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Gashira Sode Options and styles by Iron Mountain Armory

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Sode
(Shoulder Armor)

Name: Sode (Shoulder Armor)
Brand: Samurai Armor Parts
SKU: SDE
Availability: InStock
Rating: 4.89 (18 reviews)

Rated 4.89 out of 5 based on 18 customer ratings

(18 customer reviews)

Original price was: $149.99.Current price is: $114.95. $114.95

SDE – SODE

Standard Options

Please select the STYLE of your Sode. Design Options will be available according to the Style you choose.

*Sode Style

Select the style of SODE you wish to order.
Gashira Sode Options and styles by Iron Mountain Armory

Shoulder to Elbow Length

Please tell us the length between your shoulder and elbow. Custom Sode Sizing Options (For Reference Only)

*Temper Armor Plates

Select to Heat Temper your steel armor plates to Add more toughness. Your armor will be heated to 700 degrees, making it more resilient and less likely to dent or break upon hard impacts. Best for Martial Arts Training, LARP & SCA Sports.

*Mockup (Picture Simulation)

Select to receive a Digital Picture Mockup (Simulation) of your order. We will email you a Mockup for your review before we start crafting your item. You can Approve or request Changes before we start crafting your item.

01 - Ita Mono Sode

*Main Armor Color

Select the color & finish your armor will be painted. (Click through the product images to see details of different Paint Options.)

Bottom Plate Color

OPTIONAL

Select the COLOR / FINISH you would like the BOTTOM PLATE of your Sode.

*Main Lace Color

Select the COLOR of the MAIN LACE of your Sode.

Side Lace Color

OPTIONAL

Select the COLOR of the VERTICAL / SIDE LACE of your Sode.

*Copper Trim

Select to add FUKURIN TRIM to the TOP and/or BOTTOM of your Sode.

*Add Brass Fittings

Add the brass fittings (as shown) to your sode.
Add Brass Fittings to your Sode

Hanging Rope Color

01B - Ita-Mono Nami Sode

*Main Armor Color

Select the color & finish your armor will be painted. (Click through the product images to see details of different Paint Options.)

Bottom Plate Color

OPTIONAL

Select the COLOR / FINISH you would like the BOTTOM PLATE of your Sode.

*Main Lace Color

Select the COLOR of the MAIN LACE of your Sode.

Side Lace Color

OPTIONAL

Select the COLOR of the VERTICAL / SIDE LACE of your Sode.

Bottom Lace Color

Select to add or change a BOTTOM Horizontal Lace to your Sode.

Mimi-Ito Lace

Select to change or add MIMI-ITO lace to your Sode.

*Copper Trim

Select to add FUKURIN TRIM to the TOP and/or BOTTOM of your Sode.

*Add Brass Fittings

Add the brass fittings (as shown) to your sode.
Add Brass Fittings to your Sode

Hanging Rope Color

02A - Kiritsuke Kozane

*Main Armor Color

Select the color & finish your armor will be painted. (Click through the product images to see details of different Paint Options.)

Bottom Plate Color

Select the COLOR / FINISH you would like the BOTTOM PLATE of your Sode.

*Main Lace Color

Select the COLOR of the MAIN LACE of your Sode.

Side Lace Color

OPTIONAL

Select the COLOR of the VERTICAL / SIDE LACE of your Sode.

Bottom Lace Color

OPTIONAL

Select to add or change a BOTTOM Horizontal Lace to your Sode.

Mimi-Ito Lace

OPTIONAL

Select to change or add MIMI-ITO lace to your Sode.

*Copper Trim

Select to add FUKURIN TRIM to the TOP and/or BOTTOM of your Sode.

*Add Brass Fittings

Add the brass fittings (as shown) to your sode.
Add Brass Fittings to your Sode

Hanging Rope Color

02B - Hon Kozane

*Main Armor Color

Select the color & finish your armor will be painted. (Click through the product images to see details of different Paint Options.)

Bottom Plate Color

Select the COLOR / FINISH you would like the BOTTOM PLATE of your Sode.

*Main Lace Color

Select the COLOR of the MAIN LACE of your Sode.

Side Lace Color

OPTIONAL

Select the COLOR of the VERTICAL / SIDE LACE of your Sode.

Bottom Lace Color

OPTIONAL

Select to add or change a BOTTOM Horizontal Lace to your Sode.

Mimi-Ito Lace

OPTIONAL

Select to change or add MIMI-ITO lace to your Sode.

*Copper Trim

Select to add FUKURIN TRIM to the TOP and/or BOTTOM of your Sode.

*Add Brass Fittings

Add the brass fittings (as shown) to your Sode.
Add Brass Fittings to your Sode

Hanging Rope Color

03 - Kiritsuke Iyo Zane

*Main Armor Color

Select the color & finish your armor will be painted. (Click through the product images to see details of different Paint Options.)

Bottom Plate Color

Select the COLOR / FINISH you would like the BOTTOM PLATE of your Sode.

*Main Lace Color

Select the COLOR of the MAIN LACE of your Sode.

Side Lace Color

OPTIONAL

Select the COLOR of the VERTICAL / SIDE LACE of your Sode.

Bottom Lace Color

OPTIONAL

Select to add or change a BOTTOM Horizontal Lace to your Sode.

Mimi-Ito Lace

OPTIONAL

Select to change or add MIMI-ITO lace to your Sode.

*Copper Trim

Select to add FUKURIN TRIM to the TOP and/or BOTTOM of your Sode.

*Add Brass Fittings

Add the brass fittings (as shown) to your Sode.
Add Brass Fittings to your Sode

Hanging Rope Color

4A - O-Sode Ita-Mono

*Main Armor Color

Select the color & finish your armor will be painted. (Click through the product images to see details of different Paint Options.)

Bottom Plate Color

OPTIONAL

Select the COLOR / FINISH you would like the BOTTOM PLATE of your Sode.

*Copper Trim

Select to add FUKURIN TRIM to the TOP and/or BOTTOM of your Sode.

*Leather Option

*Uko-O Rope Color

*1st Row Lace Color

2nd Row Lace Color

3rd Row Lace Color

4th Row Lace Color

5th Row Lace Color

6th Row Lace Color

7th Row Lace Color

Bottom Row Lace

Mimi-Ito Lace

*Add Brass Fittings

Add the brass fittings (as shown) to your Sode.
Add Brass Fittings to your Sode

Hanging Rope Color

4B - O-Sode Kiritsuke Kozane

*Main Armor Color

Select the color & finish your armor will be painted. (Click through the product images to see details of different Paint Options.)

Bottom Plate Color

OPTIONAL

Select the COLOR / FINISH you would like the BOTTOM PLATE of your Sode.

*Copper Trim

Select to add FUKURIN TRIM to the TOP and/or BOTTOM of your Sode.

*Leather Option

*Uko-O Rope Color

*1st Row Lace Color

2nd Row Lace Color

3rd Row Lace Color

4th Row Lace Color

5th Row Lace Color

6th Row Lace Color

7th Row Lace Color

Bottom Row Lace

Mimi-Ito Lace

*Add Brass Fittings

Add the brass fittings (as shown) to your Sode.
Add Brass Fittings to your Sode

Hanging Rope Color

4C - O-Sode Hon Kozane

*Main Armor Color

Select the color & finish your armor will be painted. (Click through the product images to see details of different Paint Options.)

Bottom Plate Color

OPTIONAL

Select the COLOR / FINISH you would like the BOTTOM PLATE of your Sode.

*Copper Trim

Select to add a Copper Trim to the top plate (Shoulder ridge) of your sode.

*Leather Option

*Uko-O Rope Color

*1st Row Lace Color

2nd Row Lace Color

3rd Row Lace Color

4th Row Lace Color

5th Row Lace Color

6th Row Lace Color

7th Row Lace Color

Bottom Row Lace

Mimi-Ito Lace

*Add Brass Fittings

Add the brass fittings (as shown) to your Sode.
Add Brass Fittings to your Sode

Hanging Rope Color

*Main Armor Color

Select the color & finish your armor will be painted. (Click through the product images to see details of different Paint Options.)

*MATERIAL OPTIONS

Hemp Options

*Copper Trim

Select to add a Copper Trim to the TOP plate (Shoulder ridge) of your sode.
Sode Fukurin Trim Options for Custom Samurai Armor

*Add Brass Fittings

Add the brass fittings (as shown) to your sode.
Add Brass Fittings to your Sode

Hanging Rope Color

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SKU: SDE Category: Samurai Armor Parts Tags: Hiroi Kibo, Ita-Mono, Iyo-Zane, kozane, Kozane Iyo-Zane, O-sode, Parts, Pauldron, Sangu, Shoulder Armor, Sode

Description

Sode (shoulder armor), are rectangular plates which hang from the shoulder to the elbow, acting as “shoulder shields” for the samurai. The Sode design varied from period to period. It typically got smaller as the years progressed and as mounted combat became less common. Iron Mountain Armory has chosen to focus their reproductions on the most common styles:

O-Sode, are large, shield-like shoulder guards and were favored during the early years of the samurai, when fighting on horseback was the traditional form of combat. It was around mid Muromachi (~1450) when the samurai started fighting more on foot, that the sode shrank in size.

Chu-Sode are medium sized shoulder guards that allowed for more ease of movement when fighting on foot. These are the sode seen on many of our suits and are most common to samurai armor sets.

There are several variations of the Sode, despite these transformations, they were always in use and part of what gave samurai armor its distinctive appearance.

All our sode are crafted from rectangular steel plates, laced together with odoshi (lace) and backed by linen or leather. The sode attach to the sode kohaze (sode toggle) on the watagami (shoulder strap).

To learn more about the unique history and development of Sangu armor like the Sode, you can read more in our blog article “About Sangu and Sode Armor Parts.”

Features: Gashira Class Sode

Traditional Design.
Sold as a set.
Optional paint color, odoshi, designs, plate styles and sizing.

Our skilled katchû-shi (armorers) at the Iron Mountain Armory will need at least 3 to 7 days, depending on options selected, and other scheduled orders, for the custom handcrafting of this item.

Sode Designs and Styles:

01A – Ita-Mono: Solid rectangular plates without design
01B – Ita-Mono: Solid plates with a wave pattern along the bottom plate
02A – Kiritsuke Kozane: Solid plates with simulated narrow scale plates
02B – Hon-Kozane: Narrow scale plates woven together for very flexible & durable armor
03 – Kiritsuke IyoZane: Solid plates with simulated wide scale plates
04A – O-Sode Ita-Mono: Large shield like design with solid plates and no simulated scales
04B – O-Sode Kiritsuke Kozane: Large shield like design with simulated narrow scale plates

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: Secrets of the Samurai: The Martial Arts of Feudal Japan – By Oscar Ratti, Adele Westbrook

Additional information

Weight	1.5 kg
Dimensions	31 × 31 × 10 cm

Reviews (18)

18 reviews for Sode
(Shoulder Armor)

1-5 of 18 reviews

SynthetaCrete
Verified owner

November 14, 2019

Rated 5 out of 5
These just arrived yesterday in the mail two days earlier than expected and I could not be more happy with the finished product! A book by Trevor Absolon I recently purchased goes into some depth on the patterns of lacing used in ancient sets (I.e. 10th-14th century) of Yoroi and I have to say these o-sodé I purchased are wonderfully accurate! Quality you can feel and amazing history you can touch. 10/10 will buy again! (All the lacing patterns available on the o-sodé makes for a dangerous addiction)

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Verified owner Eric
Verified owner

September 21, 2023

Rated 5 out of 5
Just got them, but my o-sode seem very well made.

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Verified owner Jeff M.
Verified owner

April 24, 2023

Rated 5 out of 5
These gashira class sode are well built, nicely finished and cleanly assembled. The overall quality is unmatched anywhere else in the yoroi market. Well done,as usual Iron Mountain.

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Verified owner matthew jamieson
Verified owner

March 17, 2022

Rated 4 out of 5
Beautiful craftmanship

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anthony.duclos30@gmail.com
Reviewer

February 20, 2022

Rated 5 out of 5
I have bought and used a full set of armor parts from helmet to shin guards and after having used them extensively for combat oriented larps here’s my review of the various parts of the armor.

For the Sode, it looks good, works good and maintains itself pretty well. I have slightly bent some of the metal over use but nothing too much. The cloth underneath the metal appears to be sewn together in some place and just glued in other. The glue appears to have very quickly disappeared while the sewing stays good.

Also the paint is still perfect after all this use so that’s great !

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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.