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The Letters of Marque January sale is now on. All our products are reduced :)

I thought that maybe they were like the leather hat on this figure (19th century but in an 18th century style) but with an outer covering of red cotton: http://www.cowanauctions.com/auctions/item.aspx?ItemId=26372

I posted mine out a couple of weeks ago.

I've actually just stumbled across what nickers might be refering too. It was what Marbles were called back then: "The word "marble" was not used to represent the round toy ball made from various stones until 1694 in England. It was then that marble stone was being used for the toy and was being imported from Germany. Before this time, the English adopted the Dutch word "knikkers" for marbles. The word "knikker" was used by New York City children well into the 19th century." Obviously this makes the reference I found to a child being given money to buy nickers make more sense. They were mainly small clay balls back then. It does however seem strange that John Chapman would have them in his belongings. Unless they were items he bought along as a keepsake or to trade. I wouldnt imagine that marbles would be a great game for sailors to play on a swaying ship. Also they are listed under clothing in his inventory so this might be totally wrong.

It's really interesting to see how the turn back cuffs varied in size between the pictures.

I'm in

Just finished another map of the West Indies too. This time from 1684 http://www.lettersofmarque.co.uk/index.php?main_page=product_info&cPath=2&products_id=222

I am in the process of making a replica of that very chest. I'll be using it to keep my tent in for transportation purposes but as set dressing ones I am set up for trading.

We are also now doing Quadrants. One side has a Gunters Quadrant and the other has a Mariners quadrant marked out: http://www.lettersofmarque.co.uk/index.php?main_page=product_info&cPath=11&products_id=209

as I said on facebook We do see Nazi, Slaveowner, Conquestador and Inquisitor reenactors. Most periods of history are reenacted and to reenact any event you need the so called 'bad' guys as well as the 'good' guys. You cant alter or leave out the facts just because its not politically correct in our time or else how would anyone learn anything from historys mistakes. To generalise all pirates as rapists and murderers is historically incorrect too. And to sum it all up, that whole argument makes no sense anyway as no reenactor has done what the person they portray has done. Medieval reenactors don't go around hacking people to bits, World War 2 reenactors don't go around shooting people or blowing people up. The clue is in the word ACT in reenACTment. It's acting. At the end of the day we all take off our pirate clothes and go back to our 21st century luxurys

I'm definately up for it again too

Are we doing this again this year?

Must sell more stuff....you are killing me here Mr Foxe!!

Seems to be working ok on mine

Looks Awesome

You can put me down for one once you are making them as long as you can do a version without the vent hole drilled as it'd not get into the UK then.

Thats really cool. I bet that thesis is really interesting. Wonder if he will publish it anywhere?

awesome. I'll definately be having a couple of those.

Excellent. I have just ordered one. Saves me a job

I have a couple of spare plug bayonet handles. I might try making a normal clasp knife based on that design.

This is a replica I made of a 47 inch long walking cane. It has leather thong though in the picture due to me not having any ribbon at the time I photographed it:

Does anyone know what a Grummet is? It is mentioned this document from 1710 relating to crewing a ship. "Make up your Complemt. of men and Grummets One hundred & Ten in Number, as fast as you can." Is it some sort of post on a ship as it is mentioned along with Pages a lot in the book "Butterflies Will Burn: Prosecuting Sodomites in Early Modern Spain and Mexico" (the only other reference to it i can find)? http://books.google.co.uk/books?id=WrM0__qIN2YC&printsec=frontcover&source=gbs_ge_summary_r&cad=0#v=onepage&q&f=false It mentiones that it is the lowliest type of sailor and seems to indicate that it is mainly young boys in the post. Anyone else come across the term before?

ahhh seeing that hat I can now see how they can be mistaken for a Bicorne. It's because the back of that hat is a lot wider than the sides which angles them back a lot more.

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It looks like it wraps across the whole front of the body and buttons down the sides. I've been trying to find something that looks similar all day but havent found any examples of that kind of design from the GAOP period. Do we have any pictures of spanish sailors wearing what looks like a smock as this is probably what this would look like especially if it was beneath a coat?