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NewEnglands_KyoSa
Pre-Black Belt
Joined: 14 Jan 2008
Posts: 907
Location: New England
Styles: Moo Duk Kwan Tang Soo Do , Chinese Kempo
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What are you refering to as embroidered? I went thru this in December. My son got his Black Belt then and I wanted to get him a belt with his name on it. Looking around, I found places that embroidered the name all the way thru the belt. You had a reverse image on the back side. I was told this was a "poor job" of embroidery. I found Shureido that actually splits the belt and does the embroidery on one side of the belt, then sews the belt back together. Only problem is that they only do their own Shureido belts. Cost around $60 for the belt and embroidery. But it looks great.
Another thing. Shureido only embroidered in Japanese. I would have preferred Chinese, but I never found anyone that could embroider Chinese. I did ask a local sewing place about embroidery and showed her the belt I had. They couldn't do anything like that. |
i know how you feel. it's frusterating, i love the belt i have now, despite its frayed white and gray colour i want to keep it and wear it as my belt literally forever. but when i get my masters i have to wear that belt with a red stripe all the way around through the middle, i was thiniking the other day if anyone could un-embroider my current belt, instill a red stripe and re-embroider it. i know its alot and i doubt anyone in embroidery world do that, but thats how much my belt means to me. i wish this whole embroidery stuff was easier.
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NidaninNJ
Orange Belt
Joined: 21 Dec 2005
Posts: 134
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| I've never seen a good embroidery job done in the US. They all look really ugly, cheap or show through the back. Shureido and Hirota do good embroidery - maybe as good as Tokaido now. But Tokaido was the first and almost all my black belts have been Tokaidos. I've got some Chinese friends who have ordered their names and they said Tokaido did a good job on those. They can also mix and match English and Japanese. I even heard they can do more than one color on the same belt! I want to try that next time I get a new belt. |
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unknownstyle
Green Belt
Joined: 29 Aug 2005
Posts: 383
Location: Texas
Styles: Matsumura Seito Shorin Ryu along with Shorinji Ryu
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| Posted: Sun Jun 08, 2008 9:05 pm Post subject: |
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kataaro and shuriedo one is american the other is okinawan
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IcemanSK
Purple Belt
Joined: 12 Oct 2005
Posts: 504
Location: Los Angeles, CA
Styles: Tae Kwon Do Chung Do Kwan
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| Posted: Mon Jun 09, 2008 10:44 pm Post subject: |
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| NidaninNJ wrote: |
| I've never seen a good embroidery job done in the US. They all look really ugly, cheap or show through the back. Shureido and Hirota do good embroidery - maybe as good as Tokaido now. But Tokaido was the first and almost all my black belts have been Tokaidos. I've got some Chinese friends who have ordered their names and they said Tokaido did a good job on those. They can also mix and match English and Japanese. I even heard they can do more than one color on the same belt! I want to try that next time I get a new belt. |
Eosinpanther are as good as any belt from Japan & made here in the USA. They too are expensive. But still less expensive than Tokaido the last time I looked.
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on the post.
