Trevor Absolon's guest appearances

Trevor Absolon

Samurai Archives Japanese History Podcast

Jaredd Wilson

Ryukyuan Embassy

Travis Seifman

Sankin Kotai

Jesse Workman

Mance Thompson

Scott Patrick

Uesugi Kenshin

Mori Motonari

Joshua Badgley

Cameron Foster

Elijah Bender

OwlTail

In part 2 of our interview with Trevor Absolon we continue our discussion on Samurai armor.   Trevor talks about the different approaches to collecting Samurai armor, advice for potential collectors, as well as comments on such things as Kawari Kabuto and armor with “battle damage”, and a whole lot more. Mentioned in this podcast: Toraba Japanese Samurai Armours: http://www.toraba.com Toraba Bookstore: http://www.toraba.com/samurai-armour-books.asp Sengoku Daimyo, Anthony J. Bryant's website: http://www.sengokudaimyo.com/ Bryant, Anthony J. Sekigahara 1600: The Final Struggle for Power Osprey Publishing (September 11, 1995) http://astore.amazon.com/samurai-20/detail/1855323958 Support this podcast: Shop Amazon.com, suport the podcast: http://amzn.to/wnDX2j Samurai Archives Bookstore: http://astore.amazon.com/samurai-20 Samurai Archives Shop (T-Shirts, etc) http://www.cafepress.com/samuraiarchives Contact Us: Twitter @SamuraiArchives https://twitter.com/#!/samuraiarchives Facebook: http://www.facebook.com/pages/Samurai-Archives/104533213984 Samurai Archives podcast blog: http://www.samuraipodcast.com Samurai Archives Forum: http://www.japanhistoryforum.com

In part 2 of our interview with Trevor Absolon we continue our discussion on Samurai armor.   Trevor talks about the different approaches to collecting Samurai armor, advice for potential collectors, as well as comments on such things as Kawari Kabuto and armor with “battle damage”, and a whole lot more. Mentioned in this podcast: Toraba Japanese Samurai Armours: <a href="http://www.toraba.com" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">http://www.toraba.com</a> Toraba Bookstore: <a href="http://www.toraba.com/samurai-armour-books.asp" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">http://www.toraba.com/samurai-armour-books.asp</a> Sengoku Daimyo, Anthony J. Bryant's website: <a href="http://www.sengokudaimyo.com/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">http://www.sengokudaimyo.com/</a> Bryant, Anthony J. Sekigahara 1600: The Final Struggle for Power Osprey Publishing (September 11, 1995) <a href="http://astore.amazon.com/samurai-20/detail/1855323958" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">http://astore.amazon.com/samurai-20/detail/1855323958</a> Support this podcast: Shop <a href="http://Amazon.com" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Amazon.com</a>, suport the podcast: <a href="http://www.amazon.com/?_encoding=UTF8&amp;tag=samurai-20&amp;linkCode=ur2&amp;camp=1789&amp;creative=390957" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">http://amzn.to/wnDX2j</a> Samurai Archives Bookstore: <a href="http://astore.amazon.com/samurai-20" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">http://astore.amazon.com/samurai-20</a> Samurai Archives Shop (T-Shirts, etc) <a href="http://www.cafepress.com/samuraiarchives" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">http://www.cafepress.com/samuraiarchives</a> Contact Us: Twitter @SamuraiArchives <a href="https://twitter.com/#!/samuraiarchives" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">https://twitter.com/#!/samuraiarchives</a> Facebook: <a href="http://www.facebook.com/pages/Samurai-Archives/104533213984" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">http://www.facebook.com/pages/Samurai-Archives/104533213984</a> Samurai Archives podcast blog: <a href="http://www.samuraipodcast.com" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">http://www.samuraipodcast.com</a> Samurai Archives Forum: <a href="http://www.japanhistoryforum.com" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">http://www.japanhistoryforum.com</a>

EP44 Samurai Armor - An Interview With Trevor Absolon Part 2

In today's podcast, we talk with Trevor Absolon, Japanese armor expert and dealer, author, documentary producer, and owner of Japanese armor website Toraba.com. Trevor talks about how he got into the armor business as well as what we should know about Japanese armor, some of the mythology surrounding Japanese Samurai armor, and advice for anyone interested in starting their own armor collection. Join us for this inside look into the world of Japanese armor. This episode is part one of two. Mentioned in this podcast: Toraba Japanese Samurai Armours: http://www.toraba.com Toraba Bookstore: http://www.toraba.com/samurai-armour-books.asp Sengoku Daimyo, Anthony J. Bryant's website: http://www.sengokudaimyo.com/ Bryant, Anthony J. Sekigahara 1600: The Final Struggle for Power Osprey Publishing (September 11, 1995) http://astore.amazon.com/samurai-20/detail/1855323958 Support this podcast: Shop Amazon.com, suport the podcast: http://amzn.to/wnDX2j Samurai Archives Bookstore: http://astore.amazon.com/samurai-20 Samurai Archives Shop (T-Shirts, etc) http://www.cafepress.com/samuraiarchives Contact Us: Twitter @SamuraiArchives https://twitter.com/#!/samuraiarchives Facebook: http://www.facebook.com/pages/Samurai-Archives/104533213984 Samurai Archives podcast blog: http://www.samuraipodcast.com Samurai Archives Forum: http://www.japanhistoryforum.com

In today's podcast, we talk with Trevor Absolon, Japanese armor expert and dealer, author, documentary producer, and owner of Japanese armor website <a href="http://Toraba.com" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Toraba.com</a>. Trevor talks about how he got into the armor business as well as what we should know about Japanese armor, some of the mythology surrounding Japanese Samurai armor, and advice for anyone interested in starting their own armor collection. Join us for this inside look into the world of Japanese armor. This episode is part one of two. Mentioned in this podcast: Toraba Japanese Samurai Armours: <a href="http://www.toraba.com" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">http://www.toraba.com</a> Toraba Bookstore: <a href="http://www.toraba.com/samurai-armour-books.asp" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">http://www.toraba.com/samurai-armour-books.asp</a> Sengoku Daimyo, Anthony J. Bryant's website: <a href="http://www.sengokudaimyo.com/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">http://www.sengokudaimyo.com/</a> Bryant, Anthony J. Sekigahara 1600: The Final Struggle for Power Osprey Publishing (September 11, 1995) <a href="http://astore.amazon.com/samurai-20/detail/1855323958" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">http://astore.amazon.com/samurai-20/detail/1855323958</a> Support this podcast: Shop <a href="http://Amazon.com" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Amazon.com</a>, suport the podcast: <a href="http://www.amazon.com/?_encoding=UTF8&amp;tag=samurai-20&amp;linkCode=ur2&amp;camp=1789&amp;creative=390957" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">http://amzn.to/wnDX2j</a> Samurai Archives Bookstore: <a href="http://astore.amazon.com/samurai-20" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">http://astore.amazon.com/samurai-20</a> Samurai Archives Shop (T-Shirts, etc) <a href="http://www.cafepress.com/samuraiarchives" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">http://www.cafepress.com/samuraiarchives</a> Contact Us: Twitter @SamuraiArchives <a href="https://twitter.com/#!/samuraiarchives" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">https://twitter.com/#!/samuraiarchives</a> Facebook: <a href="http://www.facebook.com/pages/Samurai-Archives/104533213984" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">http://www.facebook.com/pages/Samurai-Archives/104533213984</a> Samurai Archives podcast blog: <a href="http://www.samuraipodcast.com" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">http://www.samuraipodcast.com</a> Samurai Archives Forum: <a href="http://www.japanhistoryforum.com" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">http://www.japanhistoryforum.com</a>

EP43 Samurai Armor - An Interview With Trevor Absolon Part 1