Robert Soanes perhaps was not your typical British teenager. But he never considered himself to be a warrior, either.But while most of his friends were following traditional pursuits, Soanes's childhood love of East Asia was flourishing, with a passion for martial arts, samurai swords and armor.His obsessions grew and he even built a forge in his parents' back garden in order to study the making of Japanese samurai swords and fittings.Now that teenage enthusiasm has developed into a full-fledged business as Soanes is one of only a handful of western restorers of Japanese warrior armor.Visit…READ FULL ARTICLE
