gunner Gordon

worked the whydah excibit in chicago....they still have many "rust-rocks" toopen yet....many of these (thru x-rays) do show several more pistols and in the exhibit...a SAWED OFF musket was recovered..... any details on the sawed off musket? type, lenght sawed to? very interesting find.

There are some things and some people that you think will just always be there in your life, when they leave you must embrace them and follow a little later. gonna be hard to watch Minnie and Micky, but the story behind therm must endure.

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I believe the knitted cap goes back to at least the 1700s, but then I'm here to learn more, I would welcome some opinions from those more learned, what about the GAoP period?

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I have had to store my pistoles at sea on a tall ship sail for periods of time , the best way I found to keep them rust free , sort of, wasto wrap them in a heavey soft cloth after cleaning. any exposure to the sea air and the acids on your hands would promote rust as you watched, over time the oil transferred to the cloth made it more water proof.

I don't have any pics but some time back in my early days on the Pilgrim of Newport, the winter sails were often misersable weather, I made some stocking caps by cutting the sleeves off of fancy patterned knitt sweaters. I hemmed the larger end and put in a hat band of sorts, then gathered the smaller end ,whipp-stitched it closed ,cut off some of the excess thenfringed the overhang. these made long ,comfortable, and nicely woven hats.Just an idea to play with.

The last few days in so california temps from 60s to high 90s , summer startin' like an old harley with bad gas

hmmmm........ WENDY

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believe the pattern you have is from the book 'The cut of men's clothes 1600-1900" by Norah Waugh from Routledge theatre arts books new york. An excellent book of patterns and construction methods. another good book is the "18th century clothing at Williams burg by Linda Baumgarten.

oh thanks alot milady, you know I'm gonna hear about this and hve to finish that old jacket, and a few other sewing projects I promised. by the way , the Williamsburg collection has some excellent examples of the raw edge type of clothing. I have a book somewhere on that collection, but it is probably on line. I have some other documentation, if there is interest I would be happy to seek it out. By the way Silkie , the book " the cut of men's clothes 1600-1900" by Norah Waugh is a good source of info on the raw edge thing.

I don't believe in the drop it on the deck theory either. to support this there are Royal Navy instructions for use of the pistol in defense after it has been fired,ie using it as a head guard against sword blows. But then there are so many myths about almost every aspect of what we do, it is a form of job security that it will never be totally unraveled and therefor always ineresting. My most eye opening experiances have been on board the tall ships and trying to reconcile the pirate with the sailor, nothing like hands on to get a better perspective .

If I'm not mistaken Tartan Jack, didn't the Scots from your area of the colonies have kilted militia as late as the Rev war? I wonder if this ties into some of the kilt questions on other topics. How about the traditional short jackets that the Scots and seafarers favored so much?, any info from the Carolinas?

Ok, so I ate the parrot because he wouldn't shut up, the monky tried to steal some of this freshly cooked food so I ate him too, still thinkin about the dog, and the finger is beginning to look like some exotic jerky.

You would think there were more left hand locks than we see, especially for dragoons and other mounted types, the writings of the period don't seem to reflect the idea of the "two handed" fighter except in the sense of like weapons. Oderless eye is much closer to the truth, pistols in buckets on the deck and cutlasses in barrels. Yet, there are so many pistols and blunderbusses around that originals are actually quite cheap by comparison to other firearms.

as sherlock holmes said, once you remove all possibilities , whatever is left must be the truth. it should be pre WWII or the last 20 years or so. high carbon hardened steele would exhibit the qualities you describe, or an alloy steele.

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clothing type protection, easier to move than palms, thread from cloth to sew or tie, bandage for wounds, signal etc.

I'll grab the bag as well

if it was made in Germany from 1945 until the reunification it would read W. or West Germany, German silver turns a kinda greenish colour and does polish up easily.