Seabolt92

Thanks John! Im glad that I didnt totally mess up. After reading some of the fiberglass armor threads, and other Jauce auction threads where you guys break it down it gave me a little more confidence, but still hard to know for sure. Granted it may not be a complete "set", but I like that it was maybe used in its life. I really like the revival sets for looks, but I wanted something that had some character and looked like it had a story to tell if it could!

Thank you for your input Piers! So this set is from the later Edo Period from your estimation? Im from America where something being 100 years old is considered incredibly old, so its hard to wrap my mind around the age of some of this armor. Someone saying a piece of armor could be 400 years old blows my mind. Thanks again!

Hi Guys, Ive lurked on this site for a little while. I had wanted a beginner set of armor to start a collection for a while, but didnt have the means to really make it happen until recently. I just bought this set and was wondering if you fine folks could help me date it. Im an antique dealer by trade, so this looks correct for an older set of armor. And looking through the sets on this forum, I tried to stay away from some of the newer reproduction items. But also I read the forums that some shady sellers have been trying to age items to intentionally deceive. I probably should have checked here first, but again it was more of an impulse buy. Any information would be appreciated. Thanks