Red Cat Jenny Posted January 26, 2008 Share Posted January 26, 2008 Wow I love that painting...I'm going to have to look for a print. Some days even my lucky rocketship underpants won't help.... Her reputation was her livelihood. I'm a pirate, love. By nature and by choice! My inner voice sometimes has an accent! My wont? A delicious rip in time... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gentleman of Fortune Posted January 26, 2008 Share Posted January 26, 2008 I am not trying to beat a dead horse... really. But I have looked, searched and hoped to find evidence of metal bound casks in "normal" sized containers. That is, in a size that could be used in and around a camp and not meant to store 300+ gallons of liquid. I haven't found anything. If anyone else has.... I would love to see it. Until then, here are a few wooden bound examples that I have found. 1673 Dusart 1685 German Workers 1700 Casks being loaded onto ship 1700 German Cooper 1700 "The beer Carrier" 1700 Flanders Camp 1707 Mieris 1718 Captain Lowthar 1734 Black Beard 1730s GoF Come aboard my pirate re-enacting site http://www.gentlemenoffortune.com/ Where you will find lots of information on building your authentic Pirate Impression! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Capt. Sterling Posted January 26, 2008 Share Posted January 26, 2008 Hey GoF, Have you ever contacted Jamestown...I know they are a lot earlier, but the guys there, swear they had metal bound casks for smaller, heavier loads, such as nails. They also told me they had brass barrels for carrying gunpowder. I would love to know what those looked like and how far over they carried into the later part of the century. "I being shot through the left cheek, the bullet striking away great part of my upper jaw, and several teeth which dropt down the deck where I fell... I was forced to write what I would say to prevent the loss of blood, and because of the pain I suffered by speaking."~ Woodes Rogers Crewe of the Archangel http://jcsterlingcptarchang.wix.com/creweofthearchangel# http://creweofthearchangel.wordpress.com/ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Patrick Hand Posted January 27, 2008 Share Posted January 27, 2008 Hey... A GAoP Encampment, or did barrels have wood or metal hoops..... new thread time....... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Silver Posted January 27, 2008 Share Posted January 27, 2008 i have the book "the mayflower destiny" cyril l. marshall. printed in 1976. he was curator of technology and crafts at plimoth plantation in plymouth, mass. on page 171 under coopering it states that "iron hoops, with the exception of those fitted on the top and bottom of a cask to take the punishment when it was dropped, were not { common }until late in the 18th century". Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LadyBarbossa Posted May 4, 2009 Share Posted May 4, 2009 Ahhh... the resurfacing of this topic. Great picture that ye provided, Will. That's generally the idea I've had in mind. Oh, and Sterling... ye be right about the copper. The Odyssey Marine Salvage group (ones on "Treasure Quest" on the Discovery Channel and the ones who found the "Black Swan")... have discoverd the first HMS Victory (the one that sank in the Channel) and they did find a massive copper kettle for the ship's galley. ~Lady B Tempt Fate! an' toss 't all t' Hell!" "I'm completely innocent of whatever crime I've committed." The one, the only,... the infamous! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fox Posted May 25, 2009 Share Posted May 25, 2009 Couple of pics of my 'tent' last weekend. Ingredients: spare main (lug) and jib sails from my boat, 2 short oars, some rope. Foxe"With this Fore-Staff he fansies he does Wonders, when, God knows, it amounts to no more but only to solve that simple Question, Where are we? Which every chi'd in London can tell you." - Ned Ward The Wooden World Dissected, 1707ETFox.co.uk Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
callenish gunner Posted May 25, 2009 Share Posted May 25, 2009 Foxe, a fine looking encampment there sir .... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Captain Jim Posted May 26, 2009 Share Posted May 26, 2009 Another "Oar House!" May they spread throughout the known Pyrate world. My occupational hazard bein' my occupation's just not around... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Posted May 26, 2009 Share Posted May 26, 2009 Ye can never go wrong usin' a sail....... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
William Brand Posted January 15, 2014 Author Share Posted January 15, 2014 Couple of pics of my 'tent' last weekend. Ingredients: spare main (lug) and jib sails from my boat, 2 short oars, some rope. I love this tent! I was just reviewing old threads and found this. Great looking careening style tent,. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Captain Jim Posted January 16, 2014 Share Posted January 16, 2014 I remember this from years gone by; I wonder if he's ever used it again. It inspires me to go ahead and sew up a sail. Although I wonder if the bosun would be disposed to let perfectly good sails (which represent a lot of work) be used for tents. But even bolts of canvas would have to sewn together to make even as crude a tent as I put up. My occupational hazard bein' my occupation's just not around... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
William Brand Posted January 16, 2014 Author Share Posted January 16, 2014 Well, many ships carried spare sail and stole their share of it, so you could make it look worn and mended enough to have the appearance of too much wear for use. It could also be leftovers from the Speedwell. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fox Posted January 16, 2014 Share Posted January 16, 2014 It's had a couple of outings, but I think those photos were taken at the last event that I didn't take my children to, so now when we authenti-camp we usually take a bigger (and proper) tent. Foxe"With this Fore-Staff he fansies he does Wonders, when, God knows, it amounts to no more but only to solve that simple Question, Where are we? Which every chi'd in London can tell you." - Ned Ward The Wooden World Dissected, 1707ETFox.co.uk Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Captain Jim Posted January 17, 2014 Share Posted January 17, 2014 That is a proper tent, for a pyrate careening. Most proper, in my estimation. My occupational hazard bein' my occupation's just not around... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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