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by Vitus von Atzinger
Wed May 08, 2002 7:15 pm
Forum: Historical Research
Topic: modern tights-acceptable substitute for period hosen?
Replies: 43
Views: 37

I am given endless crap about my wearing chauses and braies by my oldest and closest SCA friends. They like the fact that I look accurate, but cannot resist a chance to bust my balls. Yikes.
-V
by Vitus von Atzinger
Wed May 01, 2002 8:40 am
Forum: Armour - Design and Construction
Topic: Good ole boy syndrome
Replies: 43
Views: 93

Think about it this way: heat-treated spring steel armour weighs about the same as Kydex. Is Spring Steel gear "sport" armour?
Everyone asks that blatantly modern materials be covered or hidden- to not comply with this concept is a breach of courtesy.
-Vitus
by Vitus von Atzinger
Mon Apr 29, 2002 7:10 am
Forum: Armour - Design and Construction
Topic: Good ole boy syndrome
Replies: 43
Views: 93

You guys are just being mean- this person could be lurking here all the time.
I think that the only thing that we should be offended by is that there is a region where fighters hit each other in the hands on purpose- THAT is horror.
-Vitus
by Vitus von Atzinger
Mon Apr 29, 2002 7:03 am
Forum: Medieval Combat and Weapons
Topic: Blackstone Raid...
Replies: 19
Views: 8

Aethelmarc is a wonderful Kingdom. The people are nice, the calibration is reasonable, the force-levels are reasonable. It's great to see an SCA kingdom that is sticking to it's roots, and refusing to drift into the "new game". I saw some pretty gear out there, too. Great fun, with a no-drama attitu...
by Vitus von Atzinger
Mon Apr 29, 2002 6:55 am
Forum: Medieval Combat and Weapons
Topic: Submission crowns?
Replies: 21
Views: 7

Thanks, big D. I missed you at Blackstone Raids. Image
-Vitus
by Vitus von Atzinger
Sun Apr 28, 2002 9:38 pm
Forum: Medieval Combat and Weapons
Topic: Blackstone Raid...
Replies: 19
Views: 8

Well Shameless, did you have fun? Hope so.
-Vitus
by Vitus von Atzinger
Sun Apr 28, 2002 9:35 pm
Forum: Medieval Combat and Weapons
Topic: Submission crowns?
Replies: 21
Views: 7

Fluff? You gotta be kidding. :P
-V
by Vitus von Atzinger
Thu Apr 25, 2002 12:44 pm
Forum: Classifieds / Want Ads
Topic: Taking a few bascinet commissions
Replies: 34
Views: 19

Do not miss this opportunity, people. Cad's work is outrageously beautiful, mysteriously hard and dent-resistant, and with a bit of car wax has proven invunerable to rust.
Take advantage- the turn-around times are short and there is no flakey bullshit to deal with.
-Vitus
by Vitus von Atzinger
Wed Apr 24, 2002 10:27 am
Forum: Medieval Combat and Weapons
Topic: What should I expect
Replies: 34
Views: 20

When you first encounter a group of fighters that make up a regular local practice, you have to remember that many of these guys never fight outside of that regular weekly practice. There are often long-standing rivalries and it's often emotionally inbred. They seem standoffish because a new fighter...
by Vitus von Atzinger
Tue Apr 23, 2002 3:23 pm
Forum: Classifieds / Want Ads
Topic: Need a white belt?? I have 40 of them....
Replies: 19
Views: 6

Please e-mail me with all relevant information.
Vitus@aye.net
by Vitus von Atzinger
Mon Apr 22, 2002 2:55 pm
Forum: Medieval Combat and Weapons
Topic: Is SyrRhys WRONG?
Replies: 103
Views: 120

Chicks dig greaves. It's true.
by Vitus von Atzinger
Fri Apr 19, 2002 2:38 pm
Forum: Medieval Combat and Weapons
Topic: Question on use of shield
Replies: 19
Views: 16

Block with shield, strike with sword- it has worked for thousands of big monsters like you.
-V
by Vitus von Atzinger
Sun Apr 14, 2002 8:02 pm
Forum: Armour - Design and Construction
Topic: Cad's Shop Pics
Replies: 13
Views: 11

God bless you, Chuck D.
-V
by Vitus von Atzinger
Fri Apr 12, 2002 11:20 am
Forum: Armour - Design and Construction
Topic: Very Depressing.
Replies: 10
Views: 18

You are right. I hate you.
-V
by Vitus von Atzinger
Fri Apr 12, 2002 10:38 am
Forum: Armour - Design and Construction
Topic: Very Depressing.
Replies: 10
Views: 18

Very Depressing.

Last night I was helping a good friend put together his new leg-harness "system", and while we were roughshodding this BS together, I realized that I HATE armouring!! I despise it!! Everything we try to do to get things to work is so wrong, wrong, wrong. I wish I didn't know any better. Arming cloth...
by Vitus von Atzinger
Fri Apr 12, 2002 10:28 am
Forum: Medieval Combat and Weapons
Topic: Anyone going to the Rivenstar event this Saturday??
Replies: 9
Views: 8

You should ALL be at the Coronation of Valharic, The Invincible Dragon! The very soul of Midrealm Honor! He is a fountain to his people.
-Vitus
by Vitus von Atzinger
Thu Apr 11, 2002 4:54 pm
Forum: Medieval Combat and Weapons
Topic: "Secrets ... German Swordsmaship" and SCA
Replies: 10
Views: 12

Some of the techniques are pretty common in SCA lists. Hard against soft. Winding. Downward overhand thrusts.
-V
by Vitus von Atzinger
Wed Apr 10, 2002 9:04 am
Forum: Medieval Combat and Weapons
Topic: Pas Theme
Replies: 44
Views: 18

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by Vitus von Atzinger
Mon Apr 08, 2002 4:06 pm
Forum: Armour - Design and Construction
Topic: Baking Spring Steel Armour
Replies: 2
Views: 9

Baking Spring Steel Armour

Who has the equipment to harden any spring steel pieces that I may be able to make/aquire?
-Vitus
by Vitus von Atzinger
Mon Apr 08, 2002 11:15 am
Forum: Medieval Combat and Weapons
Topic: St Olaf tourney (x -post)
Replies: 9
Views: 8

Brennus is an awesome guy- the only thing you would have to suffer would be his Greatsword upside your head.
-V
by Vitus von Atzinger
Sun Apr 07, 2002 8:04 pm
Forum: Medieval Combat and Weapons
Topic: Honour
Replies: 22
Views: 8

Choosing to not reveal everything you think is NOT the same as lying.
-Sir Brion Thornbird
by Vitus von Atzinger
Thu Apr 04, 2002 1:35 pm
Forum: Medieval Combat and Weapons
Topic: Is SyrRhys WRONG?
Replies: 103
Views: 120

I agree. Jeff, you are coming off as such a ninny here- and you are such a nice guy. What the hell is wrong with you lately? I guess I will go over your head and sic Patty on you. http://www.armourarchive.org/ubb/smile.gif -Vitus [This message has been edited by Vitus (edited 04-04-2002).]
by Vitus von Atzinger
Wed Apr 03, 2002 8:28 pm
Forum: Medieval Combat and Weapons
Topic: Honour
Replies: 22
Views: 8

Medieval Knights considered Honour as a catch-all-phrase that described both their self-image and their reputation in the eyes of other "men of worth".
I have to admit, this is how I see it.
-V
by Vitus von Atzinger
Tue Apr 02, 2002 6:04 pm
Forum: Classifieds / Want Ads
Topic: I needs a coat of plates and i don't wanna wait!
Replies: 9
Views: 7

Mandrakearmoury!!!
by Vitus von Atzinger
Mon Apr 01, 2002 3:22 pm
Forum: Armour - Design and Construction
Topic: So called experts,or blowing hot air
Replies: 49
Views: 55

I doubt if Claude Blair has made much armour. You can be an absolute authority on what makes a piece of reproduction armour accurate/inaccurate in shape and function without ever having touched a hammer in your entire life. Sorry.
-V
by Vitus von Atzinger
Mon Apr 01, 2002 1:49 pm
Forum: Armour - Design and Construction
Topic: Updates at the Armoury - pics galore
Replies: 11
Views: 8

Clay, I just have to say it.
Your sister is adorable.
:P
-Vitus
by Vitus von Atzinger
Mon Apr 01, 2002 11:40 am
Forum: Medieval Combat and Weapons
Topic: ok...why do some folks dislike Wars and siege engines, etc..
Replies: 81
Views: 34

I have come to one inescapable conclusion- NO MATTER HOW MUCH WE BICKER ABOUT THIS STUFF, PEOPLE ARE GOING TO FOLLOW/IMITATE/RE-CREATE WHATEVER CAPTURES THEIR IMAGINATION AND PASSION. IF YOU WANT TO INSPIRE PEOPLE TO CHANGE, YOU HAVE TO DO SOMETHING- MOST OF WHAT WE WRITE HERE WILL NOT CHANGE ANYONE...
by Vitus von Atzinger
Sun Mar 31, 2002 4:58 pm
Forum: Medieval Combat and Weapons
Topic: ok...why do some folks dislike Wars and siege engines, etc..
Replies: 81
Views: 34

Since what we do could be easily tweaked to more closely resemble actual medieval Deeds of Arms on foot, then why shouldn't we try to get as close to that real, medieval place as possible? In the interests of safety, we all agree that a "tournament" is what we can most closely re-create. There were ...
by Vitus von Atzinger
Sat Mar 30, 2002 10:21 am
Forum: Medieval Combat and Weapons
Topic: Pas Theme
Replies: 44
Views: 18

Whenever I have sponsored barrier combats, they were proposed to simulate the type of fighting done over siege barriers.
-V
by Vitus von Atzinger
Wed Mar 27, 2002 5:22 pm
Forum: Medieval Combat and Weapons
Topic: Who will be going to or be in the Pennsic Pas??
Replies: 15
Views: 7

I would like to see St. George host one this year. Give Rhys and Manfred a break.
-V
by Vitus von Atzinger
Fri Mar 22, 2002 2:14 pm
Forum: Armour - Design and Construction
Topic: Check this site out...
Replies: 17
Views: 9

It is obviously not full power, but you have to love these guys. So inspirational. Very, very cool.
-V
by Vitus von Atzinger
Thu Mar 21, 2002 8:52 pm
Forum: Medieval Combat and Weapons
Topic: documentation of armour being defeated by arrows.
Replies: 122
Views: 77

Sometimes your armour saved you from injury, sometimes it didn't. Why do we keep searching for these Absolutes? They do not exist. All I know is being armoured is better than not being armoured, and people should gain an advantage for going along with the concept that (IN THE SCA) we are supposed to...
by Vitus von Atzinger
Wed Mar 20, 2002 9:02 am
Forum: Medieval Combat and Weapons
Topic: Honest Question: Why do other groups seem to disdain SCA com
Replies: 46
Views: 51

The wrap shot may not have been >responsible< for my chronic shoulder pain, but it certainly doesn't help it. http://www.armourarchive.org/ubb/smile.gif Thank's for pointing out some of the horrific "flat combos" that are out there. Some of these complex moves are simply impossible to do without hit...
by Vitus von Atzinger
Tue Mar 19, 2002 4:35 pm
Forum: Medieval Combat and Weapons
Topic: SCA: Effectiveness of the 12 ft spear?
Replies: 9
Views: 9

The point of the longer weapon drifts faster and you can't do as many neat twisting shots. If you stick to the straight-ahead style, 12 feet is better than 9.
-V
by Vitus von Atzinger
Mon Mar 18, 2002 1:08 pm
Forum: Historical Research
Topic: Medieval Hunting
Replies: 29
Views: 32

Rhys-
Nigel and I still want to come up and hang out for a weekend.
-V

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