Jon Masutatsu Posted April 5, 2020 Report Posted April 5, 2020 Hello everyone , My name is Jon Saito , member of the Japanese Armour Society (JAS) , Samurai Arms and Armour Forum (SAAF) . Budo enthusiast who practiced Judo , kendo and karate. Passionate about Katchu in particular and caretaker of my family's Nihonto/Katchu collection. Under the guidance of Katchushi David Thatcher I graduated in the fine art of lacing Odoshi-Ito. Currently I am working on an Eboshi Nuinobe gusoku in Kebiki. I live in Amsterdam , Holland. Please feel free to use my services. Best regards , Jon S. 3 Quote
Jon Masutatsu Posted April 5, 2020 Author Report Posted April 5, 2020 I would have liked to post photo's of my work but can't seem to upload them to the right format. Will do so as soon as possible . Please bear with me. Quote
Luc T Posted April 7, 2020 Report Posted April 7, 2020 Nice to see you Jon! As a Japanese Armor Society member, you know that preservation and restoration are important to maintain the beauty of armor for future generations. Quote
Jon Masutatsu Posted April 7, 2020 Author Report Posted April 7, 2020 Thank you Luc , Uwe and Ciro ! Your support is very much appreciated ! 1 Quote
Jon Masutatsu Posted April 15, 2020 Author Report Posted April 15, 2020 Thank you Greg , appreciate it ! 1 Quote
Jon Masutatsu Posted April 16, 2020 Author Report Posted April 16, 2020 Thank you very much Vajo. Quote
Jon Masutatsu Posted April 17, 2020 Author Report Posted April 17, 2020 Nearly completed my second and third Gessen,just have to finish the loose ends. 5 Quote
Jon Masutatsu Posted April 20, 2020 Author Report Posted April 20, 2020 Making the odoshi to the correct thickness and width for your armour is now a possibility as it is produced in the UK.The colouring we use are made of natural organic pigments.Also our odoshi is pre stretched so there is no distortion. Matching the colour of the existing old odoshi on your armour is an option but bear in mind that this process requires a lot of testing and is needless to say very time consuming. 2 Quote
Jon Masutatsu Posted April 24, 2020 Author Report Posted April 24, 2020 I carefully removed the shikoro from the hachi making sure the shanks of the byo remained intact as well as the ukebari liner. Before proceeding to remove the disentregrating odoshi I made plenty of photo's of all angles for references. Stripping the odoshi ever so gently away from the lames so not to damage the urushi. Some holes were the rust particles merged with the odoshi became as hard as concrete and had to be drilled out. After this was done I treated the lames with kikko mol polishing paste and consolidated the hairline cracks. 3 Quote
Jon Masutatsu Posted April 24, 2020 Author Report Posted April 24, 2020 I have proceeded to lace the first two lames. 5 Quote
vajo Posted April 25, 2020 Report Posted April 25, 2020 Very cool and carefully work. Great to see it. Hope you show more. Take care Chris Quote
Jon Masutatsu Posted April 26, 2020 Author Report Posted April 26, 2020 Thanks Chris ! Yes it is my intention to show my progress on this project from start to finish. Best regards Jon 3 Quote
Jon Masutatsu Posted April 28, 2020 Author Report Posted April 28, 2020 The San Dan of the Shikoro has finally been done. 3 Quote
Jon Masutatsu Posted May 8, 2020 Author Report Posted May 8, 2020 Finished lacing the fourth dan and the kata zuri no ita , thus completing the shikoro. 3 Quote
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