The Armour Archive

Keegan Ingrassia

Nice! Thanks for that one, Ursula.

Keegan Ingrassia

I would say, why stop with one form? I trained in foil, epee, and sabre while I was sport fencing. Foil taught me good parries and footwork, epee taught me targeting and timing, and sabre taught me speed and aggression. When the sabreists started complaining that I hit hard...I knew I was doing thin...

Keegan Ingrassia

Rayner wrote:/what kind of soldering iron would this take? it seems like it would require a lot more power. (insert star trek reference here)

Ah, this is a hard solder technique, and not a soft solder. Hard solder melts at higher temperatures, and requires a torch, much like brazing.

Keegan Ingrassia

my idea was to take a build the different layers as the petals and leaves from a solid square up to the finished product. Im not sure what you are talking about with sweat soldering could you exlpain. Sweat soldering is used to join two flat pieces of metal together. It solders the entire surface b...

Keegan Ingrassia

what about building up multiple layers of brass. and riveting them together? I think it would be conceivable to create something like the maurice berkley Effigy and could look really nice. And if you flush riveted and sweat soldered the layers together, you likely couldn't tell the difference betwe...

Keegan Ingrassia

I'm not so sure of that, Buster. I can do some really cool repousse in sheet brass. When you start looking at people like Ugo, doing intricate shapes is child's play. Now, it would be faster to cast, certainly. But for those without a crucible and forge, I think that working up the plaques out of sh...

Keegan Ingrassia

Quite right, BA. But if you move your sword arm in front of your torso by turning to present a narrower target, it does work to effectively diminish the target zone. Mayhap that was what Nathaniel was referencing.

Keegan Ingrassia

How do you ignore someone that wants to volunteer? Don't get that one. An established group of people they're used to interacting with, who "know how we do things around here". That way, they don't have to take the time to instruct the well-meaning newcomer. It doesn't happen everywhere, ...

Keegan Ingrassia

everybody's tubby compared to Mr. Stick Boy. Don't worry. I'll go over to his house and sit on him if it'll make you feel better. LOL Blackbow you are right. I am fat and slow. I am 6'1" 185 right now. I need to lose some serious weight, and my 40 yd dash time has dropped from the 4's to proba...

Keegan Ingrassia

As I mentioned before, I have seen interested people come up at events open to the public as well as public practices and be completely rebuffed. It is not an exaggeration to say that many SCAdians have very poorly developed social skills and don't interact with strangers well. Sure If you've known...

Keegan Ingrassia

Hah! Learned from the best.

Keegan Ingrassia

Hey Canonoch, check out the pattern page on the Archive: http://www.armourarchive.org/patterns/
There's bound to be a few things in there that could help you out, for making some inexpensive yet protective armour for yourself.

Keegan Ingrassia

Exceedingly well said, sir. I like you.

Keegan Ingrassia

First off, welcome to the Archive! There's a recent thread talking about the exact issue of padding, here: http://forums.armourarchive.org/phpBB3/viewtopic.php?f=2&t=137004 If you search through the Armour - Design and Construction threads, there have been a lot of very useful threads on the top...

Keegan Ingrassia

Lord, those are pretty..!

Keegan Ingrassia

I partially disagree with you there, if they have a shield, and are aware of you, It's going to be near impossible for you to shoot him at that point. You'd be better off if you were able to switch over to a sword and buckler (Which is what I intend to carry with me) and fight them up close. Yup. N...

Keegan Ingrassia

Was wondering that myself, II. How would expanding to fit just one more century under the massive time period already covered really be the salvation of the SCA? I honestly think that doing so would not bring enough people in to balance out the diminishing numbers caused by easier hobbies and the ec...

Keegan Ingrassia

SH: what's so horrible about having CA as its own activity? Then you guys can do whatever you want to and not have to worry about whether the heavy community likes what you do or not, just like the fencing community and the A&S community. I thought the SCA already had an avenue for that...its c...

Keegan Ingrassia

There are other types of foam to use, and those who use them will likely chime in, but I just wanna advocate the period solution. Linen liner. Its cool and wicks sweat. You can stuff it with linen tow, wool, even horsehair. Several people have advocated bamboo batting, which is more breathable than ...

Keegan Ingrassia

Absolutely, Oskar, but you may not like it. The period solution (for a CdB) was to make the upper arm in one section and the elbow and lower arm in a different section, and attach them together in a pre-bent configuration of about 120 degrees (or, 60 degrees from horizontal). That way, when you bent...

Keegan Ingrassia

If the group was stagnant, though, what could they do that would've attracted you to the SCA and away from more immediate accomplishments (fencing tournaments, etc)? I'd posit that it was the stagnation that kept me from joining, and moved me towards the fencing and such. Which is the issue, isn't ...

Keegan Ingrassia

Dang! That's some harsh fighting. If it was me I'd have helped the guy that fell. Or is that not a good thing. Is there a point where someone would say it isn't safe to fight in those conditions? I mean for what we do since we aren't really trying to hurt the other guy. The way the guy on brown fel...

Keegan Ingrassia

more college focused groups. recruit 'em before their life patterns are set. This. I had a hunger for a group I could hit in college, and it was non-existant. I went to a boffer group, because it was there. When that group dissolved, I went on to join, and eventually lead, the college fencing team....

Keegan Ingrassia

Phenomenal work, Prince!

Thomas Powers wrote:Reminds me of a date I once went on...

Storytime? o.O

Keegan Ingrassia

...a good starting point...?

Keegan Ingrassia

Pretty sure you can go back and edit the title from your first post, Pat.

Keegan Ingrassia

Oooh, that's an important one!

Keegan Ingrassia

While I can understand wanting to level the fighter who has been harassing you, there is something very dirty to me in removing one's ability to yield.
All fighters on the field can yield, and that should not be changed.

Keegan Ingrassia

Sorry spearmen, you're still kind of an easy target. That's realistically the tradeoff for fighting spear, anyway. Higher offence, reduced defense. LOL so how does that figure with CA on the field they get more offense and can fight from outside any melee weapons return fire. Oh and they shoot peop...

Keegan Ingrassia

Its a typical way to blacken, and yields a good finish. Another way is to heat the piece to a black heat, and rub beeswax over the pieces. You'll have a darker finish with the motor-oil, but both work reasonably well.

Keegan Ingrassia

MalkomeKarre wrote:Sorry spearmen, you're still kind of an easy target.

That's realistically the tradeoff for fighting spear, anyway. Higher offence, reduced defense.

Keegan Ingrassia

Your Excellency, if the CA community went to T&B ammo, and to head and body targeting...

would you participate in engagements with CA? Or would you still sit them out?

Keegan Ingrassia

Ah-ha! Overlooked that; thanks!

Keegan Ingrassia

Miss Tasha, where would one go to find linen weight heavier than 7.1 oz?

Keegan Ingrassia

It certainly would. I assume you're talking linen? If you're really concerned, you could bump up to 7.1oz, but that would be unnecessary for all except the most abused of tabards and fabric-covered breastplates, IMO.

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