Show us your presents.

[OC Richard]

LOL It is a reproduction of Nobunaga Oda's armour made by Paul Chen.
Here is how it is dsiplayed at present
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boy this brings back a memory!

I spent a week in Japan in 2004 on a whirwind tour, playing at four cities (Tokyo, Hiroshima, Osaka, Oita).

The only time we weren't either travelling or performing was early in the morning, and I would go on a walk each morning, exploring the various cities.

Anyhow I walked into a small shop which sold nothing but miniature reproductions of Samurai armour enclosed in plexiglas boxes. These ranged from small boxes containing just a few pieces such as the helmet, breastplate, and sword, to huge elaborate displays of the entire armour suit and a number of weapons. When I got back to our hotel I tried to describe this shop to the Japanese guy who took care of us, and maybe find out what the purpose of it all was, but his English was too limited.

[longhuntr74]

I posted two similar pics in another thread, but here's me in my new "Skye Highland Outfitters John Brown-style sporran, my Young Modern kilt (which I've had since October, but since I just got home from Afghanistan I haven't been able to wear), and some brand new hose and brogues (which have yet to be stripped and polished...still breaking them in!).