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Kawari Kaigara Kabuto

Name: Kawari Kaigara Kabuto
Brand: Kabuto (Samurai Helmet)
SKU: TKK2
Availability: InStock

Original price was: $1,849.99.Current price is: $1,659.95. $1,659.95

TKK2 Kawari Kaigara

Standard Kabuto Options

Each option has a ? next to it. Click or Tap the ? to show a summarized explanation of the option. For full explanations please click the "ORDER OPTIONS EXPLAINED" link at the bottom left of the page.

Kabuto Color

Select the Color & Finish for your kabuto (top section of helmet).
Kabuto Color Options by Iron Mountain Armory

(Click through the product images to see details of different Paint Options.)

Wave Color

Select the Color of the Wave Splash waki-date on the side of the kabuto.

Shikoro Color

Select the Color & Finish for your Shikoro (Neck Guard). (You can change the BOTTOM PLATE using "Advanced Custom Options" below.)

Main Lace Color

Select the Main Lace Color (odoshi) you would like for your Shikoro (neck) and Tare (throat) guard to be. (You can customize your lace patterns by using the "Advanced Custom Options" below.)

Menpo Options

*Menpo Style

Select your choice of face armor available for your yoroi. Standard and Ressei Menpo option will give you nose and mustache options. Henpo and Hoate are without nose option. For more detailed images, please review the Menpo (Mask) category.

Menpo Color

Select the Color & Finish of your Menpo (Face Armor).

Tare Color

Select the main Color and Finish you want your menpo's Tare (Throat guard). You can make the bottom plate a different color by using the "Advanced Custom Options" below.

Tare Color & Finish Option by Iron Mountain Armory

Mustache Style

Add character to your armor by selecting a custom mustache option.(This option is only available with certain mask / nose styles.)

Beard Options

Add character to your Henpo or Hoate with a Goatee Beard. Cut the beard to your desired length.

Nose Style

Add more character to your armor set by changing the nose to a Tengu (bird's) Nose or an O-Tengu Nose.

Ornamental Options

Visor Options

Customize the visor of your helmet with embosed eyebrows and/or wrinkles.

Fukigaeshi Mons

Add a symbol (mon) to the ears (fukigaeshi) of your helmet. This can be a standard mon or custom design you can email us in "Clip-Art" format. (Click through the product images to see different Standard Mon Options.)

Trim Options

Select this option to add a metal trim (fukurin) around the outer edges of your helmet. This option might differ depending on model and/or different options selected.

Display Options

Select to receive your kabuto with the Standard, Deluxe or Iki-Nigyo.

Deluxe Kabuto Display Stand by Iron Mountain Armory

Display Option: Iki-Nigyo by Iron Mountain Armory

Kabuto Bitsu

Add a Decorative Wooden Box to display and storage your kabuto.

Kabuto Bitsu

(Actual Box Style May Vary)

Advanced Custom Options

For a small extra fee, we can customise your Kabuto much further with many additional options. Please click the "ORDER OPTIONS EXPLAINED" link at the bottom left of the page for more details.

Standard Design Options
Advanced Custom Options

Advanced Custom Options

Select your choices from several extra Paint and Lace Colors for your Kabuto.

Shikoro Bottom Plate

If you would like to change the color of the BOTTOM PLATE of your Shikoro, you may select it here. If not it will match the option your provided above in Shikoro Color.
Bottom Plate Shikoro of Zunari Kabuto by Iron Mountain Armory

Bottom Plate Shikoro of Zunari Kabuto by Iron Mountain Armory

(Image for reference only. Options may differ between classes and models)

Shikoro Horizontal Lace

Select the Lace Color along the lower Horizontal Hanging Plates of the Shikoro (neck) and/or Tare (throat).

Shikoro Vertical Lace

This option changes the color lace (odoshi) is used along the outer bottom edge of the neck guard

Shikoro Mimi-Ito Lace

Add an extra row of lacing to your shikoro (neck guard) for an addtional cost. If left blank it may match your MAIN LACE option selected above.

Tare Bottom Plate

Select the color & finish your Tare Bottom Plate (Suso no ita) will be painted.

(This option should only be chosen if you would like the throat plates to be a different color than those of the mask.)

Tare Main Lace

This option changes the Color Lace (odoshi) used for your throat guard of the mask and will replace the “MAIN LACE COLOR” option if changed.

Tare Horizontal Lace

This option changes what color lace (odoshi) used on the lower lace that runs along the bottom plate of the throat guard. This is different from the mimi-ito.

Tare Vertical Lace

Select to change the Vertical Trim Lace for your Tare. (This is different from the Mimi-Ito.)

Tare Mimi-Ito Lace

Add an extra row of lacing to your tare (thoat guard) for an addtional cost. If left blank it may match your MAIN LACE option selected above.

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SKU: TKK2 Category: Kabuto (Samurai Helmet) Tags: Helmet, Kabuto, Samurai Kabuto, Sanada Yukimura, Suji Bachi, Taisho

Description

This is an faithful replica of the Kawari Kaigara Kabuto (Unique Helmet) that is on display in the Tokyo National Museum. Believed to be from the Momoyama Period (1568 – 1600), it has been handcrafted in the shape of a “turban”, a family of spiral-shelled marine snails whose hard, nacreous exteriors and occasionally sharp spines made them very defensive. The wakidate (side crests) feature a wave design representing the General’s ability to move strongly and unharmed. Much like the turban snail, he will move through the battlefield and crush his enemy like a tsunami wave.

The kawari-bachi (sometimes spelled kuwari-bachi) was popular during the end of the 16th century, due to foreign influence and materials coming into Japan. The kawari-bachi started to become more common and come with a wider variety of designs. One can only speculate on the different materials which might have been used to make these fantastic works of art. We do know that kawa (leather) ASA(hemp material), kokuso(natural plant paste) and sabi (paste made by mixing powdered burnt clay), then held together with rice or animal glues as well as urushi being the main adhesive were common materials used to make Kawari Kaigara style kabuto. These natural elements were combined by katchû-shi (Japanese armor smith) masters to make the ultimate works of wearable art, now replicated by our own master katchû-shi here at Iron Mountain Armory.

Features: Traditional handcrafted design. Taisho Class.

Variation of paint, art silk odoshi colors and mengu designs.
Full sized and fully functional.
Includes Deluxe Stand and Kabuto Bitsu (storage / display box).

Our Taisho Katchû-shi at the Iron Mountain Armory will handcraft this product at the time of your order. Please allow at least 3 to 4 months for crafting of this item.

For more information, please review our Order Options Explained, Glossary Terms or FAQ Pages. You can also Contact Us directly. We are always happy to be of service.

References: “Art of the Samurai: Japanese Arms and Armor, 1156-1868” by Kazutoshi Harada, Metropolitan Museum of Art / “The Watanabe Art Museum Samurai Armour Collection Volume 1: Kabuto & Mengu” by Trevor Absolon & David Thatcher

Additional information

Weight	4.8 kg
Dimensions	40 × 51 × 56 cm

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SHIPPING & DELIVERY
Unless otherwise noted in the product description, LSE contracts Iron Mountain Armory China to hand make and ship all products. Iron Mountain Armory will drop ship directly to recipient worldwide. Shipping rates and times depend on selected courier / service, individual products, weight / size of item(s) and other details. Delivery times are not guaranteed. Orders are packed and shipped with care. Because we ship worldwide and regulations differ between countries, sometimes extra time is needed when preparing and shipping your package. We make every effort to ship each order in a timely manner.