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Happy Friday Thing
Mar. 23rd, 2012 10:10 pmSome of you may remember "JAF," the nice mercenary stick jock-type from the Outlands for whom I did a clothing commission about a year ago. Well, a few weeks ago, I got a PM from his lady: the Company wanted to make him a special gift and did I have any ideas about what might be appropriate? I mentioned that a samurai might be rewarded for service with land, weapons, bolts of silk or clothing, etc. and did he need some rattan or fabric? I agreed to give it a think and let her know if I came up with any ideas for him. In later chat with Himself, he told me he'd been made Loremaster (not familiar with the hierarchy of the group, but it means he's now their A&S maven), and is planning to try to get his people involved in classes at Estrella and so forth. He also got a brand new sewing machine for his birthday recently. And lastly, he invited me formally to have tea with him and his lady at Estrella.
So I went to Ichiroya.com and started looking at kimono bolts, a dangerous activity to begin with, and even more challenging when it involves trying to find something period-appropriate for a guy. (The pickings are also thinner anymore on eBay after the Tohoku disaster of last spring. Great, I feel like a heel for typing that, but it's true.) I PM'ed S with links to one or two and asked her opinion and what their gift budget was. We picked something out, I ordered it (and found something for myself to reduce the shipping), she Paypal'ed me not only their share but a nice chunk of change on top of it. (When I asked if she was sure she'd meant that much, she confirmed I'd saved her a lot of trouble by hunting it down for her, so it paid for most of MY silk bolt.)
Ichiroya.com is great to deal with and I've had excellent shipping karma at the cheaper SAL rate, but I was a little concerned that it get here in time for me to take to Estrella. The delivery slip was in my mailbox when I got home last night and I picked up the package today. (YAY!) And of course, everything is even prettier than it was in the photos. S has been PM'ed with the news and the bolt has been tucked into the corner of my suitcase.
So I went to Ichiroya.com and started looking at kimono bolts, a dangerous activity to begin with, and even more challenging when it involves trying to find something period-appropriate for a guy. (The pickings are also thinner anymore on eBay after the Tohoku disaster of last spring. Great, I feel like a heel for typing that, but it's true.) I PM'ed S with links to one or two and asked her opinion and what their gift budget was. We picked something out, I ordered it (and found something for myself to reduce the shipping), she Paypal'ed me not only their share but a nice chunk of change on top of it. (When I asked if she was sure she'd meant that much, she confirmed I'd saved her a lot of trouble by hunting it down for her, so it paid for most of MY silk bolt.)
Ichiroya.com is great to deal with and I've had excellent shipping karma at the cheaper SAL rate, but I was a little concerned that it get here in time for me to take to Estrella. The delivery slip was in my mailbox when I got home last night and I picked up the package today. (YAY!) And of course, everything is even prettier than it was in the photos. S has been PM'ed with the news and the bolt has been tucked into the corner of my suitcase.
