crafted ascended and TP
+1 and same goes for ineffable bits
The reason is that they changed their minds between the release of ascended weapons and ascended armour. It may also be to do with the fact that ascended armour is a more long term goal.
This discrepancy has been pointed out a number of times and has never been commented on by a dev to my knowledge, so while I agree with the op I don’t like the chances of a response, much less a change.