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**Ephejvll** · 10-19-2005, 08:00 AM

I know some people aren't gonna like this - but I am one of those folks who uses a white gi because I find the thick smell of indigo a tad.... icky. I also like to be able to wash with detergent and bleach (once in a while) in hot water after practice. I buy my gi one size too big to compensate for shrinking.
My Hakama is tetron, and I wash it in a machine with no problems once or twice a month. It is getting a bit of wear - but I expect that after 3 years. I loved Neil's comments about dry cleaning! When living in Japan, I regularly had my hakama dry cleaned. It was only 200 yen, and it came back all pressed and folded PERFECTLY - it was like getting a new hakama every 2 weeks for $1.50! When I moved back to Hawaii, I took the hakama to the local dry cleaner (who assured me they knew what to do with it) and the pleats were DESTROYED. Live and learn!
I am looking into new hakama, and that tetron pair with stitched pleats is looking real good on e-bogu. Anyone out there own a pair?

10-19-2005, 08:00 AM	#2
Ephejvll Join Date Oct 2005 Posts 472 Senior Member	I know some people aren't gonna like this - but I am one of those folks who uses a white gi because I find the thick smell of indigo a tad.... icky. I also like to be able to wash with detergent and bleach (once in a while) in hot water after practice. I buy my gi one size too big to compensate for shrinking. My Hakama is tetron, and I wash it in a machine with no problems once or twice a month. It is getting a bit of wear - but I expect that after 3 years. I loved Neil's comments about dry cleaning! When living in Japan, I regularly had my hakama dry cleaned. It was only 200 yen, and it came back all pressed and folded PERFECTLY - it was like getting a new hakama every 2 weeks for $1.50! When I moved back to Hawaii, I took the hakama to the local dry cleaner (who assured me they knew what to do with it) and the pleats were DESTROYED. Live and learn! I am looking into new hakama, and that tetron pair with stitched pleats is looking real good on e-bogu. Anyone out there own a pair?
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