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Together with a friend of mine (http://www.hoedopmaat.nl/home.html) who makes felt hats (the 20th century fashionable kind) I made this early 18th century Spanish Officers Cocked hat. We started out with a soft felt blank and in several runs of priming and stiffening (appreteren) we cave de bowl it's shape and stiffened the rim making it ready for the actual bending. I choose a more flattened bowl (sugerloaf) and already before cocking the rim, the design looked Spanish to me. The rim is trimmed with silver lace, the cords are gold and the band around the bowl is (I think) what you people would call bullion tape. Making use of Ivan Henrys gallery and some internet sear…
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Ok, not made by me but just arrived today... My new shoes from Reconstructing History! Thanks Kass & Bob! Now I just have to procure some buckles and start breaking them in.
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I'm setting up some tarp poles 8' and 6.5' in length. What would be the length of associated the guy ropes? Thanks Jas. Hook
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I have some question about the Juste-au-corps. While I know that coats would vary from nation to nation and have slight differences from tailor to tailor what do we know about the construction and name of this garment? Did they have functional outside pockets? Did they have functional buttons to allow the coat to be sealed tightly in bad weather? Were they lined? Did they have inside pockets or is that a modern conveyance? We hear names like "Great Coat" and "Frock Coat" but these seem to describe other types of garments. Juste-au-corps, spelled many ways, is French. (?) What would this garment be called in England, among the Dutch, Italians, Spanish, or other nat…
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okay, chopped and dried a bunch of black walnut hulls and now i want to turn the bits into a powder... the only problem i am having is finding a decent way to do this... the food grinders and choppers we have don't seem to do the trick at all... in fact it is starting to look as if i need to grind them down... mortar and pestle or grinding stone kinda thing... any idears for me ?? place in the appropriate forum if this is the wrong one :)
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wanting to know what types of materials would be accepted for early frock coats 18th century between 1700-1730. & 1730-1760. I understand wool, linen, and brocade was used. My question is are there different weights for wool? For a frock coat what is the standard weight? Is it a suit weight (light), if ya want to do a light weight coat? Also what type of buttons other than pewter would be good. I was recommended to use large size up to a 1" round diameter, keeping the button holes between 1 1/2 "- 2". I am looking for Traders/Sutlers who sell period fabric and buttons,does anyone know of anyone other than, Jastownsend,Fugawee,Panther Primitives,Carolina Calicos as…
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Do you use dubbin on your leather items? Would you use it on all types of leather?
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So I know a place where I can get blue and white checked linen, which I know is period material for a sailor's shirt. Does anybody know where I can get a period pattern for cutting and sewing it? Showing what kind of cuffs, collar, pleats, and stuff like that to use? Anything from 1680 to 1750 would be close enough.
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I hear and see most of the RenFaires and Pub Crawls, etc in the area sayin' that ye' sword needs ta be "peace tied". Wot the heck does tha' mean & how ta do it?
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I am getting ready to have some clothes made and will probably need to come up with my own fabric. The clothes should be befitting someone of a governors status so very very nice. Any advice on where or what material I should be looking at? Currently I am thinking about a heavy possibly Thai silk in a single color.
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Avast! As mentioned on another thread, I am in the midst of making a grey wool coat among other things. If you click on my link, you will see my name ought to be Ajax rather than Morgan! How would I add some grime to my garments? I know not to wash...but I would like to speed things up a bit. I know the coffee & tea bath trick...what I am looking for is grey, ring-around-the collar grime. Suggestions?
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made a new tallow horn today.ill post pics in a second
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Got a gent wanting a Sparrow compass, thought I would share the progress: Started with a wee piece of kindling: basic box: inlay started: Might get a bit more done today......no therapy!!
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I have been looking and looking, and cannot find a good reliable supplier of horn for a couple of projects. The one project is making a tallow/grease horn for my sailmaking needles The other is making a fid out of horn (check out Des Pawson's monograph on the subject for more info, in particular look at the 1691 illustration within that work). So, does anyone have possible suppliers for this?
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so i have ended up with a small barrel/rumlett/what ever you want to call it. It is made of oak and certainly designed to hold liquids. so here is my dilema. I really want to give it a good internal cleaning, reseal it, then use it for water. We have beat the sealing it horse to death, so i'll save us that agony. What concerns me is cleaning it out. It looks like wine was in it at one time as there are red stains around the plug. What is the best way to clean this critter out to make it food grade safe and are there any hidden dangers that anyone can think of? I'm thinking dtergent, bleach, rinse.
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So a few months back I started playing drum with the band. Was using literally just a strap off an old laptop bag. Then I mocked up a quick strap rig with plain undyed leather, held together with rivets, non adjustable. Just to see if my design concept would work. It worked out fairly well. Then just before this latest run started I put together version one of my final rig about three weeks ago. its held to the drum with two straps. One just wraps around the base and the second wraps just below the head and under the tuning ropes. Here is a shot of the rig in action so to speak. You can see the lower strap. Last night I tweaked the rig again by redoing the hold stra…
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I am on a hunt for pine tar for pitching mugs, cups, tankards, pitchers, and all sorts of Jacks. I realize that Jas. Townsend has "Brewers Pitch", I have used it. Unfortunately what they have is yellow in colour, not dark brown or black, and it is brittle. If you drop you jack it will crack! Does anyone know here I can find the dark pitch? Capt Black
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For those of you that may not know I am currently in the process of building a scabbard for my new sword from Privateer Armory. I have just acquired enough supplies to start the project and will be updating it here. I plan on a stretched leather scabbard with no wooden core. I also plan on adding a bronze tip and and lock. This is the sword I bought and a link to Privateer Armory.
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I saw an interesting post in the Muzzleloader Forum about friction Knives. A friction knife is basically a pocketknife with the knife blade, riveted to the grooved wooden handle; the blade stays open because of the tight fit " or the friction". I have a bunch of high carbon steel kitchen knives that all have their tips busted off (I had a roommate that didn't know about can openers...) So I got out my grinder and started to make one. Before anyone tells me about getting the blade too hot and destroying the temper... I took my time, and when the blade started to get warm, I'd let it cool.... The kitchen knives that I have, all have stamped lines along the blade, so I …
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Does anyone have any descriptions or pictures of what early 18th century ticking fabric would look like? It's mentioned that the breeches and waistcoats in the 1706 admiralty slops contract are made of "Striped Ticking" Would it have looked like this modern cotton ticking:
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What would be the right way to go about making a leather tankard? What leather? Would i need oils? Should i tan it? Do i need a wood insert for the handle? A sewing awl good for stitching it up?
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Working on a coat, linen liner with wool outer. Using a JP Ryan pattern which I no longer have. Can anybody advise a way to get the pleats right on the back? I have tried several different ways and cannot seem to get the pleats to lay right or the back of the skirts to look right.....getting a tad frustrated!! Thanks!! Wes
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I have four wooden tumblers, two leak. How do I repair them when I can't even see the cracks where they leak?
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Well, here are the first two of this design I've ever tried. The first one is a bit stretched out, narrower and longer than the original dimensions given in the example. The second one (top) is closer to the originals but my curl is a bit longer. They throw lots of sparks, I'll send a couple of shards along too. Let me know if these are OK and I'll send them out Monday. BTW, credit for the research and sample images came from the late Mike Amelling. I wish to give credit to the man out of respect and honor to the trade. Bo
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Lady Constance and I have been tossing around the idea of making me a "Non european" outfit. So we did some research and decided to take some ideas from the Ottoman Empire. Last night we made a pair of Salwars. Now here comes the kicker, they are HUGE. When I say huge I mean i could house a family of 4 in them. I was wondering if anyone knows if they tucked the extra in or rolled them in the waist, otherwise im going to be tripping on my pants. I will try and post some pictures later .
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