DANGEROUS DICK LONGFELLOW

I hear you got $60 in your PP for a sweet French buckle from some weirdo in New York.

Ashton, Your goods are HAWT! I'm feeling your wristbands, but I'm wondering if it's possible to get a pic of somebody wearing them? Just to get a sense of scale on them? The pirate skull ones in specific.

That is seriously hawt! I dig your awesome style Captain.

I hear you got $20 from some cheeky fellow in the Bronx.

They available now? My paypal is ready!

Yay to the new design. Big fancy buckles rule! Now I have to get a belt worthy of such slamming work. Man, I wish I had talent like this.

Oooh those colors have me intrigued. New design you say? Bring it on mate!

That be NAMOR: THE SUB-MARINER done Simpsons style.

I see there is enough interest in the wood block print bandanas for me to order some fabric and create some more. As of right now the only bandanas I have on hand is some green cotton Swiss military ones that could be block printed, the color of these bandanas is very close to that of Barbosa's. What type of material would you be interested in? The red one of mine in the photo is actually a tropic weight wool. I will do up yet another block print design from the 17th century and post a picture of that one as well. Hmmmm. Well, something thin would be ideal, since this would be used under my hat. Possiblility of it being long enough to drape down over my shoulder? Thoughts?

Most people don't think there were any verified period 'glasses' as we think of them (with ear pieces). I did find a picture of some that claimed to be from near the end of period in a book by Elizabeth Bennion. But if you need glasses to see...you need glasses to see and should do whatever you have to do balance PC with good sense. (I always wear my insulin pump under my waistcoat and that sure ain't period.) For more on period eye-ware, check out this thread. Whoa the information in that thread was extremely useful. Thank you, thank you, thank you. I've gotten a few ideas already.

Capn Bob that picture is great. I'm looking forward to this hobby more & more when I see everyone's pictures. I feel what you say about the glasses. Every time someone pointed a camera at me Halloween night I had to stop and rip off the specs. Annoying but it really helps to make the picture. I'm just gonna bite the bullet and just drop the $$$ and get some retro specs cuz a half blind pirate is full of suck. Anyone point me to any info on retro glasses from that time period?

Wow. That picture makes you look seven feet tall. Did people take a step back when you went trick-or-treating? We stopped traffic while walking around in neighborhoods. Just the little bit of effort I made really made a difference, because just about other house we hit I got asked a buncha questions. Plus girls loooove to pose with a pirate. In this the wife was not pleased with the added attention. Fringe benefit of being a pyrate I suppose? Welcome aboard! And I am glad you posted your photos ~ you guys look great, and shouldn't feel awkward. This is an expensive hobby if you go the authentic route, and not everyone is looking for the historical aspect. I have found that putting out the extra effort makes a big difference on Halloween ~ people enjoy seeing the creativity! Thank you Syren. My little piranha loved her pyrate gear. She really takes after her pa--loud & belligerent Ahoy Mary Diamond, what you say is very true. I think after POTC, very few people outside the hobby is looking to see what's authentic . Everyone smiles when a well dressed pyrate enters the room. I got away with so much tomfoolery on the 31'st that it seemed people were almost expecting it. Now this is LIVING! Ahoy Badger, I gave the name some thought before joining the crew. So many good, creative usernames were already taken and me being a mischievous fellow...

Read it here for free! Why does free always seem better?

Price sounds right so put me down as a strong, "hell yeah!" Taking Paypal, right?