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Antique 19th Century Navaja, A Spanish Folding Pocket Knife with Etched Blade Engraved Recuerdo and stamped with the makers mark of a sword and the name Riberon, 7.5 inches Folded 12.5 inches Open. The knife is in good solid condition with no loose parts however the very tip of the blade has been snapped off by a previous owner. One of the brass panels is a little dented too but has no sharp bits and actually looks worse in the pictures than it is. $196

Another great resource I stumbled across on Google Books Regulations and instructions relating to His majesty's service at sea By Great Britain. Privy Council 1731 http://books.google.co.uk/books?id=sGtUAAAAYAAJ&dq=editions%3AQ2ENAAAAIAAJ&pg=PP7#v=onepage&q&f=false Its towards the end of the Golden age of Piracy but its still got a lot of interesting stuff in it. The last section will be of great interest to anyone wanting to recreate shipboard paperwork and logs

I have all kinds of Sea charts from the Golden Age of Piracy. Here is what i have up in the shop but if theres anything specific you want just ask and i will see if i can find it: http://www.etsy.com/shop/lettersofmarqueuk?section_id=7447851

I have maps that would go very nice with them

Look what I just found for sale: http://www.biblio.co.../261130100.html The original English edition of Bucaniers of America, or, a true account of the mostremarkable assaults committed of late years upon the coasts of the West-Indies,by the bucaniers of Jamaica and Tortuga, both English and French … wherein arecontained more especially the unparallel'd exploits of Sir Henry Morgan, ourEnglish Jamaican hero, who sack'd Puerto Velo, burnt Panama, &c. Writtenoriginally in Dutch by John Esquemeling … and thence translated into Spanish byAlonso de Bonne-Maison … Now faithfully rendered into English by ALEXANDREEXQUEMELIN Pity I havent got $7,500.00 handy ha ha

Actually the odd thing is that it seems that everyone in the harbor has their canons run out. The usual state of canons is lashed inboard (to avoid the proverbial "loose canon"). Gun ports were often opened for ventilation, but running out the canon was an offensive/defensive move and yet here we have a whole harbor full of run-out canon. Odd. I think it said somewhere on one of the information pages that a Royal Yacht is coming into the dock so they are firing a salute. One possible explanation.

Just found this excellent book on google books. Its full of really useful info: De jure maritimo et navali or a Treatise of Affaires Maritime and of commerce by Charles Molloy 1682 http://books.google.co.uk/books?id=4xCYDg6BjZMC&printsec=frontcover#v=onepage&q&f=false

I'm attempting the same thing. Theres some good examples of period books on ebay of all places. Obviously they are ridiculously expensive but the pictures on the ads make for good research. Just go to the "books" category then "Antiquarian and collectable" then do a search for 170* (make sure you put the * then it searches for all books that have the number 170 in them including books that have 170+anything after these numbers). This will give you all the books from 1700-1709 they have listed. Obviously change it to 171* for 1710-1719 and so on.

certainly looks like writing but i cant make it out. Looks like "I fein for slops" to me but you cant really make them out. I just noticed the 2 cannons sticking out of the stern of the ornate ship at the back of the dock. I never realised ships had cannons there. I'm also intrigued by the case/chest the guy in the far corner of the dock is carrying. It obviously had a handle on the top from how he is carrying it. I must have a go at making one of them sledge type things the horse is pulling. I have seen similar ones in pictures of dutch docks of the time but with men pulling them. Although why they didnt have wheels on I am not sure. Maybe they were used across the sand too where wheels would sink.

zoom in on the guard by the portcullis gate. Now is it just me or is he wearing a pointy witches hat???

the markings on the crates and bales look like they could be the dutch west india company logos

you might get a bit clearer view of stuff here: http://www.nmm.ac.uk/collections/displayRepro.cfm?reproID=BHC0845&picture=1#content just click the zoom button

Does anyone have any descriptions or pictures of what early 18th century ticking fabric would look like? It's mentioned that the breeches and waistcoats in the 1706 admiralty slops contract are made of "Striped Ticking" Would it have looked like this modern cotton ticking:

theres a really interesting site about The British Military Presence in America, 1660-1720 http://historyreconsidered.net/Brittish_Military_Presence_in_America.html

you might not be far wrong on that. In one of the books i link to about it seems that they were trying to get better sales of wool so the two might be related. Also I think there is mention of people being buried in wool in the bible so maybe it was something to do with that too. Anyway heres a little present for you all. I recreated the document using Williams translation and pictures. The pdf is actual size of 7.5" x 9" ready for you all to print on a sheet of laid paper http://www.cybercyde...s/affidavit.pdf

cool thats saved me some time as I had that on my to-do list for the weekend. I'm not sure where the document would fit in from a maritime point of view but its a nice one to have lying around. Makes you wonder if it was still the law that you had to be buried in wool if you were buried at sea

cool. I thought it was just me who was obsessed with 17th/18th century documents ha ha

I'll be buying a couple of new pistols in the next few days, a musket later in the year and hopefully a small cannon at some point after that. Just waiting for a sword from Baltimore Knife and Sword then I may be ordering another 2 off them.

heres the ebay auction where its for sale: http://cgi.ebay.co.u...=item588e16777d http://www.traceyour.../woollenact.htm and also a more period reference from 1729: http://books.google.co.uk/books?id=DpAGAAAAMAAJ&dq=Burial%20in%20Woollen%20Act&pg=PA750#v=onepage&q=Burial%20in%20Woollen%20Act&f=false and 1713 http://books.google.co.uk/books?id=LqIOAAAAQAAJ&dq=Burial%20in%20Woollen&pg=PA138#v=onepage&q&f=false

I just came across this 1716 Affidavit about burial instructions. Its got a rather nice skull and crossbones design on it which would look cool on a flag and its a period design too.

I do a load of different documents from the Golden age of Piracy. I am working on replica bills of lading etc too if theres anything specific you would like. http://www.etsy.com/shop/lettersofmarqueuk?section_id=7447736

Do the small one first and see how it turns out. I am in the process of doing some powder barrels myself. I just need to get the Willow to put around mine then they should be done

so thats why they always pick me to be on the losing side

thats awesome

Which one in that video is Foxe? I'm sure he's in there somewhere. Plus, they are using both "his" boats (one is actually his and one is under his care) . . . Anyone else we know in there too? Foxe is the guy at the back of the long boat next to the jack sparrow impersonator wearing brown. I'm the one right at the back/top deck trying to reload me gun in the red coat