Captain Twill
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Kass, and any others that can comment, I am a coffee addict. In my frontiersman camp I always have my pot on the coals, but in the last four years I have included in my monologue the fact that coffee was a great luxury item, and most longhunters would probably not have opted to carry such with them. Also that the beans would have been purchased green, and would have been roasted and ground as needed, as pre ground coffee and percolators were not to come for a long time in the future. So... now that you folks have me ready to sign articles, whats the scoop on coffee in GAOP? (no pun intended) Capt. Bo
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Is linseed oil or wax the only thing for waterproofing fabric or leather? or am I way off base?
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Bow and Arrow
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A found a mention of pirates in Henry Morgan's crew/ army using Bows in the Panama raid in Empire of Blue Water. Is this possible?
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Aye, ....Pirate Signs The Dirty Deck Pub Yes, I Am a Pirate I would greatly appreciate some feedback from some real pirates about these signs and this site in general. www.piratesofthetreasurecoast.com
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OK I am wondering here if this is correct. Before Lord Nelson the sailors on board an English vessle were given a pint of rum twice a day? Or was it a half pint served twice a day to equal a pint? After Lord Nelson they started to water it down as rum? It was watered down to 50%? So as you can see my question comes down to this. Just how much and how often was a sailor expected to drink and be able to do his job?
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Ahoy, folks. Another odd request. If anyone is able to help me track down the text of the script to Farquhar's 1706 play "The Recruiting Officer" [a play which remained popular right through the Napoleonic era], I'd be much appreciative. I am looking to craft a prop copy.
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More 1780-1812 than GAoP, but I'm interested in the civilian cravat of the period as an option to the military neck-stock . There's a wide variety of partial descriptions and partial instructions out there on "the internet," but I was wondering if anyone had dug up a concise description and instructions [both manufacture and tie] for a civilian cravat - yes, most likely white linen rather than black, being civilian rather than military. What would have been a likely knot for the post-Rev War period? Any help most welcome.
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So I went searching today in "twill" for any previous discussions on the topic. I didn't turn up much. So I wanted to start a new topic and see what turns up. In relation to belts worn around the waist. I would assume that leather was used, like today. Where there any other kinds? If leather, what size? In my previous searches I've found around 1.5" to 2" widths mentioned. Buckles, I would assume they where used. (ie Buckled shoes, duh.) What about the ring belts I've seen, dare I say it, at Ren Faires. Would they be in use also, or is that just a total crock, made up by the rennies? How were they worn? Long or short? Were there belt loops on the breeches? (Like t…
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This is a picture of the decent enough ripsaw I picked up today. This new thread is about to feature my replenishing my hand tool collection that I used to use when I was a teenager. I was a victim of what you more normal folks might call a 'cult', and spent a good share of my childhood/adolescence using candles, lamps, woodstoves, and most importantly here, hand tools. The saw and why I picked it: My old saw was a standard blade configuration, i.e. it looked like a normal saw, tall through the body. But the teeth were kerfed a little more aggressively, and the chisel angle was 90 degrees. Now this new saw is deadly dull, and the blade is warped; but the blade is fi…
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Just read an article in Spring 2007 Pirates Magazine by Dave Nichols "Why Bikers Love Pirates" and at the end of the article there is a highlight on Dave there is the quote " He comes by his piratical nature easily since he is a Distant relation to Edward Teach "AKA Blackbeard". Is this new info? Has his real name and family line been found? If so can someone please post this or where it can be found it would be facinating.
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Ancient Remains Reveal 'First Gun Victim' By RANDOLPH E. SCHMID AP Posted: 2007-06-20 05:48:44 WASHINGTON (June 20) - The musket blast was sudden and deadly, the killing nearly 500 years ago of what may have been the first gunshot victim in the Western Hemisphere. "We didn't expect it. We saw this skull and saw the almost round hole and thought people must have been shooting around here recently," said Guillermo Cock, an archaeologist who found the remains near Lima, Peru. But he realized that the skull was ancient, and a recent bullet strike would simply have shattered it, Cock said in a telephone interview. The skull was found among a large group of bones of anci…
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So what's the skinny on waxed thread? You just get some linen thread and run it over a candle a couple of times or what?
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Well, after playing some Sid Meier's Pirates (not the most historically accurate game, of course) I was wondering -- was it common (or at least plausible) for pirates to wear metal armor? I mean, a cuirass would surely help during a fight.
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Any of you read this book? Stephan Talty is the author.
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http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/england...ire/6229320.stm A mass grave believed to contain the bodies of followers of the Quaker religious movement has been uncovered in Cambridgeshire. Environment Agency workers found the rare Quaker burial site while carrying out work for flood defences at St Ives. Sixteen bodies were in the unmarked grave dating back to the late 1600s. Archaeologists described the find as "remarkable and unusual" as it gave an insight into Quaker burial practices just after the movement started. Pipe facet The Society of Friends was still emerging and developing as a religious movement in the last 1600s and now has many millions of members acr…
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How prevalent were weevils in the bread, really? Was it more from lack of care in the galley? or was it unavoidable? I apologize if this seems an inane question, it's one of those things I think about late at night when I can't sleep.
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I thought this would be a good exercise to have us all discuss and make comments on Authentic Pirate costume. Foxe makes an excellent point when he makes the claim that: "While we assume that the person making the engraving is intimately familiar with sailors and pirates, chances are they are an artist working back in England and far removed from Pirates and Piracy". Even though, these are the best records we have for determining what is authentic costume for GAoP. We have the added benefit of an eyewitness description of Reade and Bonney from the testimony of Dorothy Thomas who was on a ship that was attacked by R&B. Her description of Reade and Bonny during thei…
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I ran several searchs and found no prior reference to this event. First, the pictures - http://yacht-maiken.blogspot.com/2006/08/s...nd-volcano.html If this had been recorded in a 17th century ship's log, no one would have believed it.
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hello all I sat down and learned how to knit a monmouth cap this weekend and was wonderind how did I do? http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v654/pan...er/DSCF1206.jpg Did I even come close?
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London's Cutty Sark On Fire The preserved 19th-century ship the Cutty Sark is on fire, London Fire Brigade has confirmed. It is said to be 100% alight and eight fire engines are at the scene in Greenwich, south-east London. Greenwich town centre is closed to traffic and the Docklands Light Railway will also close because of a police cordon, Scotland Yard said. Local residents were also expected to be evacuated shortly. The ship, one of the capital's best-loved tourist attractions, is currently closed to the public for extensive renovation work. It was due to reopen in 2009. For more, see here.
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I've searched for this, but can't find much info on it. Now, we are lucky enough to have the inventories of a 1699 slop shop, as well as the guidelines of various English slop contracts - but is there any equivalent info for french seamen? We know, for example, that more or less France dictated the high-fashion of Europe at this time (this is a simplification, I know.) And the day-to-day wear that I have seen in Paris Street Cries are not significantly different than those of English tradesmen, as far as I can tell in my limited knowledge. But what of the (somewhat) specialized gear of the sailor? Logic dictates that it would be very similar to that of their british co…
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I bought a 10x10 easy up and six very large painter's canvas drop cloths will consist of walls and a roof to cover it properly, so that it can look as 'period' as possible. Does anyone in S. Calif. know where I can take the finished product to get it fireproofed?
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Treasure Found!! Thousands of pearls found in shipwreck Sat Jun 16, 11:56 PM ET KEY WEST, Fla. - Salvagers discovered thousands of pearls Friday in a small, lead box they said they found while searching for the wreckage of the 17th-century Spanish galleon Santa Margarita. Divers from Blue Water Ventures of Key West said they found the sealed box, measuring 3.5 inches by 5.5 inches, along with a gold bar, eight gold chains and hundreds of other artifacts earlier this week. They were apparently buried beneath the ocean floor in approximately 18 feet of water about 40 miles west of Key West. "There are several thousand pearls starting from an eighth of an inch to…
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Found this rendition of Blackbeard in one of the school's National Geographic Explorer mags...
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I always liked this picture that Foxe has over at his site, especially for its detail... but he only shows a small portion of it... well, the other day I found the whole thing and the explanation for it was that the captain was out shopping with his wife... don't know how true that is but if it is, the look on the man's face is priceless and just goes to show that some things never change...
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