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Henry Russell
Location: Buckinghamshire, UK Joined: 29 Dec 2010
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 Posted: Sat 02 Apr, 2011 11:18 am Post subject: Unusual Mempo? |
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I was wondering if anyone had seen any unusual mempo styles? Apart from the usual snarl/grin and moustache, are there any outlandish/inhuman versions? Whilst the Kabuto itself is often strange in design to the extreme, mempo's seem rather standard. I'm having trouble finding examples online.
'Men should either be treated generously or destroyed, because they take revenge for slight injures - for heavy ones they cannot.'
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Eric S
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| Posted: Sun 03 Apr, 2011 4:26 pm Post subject: Re: Unusual Mempo? |
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| Henry Russell wrote: | | I was wondering if anyone had seen any unusual mempo styles? Apart from the usual snarl/grin and moustache, are there any outlandish/inhuman versions? Whilst the Kabuto itself is often strange in design to the extreme, mempo's seem rather standard. I'm having trouble finding examples online. |
Gentlemen, I present you with......the monkey menpo!!!
http://www.japanesesword.de/?site=armor&i...9lh96bskj2
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Andrew Fox
Location: S.F. Bay Area Joined: 25 Jan 2004
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That is quite possibly the most awesome piece of armor produced by anyone anywhere at any time in the history of the universe. 
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Ruel A. Macaraeg
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Henry Russell
Location: Buckinghamshire, UK Joined: 29 Dec 2010
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Wow, cheers, the monkey mempo is definately interesting, especially since it saw use in battle. I am interested into why there weren't mrore of this style, seeing as coupled with a kiai it would add to the impressive visage of a samurai.
'Men should either be treated generously or destroyed, because they take revenge for slight injures - for heavy ones they cannot.'
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| Posted: Mon 04 Apr, 2011 5:03 pm Post subject: Re: Unusual Mempo? |
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Wow... I've dreamed of this moment for so long...
I've actually dreamed of getting a monkey armour since my early 20s... I asked around the net a couple of times, but nothing ever came of it. And now here's a historical example...
"Never give a sword to a man who can't dance" - Confucius
अजयखड्गधारी
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Boris Bedrosov
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Location: Bourgas, Bulgaria Joined: 06 Nov 2005
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Timo Nieminen
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| Posted: Tue 05 Apr, 2011 1:50 pm Post subject: Re: Unusual Mempo? |
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This mask looks like it has a lens over the right eye. I've seen photos of 2 other masks with lenses (for both eyes).
I guess that these are corrective lenses (but it's possible they're just for protection and against dust or wind). Which leads to the question of what power are these lenses (i.e., what is the lens prescription for the wearer). Anybody seen anything about the optics of mask-lenses?
Aged commanders might want to be able to read written orders while armoured, so they might be reading glasses, but I'd expect correction for myopia.
"In addition to being efficient, all pole arms were quite nice to look at." - Cherney Berg, A hideous history of weapons, Collier 1963.
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Mick Jarvis
Location: Australia Joined: 18 Jul 2010
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Mortiis masks! Awesome!!!
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This is a standard topic
