Crafting Kit
Fabricate your Kit, Clothes, Props, & Related Items.
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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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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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Ahoy Mateys, I've newbie questions about seabags. I've located later period seabag illustrations of the "USS Congress (1842-1862) -- Embroidered Seabag". I also like the individuality of that seabag. It would help the owner to quickly find it among gear stowed about the ship. So - Are seabags period correct for pyrate/age-of-sail reenactors or living history? If - yes - Does any one have a pattern or more illustrations of what period seabags looked like? Fair Winds, thunderbuster
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On a lot of drawings of officers from the beginning of the 18th century and on, I see Epaulets on the right shoulder. Is there anyone wo can point me to a pattern and/or construction illustrations, or ideas of these??
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After the insane weekend of the "Prickity Stitcher", I've taken to using some of the extras I have laying around, and therefore I'm wondering about the options for pocket shapes and how to make pockets on a jacket? Also I'm wondering about the different types of cuffs common for GAoP. Were they always huge? Rats
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This may be the wrong place to put this but I am wondering what a GAOP courtly clothes would look like. Would they use silk? Is this picture early enough? I wanna be around 1720 .
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i was wondering specifically WHAT kind of wool you all purchase for sailors short jackets, womens mantuas, skirts.....i am lookig for its name!!!! melton? pickney? boiled? i bought boiled wool for sailors jackets { and found out WHERE i bought it from is HERE where we LIVE--- i DO plan on marching to their doors and seeing if they will allow me to SEE and purchase and save myself 10 bucks shipping across 6 LOCAL zip codes......... i just cant even imagine using a wool suiting for a sailors short jacket--- am i wrong in this assumption?......... summer weight- OR- winter weight { actually have not seen winter weight wool here in my locale…
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I thought I'd tart up a couple of my trenchers. I'm not much of a woodworker but a good friend once showed me this great little technique for decorating wood, called kolrosing, that even I can manage. First of all I'll say I have no idea if it has any provenance for sailors in our period but I know it pre dates it on land and is very traditional in Scandinavia. Unlike carving, this does not remove any material from the object being decorated. What you do is make a shallow cut in the surface of the wood with the tip of a sharp knife and then rub powdered wood or bark into the cut, much like scrimshaw work. Traditionally the powered bark was something like the inne…
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I have a pair of sea boots that are made by "Pleaser". They are real leather, not the greatest, but still real, and have a vinyl lining. They're pretty darn good boots, they've held up for a year and half of constant wearing so far. The only problem is this, I am about 115-120 pounds and I have SCRAWNY lil legs. These boots were made for someone with a larger calf. With no internal support system, (which I've tried to do as you shall see below), they just fall down about my ankles and look ridiculous. So how do I get them to fit? I've super-glued paint strips, yardstick pieces, and neither of them hold up very well. The superglue tears the lining off after a few wea…
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Hang on ladies, I just started one, will photograph the progress for you and add instructions...
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Should the baldric be worn over the great coat or under it? I guess over it would make it more easy to draw a blade or other weapon but I imagine that the coat could also protect the weapons also. Anyone?
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Here are the first pics of the game chest I have been working on. It came out larger than anticipated, but it should have enough room for all of Lily's games with room for growth (and then some). Or it could double as a impromptu dinner table. It is made of 1/2" poplar with pine trim. The top was done with milk paint. It will be finish coated with shellac. Now it just needs the lid cut, hinges installed, and internal storage boxes assembled.
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were should the backing fall on a 1750s style waist coat? I know earlier styles were longer and that later styles the back was the same lenghth as the front but for example on the movie Pirates of the Caribbean and the recent Black beard Documentery I've noticed the back being shorter than the front is this correct?
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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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A Sword Belt I recently made based on a picture of a Fantasy Pirate Girl. It has all period correct brass buckles and includes a detachable Pistol holster with leg strap and a Sword scabbard for one of Baltimore Knife and Swords Cutlass . The top part of the belt tightens around the waist while the thicker bottom part of the belt hangs loose over the hips.
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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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What say ye, caricatures or not - Are striped cloth stocking caps at all accurate or just an artistic character? Is the ragged bottom slops at all accurate or again just an artistic character of a ragged pirate or castaway? Jas. Hook
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Okay, I hope I can make this clear... I also figured this may or may not be the best place for this, so if the mods think it might suit a different part of the pub, please don't hesitate to move it. Without getting bogged down in details (so try to keep it to lists, with perhaps brief explanations on some items), what would you bring (whether you currently own/have it or not) to make a complete portrayal on a "Trekking" style event. For those of you not familiar with historical trekking, basically it is re-enacting that is not done in public, you gather up everything you need and travel to a location (be it by boat, or by foot, or horse or whatever suits your portrayal b…
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A picture of the whole kit laid out Interpretive style ( iknow the quality isn't great but the close ups are better) Close up of the extra cloaths in the pack, cut or cloath hose, work frock, spare pair of woolen breeches, and thrum cap and blue linen neckcloth Then a closeup of the afore-picture parcels, laid out on display Closer shot of the bowl / The Far side of the hammock which includes my working gear Close up of my rigging belt( Made by Hawkyns) my knife and marling nail, they are laid out on a proclamation for the gathering up of wandering sailors and sea-faring men Close ups of my other working tools, sailmakers palm, fid, twines, needles, & s…
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So my friend Brian, aka 12-Pound Richard, whom many of you met at PiP last year (or not), made me a pistol box based on the design of the lovely and talented Mary Diamond’s pistol box. Here is Brian (in the ticken and military hat) in his natural environment. Wow! What a nice-looking box! It isn’t discolored. I just had something on the lens. Why, it opens, too! But what’s under the linen? Gosh! Them’s pistols! But how do they stay in there so comfortable? Ingenious! That’s the talented Mary Diamond’s design! She is also lovely. Dovetails? Who needs dovetails? This sucker is rabbited and nailed, like smaller boxes of the period. Even the nails are ri…
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Would canvas be historically accurate for a frock coat or sailor's short jacket?
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I pulled this post out of What pyrates really wore as it was literally getting burried in Clevage! Here goes I hope Patrick Hand doesn't see this Christine.... he won't be able to sleep at night! But as to your question about bodices... From an interesting site with history of corsets we get this So bodice means "pair of bodies" which, by our period (1690-1725) would be known as "Stays". Here is an example of a proper bodice/stays of the period There are more examples and general information at http://www.marariley.net So the bodice/stays of the Golden Age period should be a support garmet (with whalebone) that is kind of a part of the outer clothing. There …
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I picked up a neat little barrel at a flea market last week but it is in need of two hoops being replaced. Any experience out there on hoop replacements??? Thanks Jas. Hook
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i just cut out 3 sets of stays-- cherry linen,navy linen, and pink linen........... my last set , i used interfacing and they turned out just delightful {pics in my profile album}.... they were 3 layers thick-- one white linen, one tapestry{ with i ironed on the interfacing to} and the back ecru linen.... and i am wondering that if i am portraying a commoner, shouldnt the stays be laced up the front since i haveno servant to lace me in them { no, silas doesn't mind-- but i suspect that commoners laced them up front,all though all the pictures never show front lacing stays--- unless it is a jacket} and another side note----to be honest, one set of stays destroys a pair…
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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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