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julius27

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  1. Thanksgiving weekend. Don't have enough vacation at w@&k for any other time. I hate my job!
  2. Bluejacket's manual, yes! If'n ye have that scanned, please send me a copy. Pretty please?
  3. Speekin' o' Mister Prostitute, why the 'ell 'd they send 'im away with the rest o' the loyal crew? Me cousin an' I asked that question out loud at the same time while watchin' it.
  4. Love it! Cheech Marin and Tommy Chong are really funny anyway. Add actors from both Python and Mel Brooks canons, and I don't see how you could go wrong.
  5. Anybody else get the Guichuan? It's wicked cool, jes' cos it's a TEN mast ship! It's bloody expensive (30 points) an' slow as blazes, but it's threatnin' cos o' the shear size o' the thing. Plus ye only need ta roll better than a two or three ta do damage with the cannons.
  6. Me favorite part actually be wooin' the Gov'ners' daughters!
  7. Most o' the faires I've attended like ta put a zip tie through yer weapons at the gate. Like has been said already, though, as long as some sort o' tie is present an' the weapon stays in its sheath, ye shouldn't have any problems. I usually cut the zip tie off an' properly dispose o' it soon as I'm outta sight o' the gate an' never had any sort o' problems 'cause o' that.
  8. Me own baldric started out fine and turned into a slight failure over time. The explanation be that at first, all I wanted was a place ta hang me sabre that was more mobile than a belt frog. The solution was ta make a one an' a half inch belt strap with rings in the ends ta hang the Elizabethan frog from. I added a dagger upside down from the shoulder an' it looked great. I ran inta trouble when I wanted ta start loadin' meself down fer true intimidation factor. By the time I'd added two pistol holsters, a kukri knife, an' a cutlass on the back, the bloody thing weighs about fifty pounds an' hangin' on a one an' a half inch spot on me shoulder hurts a lot! Now a baldric really needs ta be made out o' a heavy leather; 7 - 8 oz vegtable tanned is what I use. Ye can also just buy a belt strap from Tandy. That's definitely the way ta go if'n yer makin' the other stuff fer lighter duty such as pouches an' the like. The holsters I've made were from the heavy weight leather I mentioned, are simple, eligant an' functional. I can send ye a pdf file o' the pattern if ye like. Good luck on all o' yer work, mate!
  9. Aye, Lady Barbossa, it be a fun game indeed! I got me Crimson Coast expansion set complete (bought the last ship on e-bay). I got so frustrated with the distribution o' cards in the Revolution expansion (two BOXES o' boosters, an' only about two thirds o' the bloody set!), that I lost interest fer a while. I played last thursday an' got me ar$e 'anded ta me by a friend playin' chinee. Me last ship weren't sunk 'til the second ta last turn in a six player game, though, so I didn't do too bad. I use a French fleet with a heavy five master an' a bloody fast single master. I guess it'd work better if the fact o' flyin' French colors didn't make everyone else want ta kill me so bad.
  10. Aye, ye bring up a point I been thinkin' 'bout off 'n on fer a long spell, Kidd. I been lookin' fer a belayin' pin ta add ta the ever increasin' arsenal (which I think is goin' on a wider baldric ta distribute th' weight better). I'd especially like one made o' foam rubber, so's I c'n smack folk with it an' not cause undue fuss in doin' so. I wonder if'n anybody'd know hows I'd come accross such a thing?
  11. Thank ye all fer yer input an' compliments on me work. Yes, the emblem be Klingon, an' also celtic. On the back o' the kidney belt be a more elaborate version o' the same. The usual depiction o' the celtic knot has a isosoles (?) triangle, but the lovely thing about celtic knots is the endless variations that were done, may have been done, an' can be done.
  12. (Smak ta the 'ead), I fergot ta put the link in there. Sorry, mate. http://www.aurorahistoryboutique.com/ahb_h...OfficeGifts.cfm
  13. Here be a set o' playin' cards should reflect the time right. After tarot left favor (probly 1100 er so), cards like this were common 'til almost the mid twentieth.
  14. Intimidation knows no bounds ta the first. The congregation says "Amen" ta the second.
  15. As far as drowning, its easy ta slip outta a baldric. In the actual accounts I was refferin' to, it didn't seem a fight actually took place. It appears the intention o' carryin' so much gear was so as not ta need it. I mentioned the snap because I know its outta place in timeline. Since many sailors came from further inland themselves (pressed into the navy from farms an' the like), I don't see how it would be a far stretch ta come accross a kukri. There are any number o' reasons the original owner might'a needed ta be in the Indian Ocean. I'm not really tryin' ta be overly criticle o' the critique, mate. I really do appreciate all comments, both positive an' negative. I did intend it as a fantasy piece and ta project the atmosphere o' a bloodthirsty cutthroat, so I'm glad ta hear ye think it does that job.
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