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Just paid for mine. Looking forward to seeing it in the flesh, so to speak. Now to save for he whydah pike head when you do that too. One just isnt enough

yeah i cant figure that out either. more to the point i cant even see the parts for the safety in the kit at all. I dont think i would recomment the kits unless you are a gunsmith. The castings are not finished and the holes arent drilled in them. Also you just get a lump of wood for the grip which you have to carve yourself. A bit disappointing for the price really (and i wont even go into how bad the customer service was). Saying that a guy I know got one made by a gunsmith friend of his and it turned out very well:

That screw comes in from below. Looks like its mounted into the grip. Just PM'd you with some photos of the plans.

Now thats something I want to go to. I'm off to check airfares What airport you flying in to Ed?

have you tried here? http://www.blackleyandson.com/acatalog/Pistol_Kits.html I have 2 of their queen anne kits and i think they sell the bits incase you mess up any of the parts supplied with the kits. Hopefully they have got their act together though as they went a bit off the rails last year and took ages getting things shipped.

Horn and Copper Black Powder Priming Flask This priming flask is based on a French Military issued flask from the early 1700s. The cap is a period iron nail that has been filed into a vent pick. The leather thong allows it to loop onto your belt or bag $56 http://www.etsy.com/listing/70690939/horn-and-copper-black-powder-priming

There you go

Let me know if you are interested in trading for them. Just click on me shop page and see if theres anything you fancy, or anything you need that i could make from the period you are now doing.

Though these buckles are of the best quality ~ Personally Eye would not recommend these buckles to any one because Eye bought one to be different from all them other buccaneers when it comes to buckles! Eye hope they be limited to less than one hundred! Ha -Haarrr Harrr Ha ha thats where it's working for me as I seem to be the only one in the UK to have them Just a pity they are for my wife and her friends baldrics and not mine.

got me buckles today, they are excellent. Would recommend them to everyone

cool just the pardon and pirate articles to go then. Hopefully have them done tomorrow for you to look at.

'A New and Accurate Chart of the West Indies with the Adjacent Coasts of North and South America' 1748 'A Map of The World by T Jefferys sculp' 1749

oops sorry i didnt get back to you. I didnt see this post. Just doing the maps now then i will post pictures in an hour or so.

none whatsoever. Been scouring the net and books for a spanish letter of marque myself and havent found anything yet.

This is a custom made King George the Second Letter of Marque I have just finished making for one of the bretheren. It is 18"x25" like many of the original ones and has the strip of seals at the bottom like like original documents of the era too. It was researched as much as I could from actual letters or marque, royal charters and indentures to make it as authentic as possible. It is witnessed by William Pitt who was secretary of state in 1758 and George Anson who was Lord Admiral of the admiralty at this time too. All the signatures are actual reproductions of surviving examples. It is printed on a heavyweight parchment vellum which feels and looks as close to an original 1715 vellum indenture that I could get (I know as i own one. Modern leather vellum seems very brittle compared to this 18th century one). It folds down into a more transportable 4.5" x 8.5" also based on surviving indentures of this period.

Should have the Letter of marque finished by tomorrow hopefully, then it usually takes a few weeks to get to the USA. The map of the world will be 838x475mm and the map of the caribbean will be 700x571mm

just checked everywhere i know and cant find any decent pictures of one (any pictures at all of one for that matter). I should think that if anyone will make one for you they would want a pretty good reference picture. I dont suppose the books you have mention any surviving examples in museums anywhere do they?

Yep thats on my wish list too

I just thought I'd put an advert up here for a friend of mine that makes pretty awesome replicas of Boarding axes from the GAoP. The company is called Kings Forge and Muzzleloading and can be found here http://www.kingsforg...zleloading.com/ Heres just a few of them: French Boarding Axe Spanish Boarding Axe British Boarding Axe He also makes this little beauty as features on page 32 of Boarders Away by William Gilkerson: http://www.kingsforg...ading.com/page4 There are also some very cool swords and daggers too on his Pirate weapons page.

theres also this: Harquebusier (begining of the XVII century) with a hat, prepared to fire his harquebus. He had a bandolier with ready-made doses of powder, a sword, a white shirt, a jacket o buff coat and a black trouser. He had also a flask for extra black powder and a small red cross of burgundy to define himself as a Spanish soldier. http://usuarios.multimania.es/ao1617/weapon.html

I've done a little bit of research and found this: "Philip II wore the "Burgundy Cross" Armor (1551) created by his favorite armorer, Wolfgang Grosschedel of Bavaria, at the battle of St. Quentin in 1557 against the French—Philip's first major victory as king of Spain. This armor is part of a field garniture with supplementary pieces for jousting and equestrian armor with the same decoration. Its most distinctive feature is the repeating pattern based on the x-shaped cross on which St. Andrew was crucified. The cross, one of the heraldic emblems of the House of Burgundy which was closely linked to the Spanish Crown, is flanked by the insignia of the Golden Fleece. The Burgundy Cross armor is also seen in the full-length Portrait of Philip II (c. 1557) by Anthonius Mor. More than a century later it was chosen for Juan Carreño de Miranda's portrait of Philip's great grandson, Charles II in Armor (1681)." It was also worn in 1681 by his great grandson Charles II of Spain

Replica 1705 English sea chart of the whole world shewing the variations of the compass with a view of the generall and coasting trade winds and monsoons or shifting trade winds Replica 1716 German World map showing shipping routes to the East and West indies

you mean like the one on the flag or is it something different?

not that its very clear but Bartholomew Roberts wore a huge chain apparently:

very cool.