Japanese Armor Society Forum

I came across this armour today on eBay and thought I'd post it here as another example of a fake.

First, the armour itself. On first glance, the dō looks fine, but the gessan jump out right away.



Same with the sode:



But, it's the kabuto that takes the cake. The maker probably knows some things about what makes an old toppai, but the lack of quality, details and patina speak for themselves:









Be careful out there!

John,
Thanks to share.thts right at first sight it seems nice..
I watch the top kabuto this is certainly the toppai with chewing-gum tehen included
And someone will certainly buy
.
Laurent

How about the 'subtle' shigami maedate?

Just a bag of ugly

Jan

well, if you look at it in a different way, ... it is unique ....