The Armour Archive

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...

Kinda neat.

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

I wonder how much it weighs...