kass Posted August 19, 2006 Posted August 19, 2006 How much for just a buttonhole? Smartass... Building an Empire... one prickety stitch at a time!
jim hawkins Posted August 20, 2006 Posted August 20, 2006 Join us at Reconstrucing Button Holes Through History to see our finest button holes.
Captain Jim Posted August 20, 2006 Posted August 20, 2006 How much for just a buttonhole? Smartass... The hole is actually free...It's the stitching around it that gives the elves problems. My occupational hazard bein' my occupation's just not around...
kass Posted August 20, 2006 Posted August 20, 2006 Great! I'm surrounded... Building an Empire... one prickety stitch at a time!
BILLY BONES Posted August 21, 2006 Posted August 21, 2006 Kass, I'd like to officially order one of your frock coats. Let me know what you need! Thanks! BB Oh, how about a waistcoat as pictured? Capt. William Bones Then he rapped on the door with a bit of stick like a handspike that he carried, and when my father appeared, called roughly for a glass of rum. This, when it was brought to him, he drank slowly, like a connoisseur, lingering on the taste, and still looking about him at the cliffs and up at our signboard. "This is a handy cove," says he, at length; " and a pleasant sittyated grog-shop. Much company, mate?" My father told him no, very little company, the more was the pity. "Well, then," said he, "this is the berth for me." Proprietor of Flags of Fortune.
kass Posted August 21, 2006 Posted August 21, 2006 Billy, Email me privately and we'll work out the specs. I'll also get you a price for the waistcoat. Kass Building an Empire... one prickety stitch at a time!
jendobyns Posted January 20, 2012 Posted January 20, 2012 Can't seem to find a better place to put this link, or if it's already been shared with the group. Here's an example of existing sailor's clothing from the period (dated _very_ broadly). In the Museum of London collection: http://www.museumoflondon.org.uk/Collections-Research/Collections-online/object.aspx?objectID=object-83032&rows=1&start=0 If someone can figure out how to actually post the pic rather than the link, I'd surely appreciate it!
jendobyns Posted January 20, 2012 Posted January 20, 2012 Oh, if you scroll down on the page, there are detail images you can enlarge! Great pics of repairs. These clothes have been repaired over and over! Thank you, Neal Hurst!
Jas. Hook Posted January 21, 2012 Posted January 21, 2012 Jendobyns - Good link, thanks ! Talk about patches upon patches. Jas. Hook "Born on an island, live on an island... the sea has always been in my blood." Jas. Hook "You can't direct the wind . . . but . . . you can adjust the sails." "Don't eat the chickens with writing on their beaks." Governor Sawney
Fox Posted January 21, 2012 Posted January 21, 2012 Must've belonged to a fisherman, it's got herringbone... 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
Fox Posted January 21, 2012 Posted January 21, 2012 Must've belonged to a fisherman, it's got herringbone... 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
LadyBarbossa Posted January 24, 2012 Posted January 24, 2012 Holy crap! Is that a pocket? Like what we have with modern jeans? ~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!
jendobyns Posted January 24, 2012 Posted January 24, 2012 sure looks like it, tucked between the pleats.
Fox Posted January 24, 2012 Posted January 24, 2012 Is that all that surprising? There are pictures of 16th century seamen with pockets... 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
Fox Posted January 25, 2012 Posted January 25, 2012 Ah, I didn't realise it was a reenactor myth... 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
Mission Posted January 25, 2012 Posted January 25, 2012 There, now it's perfect. I had also heard that garb from the GAoP didn't usually have pockets. These slops look sort of like something from an earlier period from what I've been told. (Not that I know that much about clothing, mind you.) Mycroft: "My brother has the brain of a scientist or a philosopher, yet he elects to be a detective. What might we deduce about his heart?" John: "I don't know." Mycroft: "Neither do I. But initially he wanted to be a pirate."
michaelsbagley Posted January 25, 2012 Posted January 25, 2012 I think it had been oft stated that pockets were uncommon (as in the minority), and often messages like that are perceived/taken to mean "don't do it at all" rather than the intended "avoid using it to prevent making the uncommon seem commonplace". That happens a lot with re-enactor favs that have evidence of existing, but as an uncommon item.
jendobyns Posted January 25, 2012 Posted January 25, 2012 Mission, that's wonderful. Do you think you could add the detail pictures as well?
Mission Posted January 25, 2012 Posted January 25, 2012 Mission, that's wonderful. Do you think you could add the detail pictures as well? Wonderful? Look closer... Mycroft: "My brother has the brain of a scientist or a philosopher, yet he elects to be a detective. What might we deduce about his heart?" John: "I don't know." Mycroft: "Neither do I. But initially he wanted to be a pirate."
Guest Posted January 25, 2012 Posted January 25, 2012 I think the Myth about pockets is that early period men's clothing did not have back pockets....
Mission Posted January 25, 2012 Posted January 25, 2012 If you want to add the real pictures (as opposed to my doctored one - I am the surgeon after all), you can do it like so: 1. Click on the image you want to display in the Museum's "Other Images" selection beneath the image. 2. When the image appears above as a large picture, right click on it and select 'Copy Image Location' (This will save the URL of the image to your clipboard.) 3. Reply to this topic, select the photo icon (looks like a green/blue/orange Poloroid in the menu above your post). 4. Right click, select Paste, then click OK. 5. Viola! I'd do the rest of them, but that would take all day. Mycroft: "My brother has the brain of a scientist or a philosopher, yet he elects to be a detective. What might we deduce about his heart?" John: "I don't know." Mycroft: "Neither do I. But initially he wanted to be a pirate."
PoD Posted January 26, 2012 Posted January 26, 2012 They had those on display at the Captain Kidd exhibition last November. I got all excited when I saw them ...and then I discovered the wine...
jendobyns Posted January 27, 2012 Posted January 27, 2012 Mission, that's wonderful. Do you think you could add the detail pictures as well? Wonderful? Look closer... OK, I see it, but can't read it. Silly Mission
jendobyns Posted January 27, 2012 Posted January 27, 2012 Thanks! I'll try that in the morning when my eyes are cooperating. If you want to add the real pictures (as opposed to my doctored one - I am the surgeon after all), you can do it like so: 1. Click on the image you want to display in the Museum's "Other Images" selection beneath the image. 2. When the image appears above as a large picture, right click on it and select 'Copy Image Location' (This will save the URL of the image to your clipboard.) 3. Reply to this topic, select the photo icon (looks like a green/blue/orange Poloroid in the menu above your post). 4. Right click, select Paste, then click OK. 5. Viola! I'd do the rest of them, but that would take all day.
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