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gurdymonkeySamurai Eye has been newly updated. http://wodefordhall.com/samurai.htm
Be sure to check out contributions from some of our usual suspects, PLUS a stunning Heian yoroi hitatare and armor from a new contributor who wrote to me a couple months ago from Moscow.
The reason Samurai Eye has been newly updated is that (A) I've been meaning to add this stuff for months and Ishida/Tom's new kataginu kamishimo was an excellent reason to dig out the stuff that needed to be put in and (B) I just sewed one of JAF's collars part of the way on and THEN discovered I hadn't trimmed it to the right size first. Normally this would not be a problem, but I'd machine-sewn in a strip of interfacing FIRST. Rather that contemplate fixing it, it was time to go do something ELSE.
Besides, looking at the Samurai Eye material always makes me feel good. There's good stuff out there. People are making it and wearing it. It flatters pretty much every body-type. It is a happy making thing.
More tea is in order.
EDIT: Random photographic moments. Shot these coming out of Silk Road the other evening:
The Fujifilm D100 SD gets a little grainy in low light situations, but I rather like this.
I've also figured out that within the limitations of this nice little camera, neon signs can produce some fun pictures, particularly if I manage to shoot them before full dark when there's enough light for the camera to deal with it, but still enough contrast to see the neon itself.
I have no idea what this tattoo parlor on 14th might be like as their front windows and door were papered over, but the pink cherry blossoms appealed to me.
Be sure to check out contributions from some of our usual suspects, PLUS a stunning Heian yoroi hitatare and armor from a new contributor who wrote to me a couple months ago from Moscow.
The reason Samurai Eye has been newly updated is that (A) I've been meaning to add this stuff for months and Ishida/Tom's new kataginu kamishimo was an excellent reason to dig out the stuff that needed to be put in and (B) I just sewed one of JAF's collars part of the way on and THEN discovered I hadn't trimmed it to the right size first. Normally this would not be a problem, but I'd machine-sewn in a strip of interfacing FIRST. Rather that contemplate fixing it, it was time to go do something ELSE.
Besides, looking at the Samurai Eye material always makes me feel good. There's good stuff out there. People are making it and wearing it. It flatters pretty much every body-type. It is a happy making thing.
More tea is in order.
EDIT: Random photographic moments. Shot these coming out of Silk Road the other evening:
The Fujifilm D100 SD gets a little grainy in low light situations, but I rather like this.
I've also figured out that within the limitations of this nice little camera, neon signs can produce some fun pictures, particularly if I manage to shoot them before full dark when there's enough light for the camera to deal with it, but still enough contrast to see the neon itself.
I have no idea what this tattoo parlor on 14th might be like as their front windows and door were papered over, but the pink cherry blossoms appealed to me.
