Chain collar with name plate
In Japan, male Japanese Akitas over a certain age (I think Soken class and up) are required to wear a chain along with the show collar. In LA Branch AKIHO, all adult class dogs are required to have a chain as backup. The chain worn in Japan is distinctive in that it has different type of links and an engraveable name plate.
There are lots of resources on this forum for buying or making the rolled leather collar and silk braided leash with tassel for showing Nihon Ken... but I haven't seen anything about the chain that goes with it. I asked a breeder in Japan while I was there, and he said to go to the Adachiya store for it, but they had no chains of any sort. The breeder of @jellyfish's Toki has one of these chains with a manufacturer mark from Tokyo on it, but couldn't remember where he got it from. I am hoping that @jellyfish will be able to get some good pictures of it for me, because its difficult to see the chain while its on a dog.
Anyway, here are some photos of dogs wearing these chains. They come in silver and gold, but I don't have any photographs of the silver version (Toki's breeder has the silver chain). Any help finding these for sale would be greatly appreciated. I wish for my chains to be as authentic as possible; I have been able to find similar chains in chrome from a European website, but its not the "real deal" as it were.
There are lots of resources on this forum for buying or making the rolled leather collar and silk braided leash with tassel for showing Nihon Ken... but I haven't seen anything about the chain that goes with it. I asked a breeder in Japan while I was there, and he said to go to the Adachiya store for it, but they had no chains of any sort. The breeder of @jellyfish's Toki has one of these chains with a manufacturer mark from Tokyo on it, but couldn't remember where he got it from. I am hoping that @jellyfish will be able to get some good pictures of it for me, because its difficult to see the chain while its on a dog.
Anyway, here are some photos of dogs wearing these chains. They come in silver and gold, but I don't have any photographs of the silver version (Toki's breeder has the silver chain). Any help finding these for sale would be greatly appreciated. I wish for my chains to be as authentic as possible; I have been able to find similar chains in chrome from a European website, but its not the "real deal" as it were.
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http://www.fordogtrainersjapan.com/index.php?main_page=product_info&cPath=1&products_id=108
I'm thinking you might have to have someone in Japan look for you.
I agree, you gotta go 100% authentic. The look-alike one is cheapy looking.
Saigo is the spitting image of Manjin Go, especially in the last photo.
Anyway, good luck with finding what you're looking for, too!
http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B003Y0D7MQ/ref=oh_details_o02_s00_i00?ie=UTF8&psc=1
This collar is designed for ID only and cannot be used with a leash. It is super lightweight, and vanishes under the fur causing no breakage or matting. I really like them. I put a full collar or slip lead on the dogs when I need to walk them, and don't have to worry about them not having ID should they get out of the house any other time.
Sigh. He's hard to fit for an ID collar.
Couldn't find it in gold.
EDIT: Here's another one I found (also not gold):
http://item.rakuten.co.jp/ks-tech/112700642/
Running it through google translate, it seems like the second website will do the engraving as part of the purchase. That's great! Especially since I want it engraved with kanji, and I'm not sure local business could handle it (at a reasonable price). I am not sure how to use their form and if they ship to US, however. Halp.
EDIT x2: Oh, hey, I found the English page:
http://global.rakuten.com/en/store/ks-tech/item/112700642/
And here's another one, although not quite the same (but it does have gold):
http://global.rakuten.com/en/store/e-angel/item/10001547/
They will engrave for you, and it looks like you could order through the English site. That last link to the gold chain looks like they don't have Akita sizes though.