07-02-2007, 06:34 PM
I never claimed we made segs that fit guys with small necks only that they came closer.
"20% reduction??? Are you kidding me? ".
A reduction of the size of the originals from corrosion. It was pure and obvious speculation and in my post I discounted it as unworkable.
"The back is irrelevant. Just look at the front"
I disagree.. the back is very relevant to form and fit
"They also work better if you make them out of stainless steel and mount them to heavy nylon web gear. "
No, they do not. I know that for a fact. I made some SCA guys years ago. They performed atrociously!
"Wait, didn’t you once suggest using stainless? "
No. I asked if stainless could be made to look like mild CR steel then why not use it Some folks use modern plywood to make shields look like scutums. Why not?
When I post pics I'll take them with a scale. But as I said it'll be closer.
And like I said I agree that as drawn and then as replicated the assembled sections must be crossed in order to fit.
Bend tweak an shape plates and the fit is better.
"You have the experience of making 150+ segmentatas."
Yes, I do
" I suspect the Romans had a few years more experience and made a few thousand more than you have."
...tens of thousands more, but we only have a tiny few seg pieces to view.
"Apparently the Romans felt that plates with these shapes worked fine."
We do not know that. Maybe they were in box because they didn't work?
"But hey what do the Romans know about segmentata?"
More than me
"They don’t have your wealth of experience in the SCA."
That's true. But my experiences and that of the members of Legio IX Hispana with segs is only in part from use in SCA simulated combat. We've done a great deal more since those days, a great deal more.
"20% reduction??? Are you kidding me? ".
A reduction of the size of the originals from corrosion. It was pure and obvious speculation and in my post I discounted it as unworkable.
"The back is irrelevant. Just look at the front"
I disagree.. the back is very relevant to form and fit
"They also work better if you make them out of stainless steel and mount them to heavy nylon web gear. "
No, they do not. I know that for a fact. I made some SCA guys years ago. They performed atrociously!
"Wait, didn’t you once suggest using stainless? "
No. I asked if stainless could be made to look like mild CR steel then why not use it Some folks use modern plywood to make shields look like scutums. Why not?
When I post pics I'll take them with a scale. But as I said it'll be closer.
And like I said I agree that as drawn and then as replicated the assembled sections must be crossed in order to fit.
Bend tweak an shape plates and the fit is better.
"You have the experience of making 150+ segmentatas."
Yes, I do
" I suspect the Romans had a few years more experience and made a few thousand more than you have."
...tens of thousands more, but we only have a tiny few seg pieces to view.
"Apparently the Romans felt that plates with these shapes worked fine."
We do not know that. Maybe they were in box because they didn't work?
"But hey what do the Romans know about segmentata?"
More than me
"They don’t have your wealth of experience in the SCA."
That's true. But my experiences and that of the members of Legio IX Hispana with segs is only in part from use in SCA simulated combat. We've done a great deal more since those days, a great deal more.
Hibernicus
LEGIO IX HISPANA, USA
You cannot dig ditches in a toga!
[url:194jujcw]http://www.legio-ix-hispana.org[/url]
A nationwide club with chapters across N America
LEGIO IX HISPANA, USA
You cannot dig ditches in a toga!
[url:194jujcw]http://www.legio-ix-hispana.org[/url]
A nationwide club with chapters across N America
