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    15th June 2013, 06:31 AM
    Halcyon replied to a thread Soften Kote Palms? in Bogu
    Give us a full report back once you've tried it.
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    14th June 2013, 01:14 PM
    Halcyon replied to a thread Soften Kote Palms? in Bogu
    30 min.
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    14th June 2013, 05:29 AM
    Halcyon replied to a thread Soften Kote Palms? in Bogu
    If you go to the neighborhood laundromat, there's basically gonna be only one cycle -- about 30 minutes. As they used to say in that infomercial, set...
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    14th June 2013, 04:03 AM
    Halcyon replied to a thread Soften Kote Palms? in Bogu
    Nah. Go to the neighborhood laundromat. They should have front-loading machines.
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    13th June 2013, 12:38 PM
    Halcyon replied to a thread Soften Kote Palms? in Bogu
    Putting your kote out in the sun when it's dry is different than drying it out in the sun. The former is good. The latter is not.
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    13th June 2013, 12:37 PM
    Halcyon replied to a thread Soften Kote Palms? in Bogu
    About a teaspoon should do nicely.
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    13th June 2013, 02:50 AM
    Halcyon replied to a thread Soften Kote Palms? in Bogu
    Go for it, most definitely if you have a set that you're willing to experiment with. The key is to use a front-loading washing machine. A...
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    13th June 2013, 02:38 AM
    chidokan replied to a thread Koryu origins of seitei iai in Iaido
    I got 'try more forward, down, and backward'.... errrmmm... righto... and relax more at the end of the cut. ho hum...
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    12th June 2013, 09:04 PM
    Halcyon replied to a thread Soften Kote Palms? in Bogu
    I wash my kote in a front-loading washing machine every now and then -- maybe once a year (FYI, I rotate between a couple of different pairs of...
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    Halcyon replied to a thread Bamboo Dō-dai in Bogu
    A bamboo dodai is definitely better at absorbing impacts, which can be a godsend when you're doing a long round of kihon that involves a lot of dou...
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