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Re: review of gambeson from Viking Leather
« Reply #15 on: 2011-01-05, 01:35:46 »
Yes that is a very accurate comparison!  :)
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Re: review of gambeson from Viking Leather
« Reply #16 on: 2011-01-05, 03:54:24 »
Having never laid my hands on one, I'm not certain, but I think they're based off the same material as judo uniforms are. They look similar to my untrained eye.

The Revival Clothing ones are not. They're a single layer heavy cotton canvas or cotton duck.

Unless if you're thinking of the Jess Finley ones, which are made of monk's cloth, and that is very similar to a Judo gi (though a little lighter):
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Re: review of gambeson from Viking Leather
« Reply #17 on: 2011-01-05, 08:21:13 »
Wow they must have really changed the way they make a gi from when I took karate as a youth, mine felt as thick and uncomfortable as a canvas tent!  :D
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Re: review of gambeson from Viking Leather
« Reply #18 on: 2011-01-05, 12:33:20 »
Wow they must have really changed the way they make a gi from when I took karate as a youth, mine felt as thick and uncomfortable as a canvas tent!  :D

thats cause you had to practice judo and still worry about dinosaur attacks on your way home ;) hehehe oooooooooooooooooo jkjk

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Re: review of gambeson from Viking Leather
« Reply #19 on: 2011-01-05, 14:09:53 »
ROFLMAO!  ;D
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Re: review of gambeson from Viking Leather
« Reply #20 on: 2011-01-05, 15:30:00 »
Dino attacks...lol

I'm just waiting for one of my kids to come with that one for me.
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Re: review of gambeson from Viking Leather
« Reply #21 on: 2011-01-05, 16:56:12 »
Wow they must have really changed the way they make a gi from when I took karate as a youth, mine felt as thick and uncomfortable as a canvas tent!  :D

A karate gi and judo gi have very different weaves. In judo, the gi is grasped and pulled much more regularly, so it is made with a denser weave, making it thicker and heavier. A typical karate gi is a little more like canvas.
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