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Old 09-19-2010, 10:44 PM   #68
Janet Rosen
 
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Re: Looking for first hakama - help, please!

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Craig Hocker wrote: View Post
Update, Peter (budogu.com) showed up at our Iaido camp and I bought a really nice white 100% cotton hakama from him in person. Really like it. himo still too short, got to take on Janet's suggestion soon.
Craig, since you don't sew, you may just want to check your local dry cleaners to see if, as in NY and Calif, there is somebody sitting in the window or in the back w/ an old industrial sewing machine to do repairs for customers. You'd have to buy your own fabric - a midweight cotton to match the hak fabric - cut each piece as long as you need + 2" X 4 times the finished width and let her/him know that you want it folded lengthwise in 4ths X your finished length.

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