Hi everyone,
Just curious as to what's happening over at KAQ. Can't seem to access the website and messages to Black Bishop haven't been responded to.
Did I miss a major announcement?
Hi everyone,
Just curious as to what's happening over at KAQ. Can't seem to access the website and messages to Black Bishop haven't been responded to.
Did I miss a major announcement?
Good question. BB dropped off and went MIA sometime this summer.
Is that too much to ask? Girls with frikkin' lasers on their heads?
The hanger formly known as "hammock engineer".
I got an e-mail from him a month or 2 back, saying he was not doing any production right now, but he would let me know when he fired back up.
You can't even kick your won a$$ over there, did he shut the whole thing down?
I spoke to Bishop about 3 weeks ago when he mailed me a tarp. He's still around and lurking, but I don't think he's done any quilt production for a few months now.
The KAQ website does still seem to be accessible for me. I think that it's still hosted by the previous owner, rather than Bishop, though.
Last edited by angrysparrow; 01-28-2008 at 21:11.
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Thank you all for the responses.
That link works for me. Wonder why it didn't for more than a week. If Keith can't do it that's fine. I have been back and forth on whether I should tackle one myself or just get him to make me one. I guess I'll have to take a deep breath and give it a shot.
Thanks again for your assistance.
Thomas
I think Patrick hosts the KAQ site himself, and sometimes it is down 'cause he's working on it.
Well just like I've been waffling about whether to make one or whether to have someone make it for me, I've been debating with myself whether to make it a synthetic or down UQ.
I've been coming down on the side of down (heehee). It's lighter and more compressible, and I already have a bunch of it. The fear I'd always had about it having no insulative value when wet is to my mind a bit of a red herring. I don't see much chance of it getting wet as long as sensible precautions are taken.
Now the question is, can the KAQ design be readily adapted to a down fill rather than a synthetic fill? Is there anything different I'd have to do in order to fill it with down?
I've done a lot of sewing, but more pouches and the like out of Cordura. Never anything large like this.
Now maybe someone would be kind enough to answer another question for me. I have 30 yards of 1.9 oz Marpat and 20 yards of 1.1 oz Marpat. I want to tackle a catenary tarp, a quilt and an underquilt. Would it be doable to use 1.9 for the part of the underquilt that faces out? I realize it'll add some more weight, but I like the idea of it offering some more protection from the wind and possibly even from damp. Not to mention that I have a lot more of the 1.9 oz.
I've been trying to get onto the site for a couple of days now, but it just keeps timing out. Maybe Patrick is having some server problems.
I'm pretty sure I've got a PDF version of the instructions on my computer at home Exploriment. If you want me to email it to you tomorrow I'd be happy to do so.
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