Patrick, that just means you can write the book on japanese doubles and become the expert. Start with a couple "look what I found and what I found out about it" articles for DGJ, sign a book a deal, and suddenly you will have double gun fame. It's all wine and roses from there, just ask Larry Brown.
Ha! Good one, ghostdog. I've had people suggest--since I speak French and know a bit about shotguns--that I should do a book on French doubles. My response was that I'd have to go to France and do significant research, which I would be willing to undertake if I could find a few "sponsors". They would be repaid based on the profits from the book. Patrick has an advantage since he's already "boots on the ground" in Japan. But he's found out the same thing a lot of people learn fairly quickly, when it comes to foreign doubles: not only is a decent knowledge of the language important, but you also need to know "gun Japanese".
I probably should add that I never found any sponsors.
Last edited by L. Brown; 04/12/12 07:08 AM.
