Kiri-dono: Unfortunately all travel arrangements have to be made through our corporate travel services, and they managed to get us from Jacksonville, FL to SF...
Kamiizumi-dono: I definitely plan on looking for tabi, and also for some decent sandals. The only place I have found tabi recently, other than the ever...
No problem. I'm not really sensitive about the title thing. Call me anything but late for dinner!! I hope you have a great time in San Francisco. It's truly...
... Yes, it is California. Sensibly, most stores are open until 8 pm, especially those in the strip malls. Don't forget to stop in somewhere for Sushi, CA...
As I prepare to embark upon making a set of armor, and I read Effingham's pages on it, I find myself with a knowledge gap. Maybe I missed it somewhere on the...
Hello, Does anyone have a link to an online reference to Japanese chainmail? I know how to make it but I can't find any information on HOW it was used, and...
Hello, Does anyone have a link to an online reference to Japanese chainmail? I know how to make it but I can't find any information on HOW it was used, and...
I'm not sure how it was traditionally done, but you can blacken it by boiling it in oil... used motor oil works... this, however, won't work with stainless...
Side note, if there is any zinc in the metal (gallvantized metals come to mind) do NOT heat it up! Zinc fumes will come off the metal and it attacks people's...
... From: shadow4549 To: sca-jml@yahoogroups.com Sent: Saturday, February 02, 2002 9:40 AM Subject: [SCA-JML] War Fan Where can I find plans for building a war...
Despair Bear
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Feb 2, 2002 8:45 pm
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the book stick fighting is still in print [Non-text portions of this message have been removed]...
kujika@...
Feb 3, 2002 1:13 am
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Is it me or is this the first message in several months? Yuki [Non-text portions of this message have been removed]...
what is it you want to do with this war fan. fence ? hard stick fight ? just have ? [Non-text portions of this message have been removed]...
kujika@...
Feb 3, 2002 1:19 am
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In a message dated 2/2/02 5:18:50 PM Pacific Standard Time, ... it might be you. have you checked the archives for past messages? Takabayashi Genpachi ...
This War Fan will be used for SCA fighting. I may make another one to *just have* for costume. Primarily for SCA combat. Kuro Ookami ... fight ? just...
Yeah, zinc will also keep the whole blackening effect from working :( --Ash "In a warrior's life... one should follow the path of light, but nurture the ...
... In that case, I would first look at SCA rules and how this fits. Specifically, I'm thinking that it will be a dangerous item in that it will be thin enough...
I believe he means a tessen. --Ash "In a warrior's life... one should follow the path of light, but nurture the darkness within for when it is needed, without...
What was the purpose of the round, donut shaped object hanging by many Heian and early Kamakura warriors' sides? It is white, attached with a red cord. It...
... You caught me at a good time... I was logging in on a translating break. That's the reel for holding a spare bowstring, and is called, rather boringly,...
... What are you translating, if I may be so bold...? ... Makes sense. Is it attached to the belt (is it an obi that you see around the armor, that the sword...
... Others have given some information, but there is one thing that needs clarification. There are *two* objects you might be mixing up. The gunsen (lit. "War...
... A book on Japanese history for a client in Tokyo. Starts with Nobunaga, goes through the Russo Japanese war. Very educational, but very trying. Several ...
I don't think you can make an acutal fan that would be SCA legal. The ribs would need to be at least 1 1/4" wide. Even for rapier, I think you have a hard...
I just want to tell you all about a wonderful 'first time' outfit that I saw at university. A young man by the name of Kinoshita came up to me at the LAST...
