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Akachu
18th April 2007, 03:59
Does anyone know of someone currently making steel Tekko?


Also, I'm looking to find a tinbe (other than a tortoise shell) for Matayoshi Kobudo (cane or metal) with a seiryuto (machete) rather than the rochin.


Any help would be appreciated...thanks!

Prince Loeffler
18th April 2007, 04:37
Does anyone know of someone currently making steel Tekko?


Also, I'm looking to find a tinbe (other than a tortoise shell) for Matayoshi Kobudo (cane or metal) with a seiryuto (machete) rather than the rochin.


Any help would be appreciated...thanks!


We are more than willing to assist you Mr. Malone, but first..Post your real name please ! E-Budo Laws !

Akachu
18th April 2007, 05:00
Hi,

Sorry I didn't leave my name...

My apologies!

Bob Malone
(Kodokan Boston)

Prince Loeffler
18th April 2007, 05:44
Hi,

Sorry I didn't leave my name...

My apologies!

Bob Malone
(Kodokan Boston)


Thanks Bob ! Here's a link that will help solve the problem once and for all. Let me know if there is anything else I can assist you with.

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http://www.e-budo.com/forum/profile...o=editsignature


Arigato !

JS3
18th April 2007, 14:49
This may be too big but here's one:

http://www.wle.com/media/MP6.jpg

WLE Rattan Shield (http://www.wle.com/products/MP6.html)

Harlan
18th April 2007, 15:09
Just saying, 'Hi'! Nice to meet another Kodokan Goju/kobudo practioner at E-budo. :)



Hi,

Sorry I didn't leave my name...

My apologies!

Bob Malone
(Kodokan Boston)

Shorin Ryuu
18th April 2007, 18:17
If you really want your tinbe to be "old school" and you don't want to pay a lot of money, I'd recommend just buying a Chinese-style bamboo or straw hat. It's a heck of a lot cheaper and looks more authentic. The big fancy turtle shells look nice, and those rattan shields look tribal (or something), but the wallet and the old-fashioned spirit in me beg me to go for the hat.

http://asianideas.com/bamboohats.html

I haven't seen these hats in person, but now that I think of it, I'm going to buy one (I'm currently using more of a converted pot-holder design, which is equally valid, but others in my dojo tend to use the straw hat design). In the old days, they tended to use these more anyway. Most of these hats are about 10 dollars.

For your rochin, any sturdy but short wooden stick will do. Again, people tend to go for really fancy spears or daggers (some even have short swords), but the truly old-fashioned and common usage kind were things like wooden potato diggers, which were short, round wooden sticks that came to some semblance of a point.

Not as fancy, but a heck of a lot cheaper and more authentic.

Edit: Oops, I guess since you're Matayoshi, you're kind of the guys I was talking about when I said short swords (machetes). In that case, my cheap weapon ways for the rochin probably won't help. It does seem that adding the machete tends to alter the movement of the kata, since you incorporate slashing movements that weren't originally present. Of course, modifying the kata because your weapon is different is better than not, in this case.

JS3
18th April 2007, 20:57
John,
Which hat style do see being used?

Shorin Ryuu
18th April 2007, 22:30
Several of them actually. Some use the hunter style, some use the basic peasant ones, some use the beach one even, others use the rice farmer one or the rice field straw hat. You have to remember that above all else, much of Ryukyu weaponry was completely uncodified and tended to be less fancy and far more ordinary in its setup and appearance.

TheBadger
9th May 2007, 17:49
I understand there is someone out there who makes acrylic tortoise shell shields. Anyone know of this?

JS3
9th May 2007, 19:00
Reimondo in the UK (http://www.reimondo.co.uk/)

harleyt26
10th May 2007, 11:44
I think you may have been referring to Don Shaplands fiberglass timbe's he makes a very nice short spear type of rochin to go with them.They are similar to Reimondo's timbe but with a much nicer finish.You can contact him at this link .Kobudogu@shaw.ca Tom Hodges