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Some VERY unusual Japanese Armour

Posted: Wed Jan 03, 2007 11:00 pm
by William Frisbee
http://www.toraba.com/dou-0605-2223.htm

A san-mai dou... with the advent of widespread matchlocks, some ingenius armourer came up with this.

I've NEVER seen one before, nor has the seller who is quite a collector himself.

And its real...

Posted: Thu Jan 04, 2007 3:20 am
by Josh W
Kinda neat.

It reminds me of some 16th century European cuirasses with double breastplates.

I wonder how much it weighs...