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Post by karasunoir on May 18, 2021 11:53:05 GMT
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Post by akira on Oct 15, 2021 2:33:48 GMT
Haven't heard many good things about Hanwei armor and for that price, you might as well custom order a helmet off iron mountain armory who I assume made the yoroi in the second link.
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Post by karasunoir on Oct 15, 2021 19:24:45 GMT
Haven't heard many good things about Hanwei armor and for that price, you might as well custom order a helmet off iron mountain armory who I assume made the yoroi in the second link. i see, thanks for info! |
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Post by chrisparker on Oct 18, 2021 6:48:26 GMT
Hanwei? Not great (inauthentically made and designed, not greatly constructed, and so forth...). Iron Mountain? Same thing... with a healthy arrogance for the head of the company, so I have little love for them. Good (authentically designed and made) yoroi? samuraistore.com - Great quality reproductions, well made units. tozandoshop.com/collections/yoroi-armor/yoroi+armor+kabuto+samurai+bushido - three of my four suits come from Tozando. Not quite as good as the Samurai Store gear, but more than good, and very accurate in their details in the main. marutake.shop - Marutake Sangyo, the OG of yoroi reproduction. Used a lot in Japanese films, as well as being a major supplier for a number of koryu who train in katchu bujutsu. |
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Post by akira on Oct 19, 2021 14:20:03 GMT
It really depends on your budget just like nihonto since you'll be paying a premium for real lacquer and japanese craftmanship if you go the Marutake route. Iron Mountain isn't terrible in my experience especially their higher tier armors which works fine if you're doing koryu.
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Post by tensho on Oct 24, 2021 2:49:11 GMT
Little late to the party, but I have the Takeda Kabuto. I would definitely pass on them for the price. I paid 1/3 of what they sell for($400 or so) and I would not be happy if I paid full asking price for it.
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Post by karasunoir on Oct 29, 2021 8:54:48 GMT
i see, thanks for the info guys! ill check out the diffrent options  |
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