The Armour Archive

Keegan Ingrassia

I don't have a stash of monks in my basement who work away with hand cut quills on handmade parchments by candlelight...If a mod feels like it needs to be moved I have no issues with that, but thought this was the best fit. Sorry if you feel different. Thanks though for the alt-text code tag, that ...

Keegan Ingrassia

For a second I thought I was on the wrong tab, and had opened up Graphic Design Forums by accident... I'll let some of the knowledgable historians weigh in on the accurate fonts, but make sure when using images of text for headings and such that you have Alt-text in the code. That way, if someone ha...

Keegan Ingrassia

Liver of sulfur.
http://store.metalliferous.com/prodinfo ... r=45%2E688

It patinates to a deep gold. If you leave it in longer, it continues to darken. To bring out the high spots, shine up the raised areas with a green scrubbie, then carefully buff and polish.

Keegan Ingrassia

I've been studying SCA rapier since approx 1980-82 here in TX (Ansteorra) and have been working on period styles for the last 8 years or so. I am an Ansteorran WS (Don Conor Drummond)...I teach a class called 'Introduction to Italian Rapier'... Don Drummond, Were you perhaps teaching your class thi...

Keegan Ingrassia

If you can get past the gay as hell layout (just friggin show me the shorts... no models neccessary) m has a lot of different jockstrap/compression shorts options. Woah! I'm an open-minded guy, but some things on those pages just can't be unseen. Somebody in marketing needs to re-evaluate. Gah! I'v...

Keegan Ingrassia

I've been studying SCA rapier since approx 1980-82 here in TX (Ansteorra) and have been working on period styles for the last 8 years or so. I am an Ansteorran WS (Don Conor Drummond)...I teach a class called 'Introduction to Italian Rapier'... Don Drummond, Were you perhaps teaching your class thi...

Keegan Ingrassia

I only add a single layer of batting in my aketon, just around my hips. But that's because I'm a wiry fellow, and bone bruises aren't much fun.

Keegan Ingrassia

6-in-1 weave...no wonder its dense!

Keegan Ingrassia

Len Parker wrote:Here's the Chartres one http://swordmaster.org/uploads/2011/charles_vi/sap01_73p01031_p.jpg It's hard to tell but it looks like it's not meant to overlap, or maybe that's just the way it's displayed.

Well, its underlapping on the backside...

Keegan Ingrassia

Buster, that's actually an issue of incorrectly displaying the arms. If you'll look at the rolls on the inside of the vambrace, you'll see that they end about an inch from the edge. That is so they can underlap the outside plate of the vambrace.

Keegan Ingrassia

I'm more intrigued by the fact that it buckles shut around the hilt. That's pretty cool. No need for a lanyard, either.

Keegan Ingrassia

Yeah, but you have to have that knot on one side, Sha-ul. Can't use spandex.

Keegan Ingrassia

Thanks for the help, sir. I'll be sure and alter the templates, along with some notes as to why. I see what you mean, as to the line along the web of the thumb. I'll mark a more conservative line there, and wait to begin cutting until after I get the thumbs roughed in. As a general-purpose pair of g...

Keegan Ingrassia

Thank you very much for the help, sirs. As long as I'm taking the time, I should make sure they're right. After studying your examples, Mac, and going back and looking over my sketches, I marked up some new edges on the pair. Let me know what you think? m http://farm6.static.flickr.com/5236/58820321...

Keegan Ingrassia

Riveted mail is like gold-plated crack around here.

Keegan Ingrassia

Curse my fat, 61cm head!

Such pretty klapps, too.

Keegan Ingrassia

Thanks for the insight, M-Matt. The drawings are a bit off, in terms of where the thumb splays out. I actually worked up those drawings from a tracing of my hand, where my hand was flat. The gaunts have the thumb tucked under further, which fits my hand better when grasping a haft. The end of the fi...

Keegan Ingrassia

Don't forget to post pics of your new toys, when you get them on handles!

Keegan Ingrassia

KI, You may want to use brass wire, rather than headed rivets, to hold the brass work in place. It's the authentic thing to do. I posted on this topic a while ago http://forums.armourarchive.org/phpBB3/viewtopic.php?f=1&t=94776&p=1321110 Mac I was afraid that would be mentioned. I've done i...

Keegan Ingrassia

Thanks mates! I tried a different approach to the second cuff, by altering my pattern. It drastically reduced the amount of time I spent. Last night's cuff took 6 hours. This cuff? 2.5 hours. Get your patterns right, kids! It makes a huge difference in time saved. http://farm6.static.flickr.com/5224...

Keegan Ingrassia

Another short update tonight, before crawling into bed. Gotta stop these 5am nights... So, another lesson learned. Absolutely get your paper patterns right -before- moving to metal! I did not do this. I got it close, then kinda squished it together, shrugged, and said 'close enough'. .....that 'clos...

Keegan Ingrassia

Just a small progress update tonight, gents. Here, I've finished planishing and fine-tuning the main bodies, and have done an initial sanding. Thank you for the suggestion for that, Mac; it would have been a bear trying to get into those grooves with the cuffs in place. Thankfully no low spots, so I...

Keegan Ingrassia

I'm...actually okay with most of that.

This is a nice change!

Keegan Ingrassia

KI, Those are coming along nicely. Let me advise you to do the rough grinding of the grooves before you weld the cuffs on. It will go easier that way. Mac Thank you, and yessir, I'd come to that conclusion as well. I've been filing the grooves and knuckles this afternoon to sharpen and tweak the sh...

Keegan Ingrassia

Thank you kindly, Hal! I'm quite happy with their progression so far. The stakes are overall 1018 stock. One, because its what I had on hand, but also because it allows me to tweak the shape of the stakes easily as I figure out what I need. For instance, I'd like to regrind the face of that fluting ...

Keegan Ingrassia

That was an excellently made video!

And man, that Earl Giles was a furious fighter!

Excellent accent Sir Robert.

Keegan Ingrassia

Samuel wrote:Id say the skill is about the same. vastly different skillsets though..

take a look at some welds done by people who havent had the time or practice to learn welding well..

+1! Scary...

Keegan Ingrassia

Nice.

What's the smaller slot for?

Keegan Ingrassia

Adric13 wrote:its just weird seeing my real life name being used as someones play name...

sorry for the side track - back to business...

I keep getting thrown by a similar situation...my cousin's newborn's name is Keegan.

Yeah...not gonna get used to that.

Keegan Ingrassia

don wrote:
losthelm wrote:They work well for stakes but are crap for hammers.

Is there an interesting story to go along with this? IIRC one of the other archive members was using a dumbell or a ball stake connected to a bungee cord for a dishing hammer.

Bowling ball.

Keegan Ingrassia

That pickaxe at 0:37...

Keegan Ingrassia

http://farm6.static.flickr.com/5062/5867834525_447014c0ca_z.jpg Finished up the mate to the first today. I would have had it up yesterday, but I spent the day herding cattle, and had some fun with heat exhaustion later that evening, so I was only in the shop for about 30 minutes. At any rate, the s...

Keegan Ingrassia

You building a 14th century kit, Glaukos?

Keegan Ingrassia

Mike England wrote:...why not use bikes and quads.

Paging Rod, to the white courtesy phone, please...

Keegan Ingrassia

In 14th century spaulders, the lames usually end just below where the armpit starts. The entire thing is just long enough to cover the shoulder, then join to the rerebrace. (Usually 2 or 3 narrow lames.) http://effigiesandbrasses.com/monuments/thomas_beauchamp_11th/image/26/large/ Also, the rerebra...

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