Shikoro and wierd math

[Ryokai]

If any of you can help me I will lie prostrate and sing your prases ten thousand times!

I can't figure out the math on my new shikoro, the lame attaching to the kabuto has a single row of 52 holes, the second lame has three rows of 62 holes and the third lame has three rows of 67 holes. How in the heck do I put this all together?

Am I being dense? Was my armourer smoking crack? Should I buy some leather and totaly redo the entire set up?

If any of you have any suggestions it would certainly help my aching head!

Thanks!

[Ryokai]

Or, according to an e-mail I just recieved;

It seems my son got into the room he is never supposed to enter and moved one of the pieces to your helmet.

According to my armorer the piece will be mailed tommrow (I wondered why the last piece only had three rows). But any help would still be appreciated in figuring out this monster.

[raito]

It shouldn't be a problem. All you need to do is that thing where you have 2 laces coming out of one hole, in order to accomodate going from a shorter to a longer piece. I'm pretty sure that there's an example on sengokudaimyo.

(My shikoro is similar, and I do a similar thing with it).

Asfor the first lame having only a single row, I'm not sure about that. I do have a single row of holes on the boshi (which isn't quite right, but I don't really trust a couple rivets to pass the marshalls). Could that be the explanation?

[Otagiri Tatsuzou]

Please bring the shikoro and helm to fighter practice.

Are the holes evenly spaced? Are these meant for kebiki-lacing? Or do they come in pairs designed for sugake?