Lacing

[kissakai]

I asked a few people for advice about lacing a yodare kake to a mempo as the odashi ge had almost turned to dust

After being on my to do list I had a go today

 

Although finding it difficult it was going OK until I had a phone call!

After resuming the lacing it was not until I got to the end of the first set I realised I'd missed two holes

It was so tight I cut it off and will start again when my head is in the right place and had the patience which at my age tends to run out a bit too quick

 

Apart from the obvious error I think that although I left some of the quite loose other where tight so next time I'll leave all the odashi ge loose and tighten it up at the end

Do you think this will work and please correct any incorrect terminology through this learning curve

 

[Justin Grant]

The art of lacing armor is a life long learning skill. You need to suspend the mask and lames, you need to factor the spacing, and then cut your odoshi to the length you need. This is an image of one of my pieces  that was restored by Dave Thatcher. You can see his rig and spacing/suspending technique. There are other ways to do this, but this way has also worked for me.

[kissakai]

Thanks as it all helps. Due to his work overload David was unable to re-lace mine