Category:Kabuto

KABUTO (SAMURAI HELMET)
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The kabuto is the oriental samurai helmet. There are actually two parts 
to a kabuto - the hachi (bowl) and the shikoro (neck guard).

Hachi is the helmet part of the kabuto. Even though very few helmets are
made of one single plate, some helmets are also made with a number of 
plates that are roughly the shape of pie wedges. Multiplate helmet bowls
made are the suji kabuto, koboshi kabuto, or hari bachi. Suji kabuto can
be identified by the ribs that stand up at the edge of each plate - suji
means 'tendon' or 'line'. Koboshi kabuto exhibit myriads of small, stud-
like rivets on the helmet bowl - koboshi means 'small star'. Hari bachi 
are multiplates in which there are no ribs on the plates, and the rivets
are typically filed flush - hari means 'spread on'.

The shikoro is a multi-lame skirt of scale or solid lames, which is 
attached to the koshimaki and protects the back of the neck. There are 
many styles, ranging from larger, full-sized models using two lames, to 
simple little ear-shaped winglets. Their decoration was simple as 
pierced, applied, or painted to applied panels of printed leather and 
gilt-embossed heraldic elements.

Slot(s):                                head
Size:                                   medium

Protection against:
 cut                                    excellent
 stab                                   excellent
 bash                                   very good
 other                                  very good