 on Feb 14, 2005 13:29:43 GMT -5
Hey everyone, I've been a lurker here and on the armour archive for quite a while and am finally* getting around to getting my own armour together. I'm going for a late period retainer grade, "average samurai" for the moment until I have more knowledge and time. I have my arming clothes more or less done, my suneate, kote, and haidate mostly finished, now I just need to make a Dou. I really like the look of fewer, broader kuzazuri on a dou, but I also like the simplicity and ease of the sendai do(in school so I have very little time and even less money). I was just curious if Sendai Do alway* had the large number of kuzazuri, or if that was just the common way of doing it. All the pics I can find seem to have 9 or even 11 tassets. Oh yea! and how do you secure lacing at the end of a of lame?! Having a lot of problems getting a nice tight knot that will hold on my haidate...
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Post by OgamiBusho on Feb 15, 2005 16:25:23 GMT -5
I secure the knots of the lacing using two methods.
If the lacing contains natural fibers, then a drop of Crazy Glue in the knot does the trick very nicely.
If the lacing is nylon, I heat the end of a screwdriver with a propane torch and fuse the knot together. I've had astoundingly few knots come undone-- perhaps three in the last decade. You have to be very careful that you don't melt the knot through, though, and have to re-lace the entire row.
Oh, the tassets are called kusa-zuri.
Speaking of melting-- when the Japanese were lacing armor, I'm told that they dipped the end of the lacing in lacquer and formed it into a sharp point. When using nylon lacing, I cut it at an acute angle and use a lighter to soften the point. I then roll it into a 'needle' so it will go through the 1/8" hole easily. Doing this, however reminds you over and over again that something doesn't have to be glowing red in order to burn you.
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Post by ciepher17 on Feb 15, 2005 23:40:01 GMT -5
Damn! I knew I was misspelling that...sigh...anyway, thanks for the tips on the lacing. Im using Jockey Lacing so I'll try using a bit of glue or show goo. Again, thank you.
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