Strange, isn't it ?

[Carlo Giuseppe Tacchini]

Re-sized to be posted on another forum, better to use them twice :D

 

Strange Armor and helmets, mainly from Stibbert Museum, Florence :

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

[Brian]

Hmm....off to battle. Squid on my head today..or just a crayfish? :lol: :D

Excellent pics Carlo, some amazing workmanship in those.

I also found some interesting pics if you search for Japan horse armor.

Some of them look more for show than actual use, due to balance and/or weight.

Would they all have been battle armor, or were many of them purely for ceremonial use?

 

Brian

[Carlo Giuseppe Tacchini]

Hi Brian. Yes, I'm interested in armor too. Most of the Kawari-kabuto

were either for "show-off" or to be recognized on the battlefield either by

enemies and allieds. Of the above ones I think only the n.4, 7, 11 and the

armor for Ashigaru (at left) in the 12° were intended for practical

use. Many are Edo period, but extremely strange and scaring ones

were made even in the Sengoku.

[senmen]

Dear Guys,

hi, I am a newbie to this forum and also very fresh in the Nihonto world.

As for Japanese armour and specially the pieces displayed at the Stibbert museum, there is also a good book available.

 

http://www.toriilinks-editions.com/f_catalogue.php

 

I do own a copy of the Stibbert book and the pictures of the Kabuto

are simply stunning.

 

Many greetings

Oliver

[kusunokimasahige]

beautiful maedate!!

 

I am trying to make one using real deer antlers at the moment (of a small deer that is!)

 

KM

[Jon Fury]

Hi Carlo,

Would you object if I posted these pics on another forum?

[Carlo Giuseppe Tacchini]

  Jon Fury said:

Hi Carlo,

Would you object if I posted these pics on another forum?

 

Jon, are you kidding ? No problem at all. :D

[Carlo Giuseppe Tacchini]

Jon, add these too :

 

 

 

 

 

[Jon Fury]

Gracci mille da Galles,Carlo (sp?).

 

Please excuse my Italian.

 

Thanks for your permission and the extra pics.

 

Jon.