{"title":"DIY Components and Materials","description":"\u003cp\u003eRaw components for people who would rather build than buy. Lacquered scales (\u003cem\u003ekozane\u003c\/em\u003e) by the hundred, silk and synthetic lacing cord by the metre, chainmail sheet, brass and copper fittings, rivets, leather edging, backing fabric, and the plates that make up a cuirass before anyone has laced them together.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eTwo kinds of customer end up here. The first is restoring or modifying something — replacing a faded cord run, swapping fittings, rebuilding a section that was assembled badly. The second is building a suit from scratch, which is a genuinely large undertaking and one of the most rewarding things you can do in this field.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eBe clear-eyed about what lacing involves. A full \u003cem\u003ekebiki\u003c\/em\u003e cuirass runs to several hundred metres of cord and a great many hours, and doing it evenly is a skill that takes practice on something small first. Start with a single skirt panel.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eCord is sold by length and matched to our standard colourways, so a repair years from now will still match. If you need a specific colour matched to an existing suit, send a photograph and a sample if you can.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eOur lacing and assembly guides are free to read in the Journal, whether or not you buy the parts here.\u003c\/p\u003e","products":[],"url":"https:\/\/armourbuy.com\/collections\/diy-components-amp-materials.oembed","provider":"ARMOURBUY","version":"1.0","type":"link"}