Junior Scientists and Experimental Archaeologists
From Moondragon
In SCA rapier, a Junior Scientist is someone who uses their academic or technical knowledge to test various questions about things like armor strength or blade behavior without the benefit of an actual laboratory. Typically their experiments are done in the living room or garage, using available materials.
An experimental archaeologist is someone who attempts to re-create historical artifacts using known or hypothesized historic techniques, rather than modern tools or methods.
Here are reports on some of their work:
Destroying Masks By Don Fergus MacRae, and a team of Junior Scientists from the East Kingdom.
Testing lighter armor Is it possible to reduce the number of fabric layers in SCA rapier armor and still maintain safety?
A Treatise Concerning Leg Wounds By Don Aubrey de Baudricort
Combat Anatomy or "If that was a real sword, what would it do to you?"
Schlager Penetration Tests By Don Robin of Gilwell
The Touch-kill Question Why "If you feel it, call it." isn't necessarily correct.
East Kingdom Armor Punch Tests by Don Dylan ap Maelgwn and Don Thomas de Castellan
Smashing PVC Testing the durability of PVC pipe as an SCA rapier scabbard used for parrying, under various conditions.
