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As one also just getting active into the Steam punk scene I would definately recommend the Brass Goggles forum. it has about as many members/topics/posts, etc that this board has, only for steampunk. Hearts of Steel? Is that a new transformers comic, or an old one?

I really like the concept of the sundial watch. The watch face, and it's base are really well done. I would recommend though replacing the two watch straps with a wide piece of leather that buckled on the bottom, so sort of a 3 to 4 inch wide bracer (depending on the subdials circumference) instead of the two straps. The head looks to be a large and heavy, and the straps seem kind of flimsy underneath it, and I think you loose some coolness effect that bracers just bring to the show (Look at Captain Jack Harkness or Capt Robert, from Abney Park) I also like the look of the blue tooth cover. Would it be possible for him to post some pics of it in action so we can see how it fits over the blue tooth, and how it looks on the ear. I would also like to see some pics of the wearing of the glasses. They look to be decked out in bells and whistles. How comfortable are they to wear?

True, but on the other hand, most original kitchen utensils that I have handled (granted, late 18th and early 19th century) are much like the swords of the period... Lightweight, finely crafted tools... If I had to guess, I'd say that is a circa 1880-1930 meat cleaver... However, I'm sure it would be passable to the average event jury... Eeek. That's a LITTLE out of period, unless it does look like the same from the early 1700's... Here are some web resources with images that might help. http://www.mamalisa.com/blog/domestic-life...e-17th-century/ Talks about cooking in colonial times, and some of the images show knives similar to meat cleavers Here is also an image of colonial cooking utensils. There also seems to be a cleaver like blade in the bunch. It came from a sight about the jamestown colony. http://www.gutenberg.org/files/16277/16277-h/16277-h.htm I hope these help.

Arts and Music programs are being cut from schools all across the country in an attempt to save money. Sport programs are also being cut in some areas. Heck with the debates over the last few years of Intelligent Design vs Darwinism being taught in school I am not surprised that the subject of History is the next possible subject to be cut. I will be honest, while in school I hated the subject. Maybe I eeked out a C grade in most History subjects. I remember almost failing my senior year of high school with American Government History. It was not until after high school that I got into history, and that was when I began participating in Medieval recreation. Yeah first I joined because I got to hit other people with sticks (shanais), but eventually I took my persona seriously and begun doing research. And I tell you that sucked. One author said one thing and backed up his research. Another author said something totally opposite based on the same evidence. Most of us can easily understand the frustration with history trying to research what was fact and fiction just for the GAoP, but we still push forward. But after reading this thread I thought to myself, could I have lived and functioned in today’s society without knowing what caused the American Revolution, the Great Depression, the War of the Roses. I have to say yes. It is not necessary to learn about history to function, to even learn moral lessons. Now would my life have been less interesting? Would I have found the friends, family (Heck I met my wife at a fighter’s practice), and joy I have had in my life these last 15 years without History. And to that I can say No. So that is my goal, that is my mission when I put on my kit and go to talk to the children. I do my best to get them interested in history, to drive that spark in their imagination into a flame that will help History survive, if not in school, at least in the hearts and minds of the next generation. And now I get off my soapbox.

I came up with my Pirate name before we decided to name the ship. We thought long and hard about what would be the name of a ship that had a captain by the name of Justin Kase, and thus was born the D.P.S. SeaMonkey (D.P.S. standing for Dread Pyrate Ship). It was really close too, because we almost named her the LoveMonkey, but we thought it better to not have to show up where there were children and try to explain that name.

OK so thanks to all of these posts I have a lot of songs that I am going to be listening too over the weekend. My list is unfortunately a little more mainstream. The Legend of Davy Jones (Forty Fathoms Deep) - David Jeremiah Whale of a tale - Kirk Douglas (From 20,000 Leagues) The Beast of Pirate's Bay - Voltaire This Ship's Going Down - Voltaire Cruel Mistress - Flogging Molly My Kids are huge Captain Bogg and Salty fans, especially the Pegleg Tango and Sail with the Kings Also they consider Muppet Treasure Island definate must listen to Pirate Music, and I will guilty admit a small love of Tim Curry's song in the movie.

If it heats up fast, it cools down fast. Also the loading process is critical to your own ship. Mythbuster's treatment of the splinter effect of ships guns is deeply flawed and ,unfortunately , is one of their less thought out episodes. Land gunners don't always know what they are talking about when it comes to the tall ships. I like the MythBusters and agree that sometimes their testing and research is not enough. The episode in which they tested a sword breaking and called it Busted was greatly inaccurate. I have been recreating Medieval times for 17 years and have seen my fair share of blades breaking on each other, shields, armor, etc. I need to take a road trip to these maritime museums to see all this cool stuff I read about on these boards. I think I will try to hit the San Diego Maritime Musem within the year.

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I wanted to update this a little bit. Wife came up with a better play name (she would not let me use it as a middle name for our son, so I am creating a Steam Punk persona with it) Name: Dr. Caractacus Primate, M.D. PH.D. W.D. Occupation: Ship's "Doctor" Medical Doctor/Alchemist/Occultist/Witch Doctor/Medicine Man Background: Caractacus from a young age was always facinated with the worlds of science and the occult. A bright and gifted child from a well off family, he obtained a Doctorate in medicine from a Southern University. With degree in hand he made his way to Europe to apprentice and 6 years later found himself back in america with a secondary doctorate in the paranormal and occult. Upon his return he made his way west and spent several more years in the Wild Lands studying under various medicine men and witch doctors, trying to determine where the lines of science and the paranormal met. Dr. Primate says that the site of the Columbia's Revenge was an answer to his prayers as he joined up with the crew during one of their jaunts into the Wild Lands. It seems when he agreed to study under one shaman he did not realize part of the arrangement was to marry the shaman's daughter and join the tribe as the shaman's successor. The misunderstanding was later clarified when Caractacus ran away from his marriage ceremony. Walking into the sick bay of the Columbia's Revenge you are greeted with the sight of large metal slab complete with straps in the middle of the room. Jars of specimen line upon shelves on the walls. Some of the creatures, like slugs are alive and easily identifiable, others look to be the beginnings of monsterous creatures, luckily these appear to be dead. In one courner of the room a jacobs ladder sparks upon a table laden with beakers and tubing filled with brightly colored concoctions. Yes the medical lab of Dr Caractacus Primate looks like it jumped right off the pages of some dime store novella. Appearance: Standing at slightly over 6 ft tall and of large build Dr Primate looks to be the quintessential Mad scientist in his White lab coat. His black wavy hair sits wildly on his head, and his blue eyes are apparent in his magnifying operating goggles. Don’t worry no one has yet to complain about his bed side manner, no one living at least. Out of the lab he looks to be a respectable medical gentleman… of sorts. He accessorizes with trappings that he has picked up the wild lands, a bone chest plate and choker here, wilds colorful feathers in his top hat there. He carries with him his medical bag, a walking cane, and his trusty firearm.

Since Captain Ron was mentioned (which I agree with should be on the list), I thought I would throw some other comical maritime names out there. Not sure if I would add them to the best fo all time list, but I personally still enjoyed the characters. The Pirate King - Ted Hamilton/The Pirate Movie (I think the bewjewelled cod piece make the outfit) The Pirate King - Kevin Kline / Pirates of Penzance Hoops McCann - John Cusack/One Crazy Summer Captain Bully Hayes - Tommy Lee Jones / Nate and Hayes Captain Dogg Brown - Frank Langella/Cutthroat Island Captain Nemo - Naseeruddin Shah / The League of Extraordinary Gentlemen I will also have to agree with Yellowbeard

Lots of documentation on cooking, but not very much on cooking utensils. I have not experienced many folks putting my cooking utensils under much scrutiny becasue of this. It has been generally accepted if it looks heavy and "old" then it passes PC inspection.

That is definately a type meat cleaver. I have been looking for an antique one like that for a while for my kit. Cleavers are PC, but finding text to support that, or images to confirm that are few and far between. Here are some of the few references I have found that mentions cleavers during the period we protray. 1) A French Connection Psychic crime-solving dates back at least 300 years, judging from one published account from a government-appointed commission in 17th-century France. In July 1692, a wine merchant and his wife in Lyons were brutally murdered with a meat cleaver during the course of a burglary. I could not find any reference to support the mentioned crime in the above paragraph found on a site discussing Psychic crimes. Old Stone Mill - Contruction approx 1675 http://www.quahog.org/attractions/index.php?id=48 An extensive archaeological dig in 1949 uncovered some 20,000 artifacts, including a fragment of a rusty meat cleaver, bits of clay pipe, a horse tooth, and coins. Additionally, bits of grinding stones, a gunflint, and, believe it or not, a footprint, were found. The grinding stones seemed to lend credence to the theory that the tower had been used as a grist mill, and the Colonial-style shoeprint, found in a layer of clay deeper than the tower's footings, should have decided the question of the tower's builders for good. But it didn't, and investigations continued.

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He had made it back to Iceland barely in time for his father's funeral pyre. The letter found him while in port in New Orleans, and by the time he read of his father's illness he was already too late to say goodbye. He looked upon the wall of his cabin and saw the axe hanging upon the wall, and he fondly thought of his mother. The small woman, full of old Viking spit and vinegar grabbed him by his hair and dragged him down in front of her. Calling him by he birth name she growled out his lineage, explaining how the 2 foot blade impaled on a 4 ft piece of wood had been the right of every elder male in his line dating back to Odin times. He tired to explain that the axe would be of no use to him on the close confines of his ship, but further pulling of the hair, and eventual twisting of his ear convinced him that his family honor would rest easier with Thorn in his possession. That was months ago, and being back in that cold land reminded him why he preferred warmer weather, so the SeaMonkey was sailing further south than they ever had before. New Orleans would not be her port of choice, for he demanded warmer weather and brighter sun. He has heard of a port within the Carribean that was supposed haven to those of his ethical persuasion, and he was determined to see if it was true. A cannon's roar woke him from his mindless day dreaming and cause him to fall unceremoniously from his hammock. He picked himself up from the floor of his cabin and ran out of his cabin, grabbing a flintlock pistol and a chopping cleaver on his way. Upon deck he lowered both weapons as he realized that instead of being part of a pitched battle, his crew stood upon the deck in proper military fashion all saluting him formally. Morgan, 1st mate of the SeaMonkey, stood forward and announced in a loud, crisp military tone, "Captain Justin Kase, The crew be ready for inspection, SIR!" Justin stood dumbfounded, and stared slack jawed at his crew. His dirty, smelly, half drunken, lying, cheating, viscous crew. "Oh, and Port Royal be in sight too." Morgan said with a half smile, and the whole crew broke into laughter. "You…you…YOU DRUNKEN, malodorous, conniving, BASTARD!" Justin bellowed at the thin Irish man. "What was with the CANNON?" "Ya did instruct me to wake you when the port be in site. Boom Boom was present when you made that announcement and I promised her she could do it. You know how she likes her wakeup calls Captain." Captain Justin Kase then smiled warmly and threw the cleaver towards the center mast, where it stuck solidly into the wood. The small girl inches from the blade gulped hard and smiled sheepishly at the captain. "Wake me like that again Boom Boom, and it be you I load into your precious children. As for the rest of you bastards… SHORE LEAVE!" A great cheer rose from the deck of the SeaMonkey as it made way to port.

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Captain Justin Kase If you ask his parents the ancient Norse Gods still survive otherwise how could a child, decendant from an ancient line of Viking jarls and warriors, be born under the watchful eye of the Trickster God Loki. It was said that the baby was born with a twinkle in his eye and a smirk upon his lips. He has had a small stint in the British Navy as ship's cook, and a longer career as cook on a pirate vessel. Justin Kase is captain of The SeaMonkey, a corvette he claimed as his own after a pitched battle in which the previous captain was killed and the crew elected him to the new position. Appearance: Early Thirties. Clean shaven with bright blue eyes and thick, dark, wavy black hair. His Norse/Icelandic ancestry shows in his size with being over 6 ft tall and 20 stones. A smile generally plays across his lips, even during the heat of battle. Trinkets: He even wears an Lokian amulet around his neck to show his faith in the old Gods. a cleaver hangs from his hip, and has been known to use it to chop "meat". He recently came into posession of his ancestral family axe, which hangs upon the wall in his cabin. (Think of the Axe used in the movie Braveheart) Morgan Macghabbon: First mate of the SeaMonkey. Where the captain is a dark presence Morgan is the visible opposite. Being 10 stones and just under 6 ft in hieght. His bright red hair is cropped close to his head. Boom Boom: Only a man touched by a Trickster God would allow someone with the Nom De Plume of Boom Boom to be in charge of the guns on his ship. Do not let the fact that Boom Boom is a female who barely looks old enough to understand the meaning of womanhood, or that she is constantly pushing her dirty blonde hair out of her face as she yells over the cannons roars. This woman knows more about firepower than most gunners twice her age, and rumor has it she is actually older than the captain. Rumor has it she made a deal with a Voudon priestess asking for youth, what she did not expect was to look pre-pubesent. More crew to come if need be.

We are completing a deal with a site that will handle online sales. Once that is done, you'll be able to order 4 packs online from the U.S. and many many other parts of the world. RootJack has been on the market a total of about 2 weeks. We're distributing out of an area near Chicago. The goal is to get it in to convenience stores all over the country, but that takes time. Concerning Pirates, Vikings & Knights 2... yes, of course the pirates win! We have a co-op marketing program with that game. Their logo appears on the back of our bottle and RootJack...well, you'll just have to wait for the next version of the game to see what we are doing there. Thanks for the comments about the web site. When it takes over a year to get a product to taste just right, you have plenty of time to work on marketing. I hope that online sales site goes through soon. We need some RootJack in Vegas.

Funny thing about this... Back when I was a Viking re-enactor and mocking the pirates I encountered, one of the quips I used to toss at the pirates was that they were the Vikings that showed up 1000 years too late and way too far south... Now I tell Vikings that they are the extinct pirates that never got it right.... (which is why they are extinct ) I am glad I am not the only one who started as Viking and ended a pirate.

Yeah, I wouldn't want it to get outta hand. But I was thinking more along the lines of that was happening in the movie "The Gangs of New York"... But maybe Airship Pyrate crews would be so mixed, that there wouldn't be a problem. That could also depend on the airship in question, whether the crew are race/nationality purists, or they accept an able body crew member for what they can do, and not where they were born. Personally if the Comlubia's Revenge is going to have a captain that has been talked about I think the crew is going to be a more accepting crew of individual types. Has there been much thought of what kind of cultures that can be found within the Wild Lands. I am assuming and indiginous folks would be tribal in nature, but I was wondering if the thought was to lean towards Native American, Afrian Tribalism, or even Southern VooDoo. Personally I think a mix of all three would be very interesting.

I agree that hot coals would not work (per the previous dust factor mentioned), but if they did a hot shot I do not see why they couldn't do a "raisin" shot (heated grape shot) as this would have been easier to heat than the Hot shot I would expect. Did anyone see the Myth Busters' Pirate special in whch they tried different ammunition in the cannons?

On-line that would be fun...just the kinda Doctor our Capitan needs..... but then you could never talk to the rest of the crew..... (you'd know too many secrets..) The capt needn't worry. I take my Doctor / Patient confidentiality very seriously. I mean otherwise I would have to constently explain why I have so much penicillin on hand due to the results of shore leave. And I swear the peyote and absinthe is for medicinal reasons only. My father was a medicine man in the Order of the Arrows (Boy Scouts) and I inherited all of his gear when he passed away (Head Dress, Bone Breast plate, etc). I thought it would be fun to incorporate some of it into my Steam Punk outfit (like the bone breast plate and maybe choker). Instead of beads i could decorate it with gauges and such. Also I am going to start working on a medicine bag similer to the one that Icabob Crane carried in Sleepy Hollow. I was rewatching over the weekend and thought that is the way steam punk operating tools should look like. Oh now my mind is racing with garb ideas.

OK I think I have an idea for a persona, but I need the Ok to move forward. Name: Dr. Thadeus Primate, M.D. PH.D. W.D. Occupation: Ship's "Doctor" Alchemist/Occultist/Witch Doctor/Doctor of Medicine Background: Obtained a Doctorate in medicine from a Confederacy university, Obtained a Doctorate in Occultism/Alchemy from a Union University, and spent several years in the Wild Lands studying under various medicine men and witch doctors. Joined up with the Columbia Revenge during one of their jaunts into the Wild Lands. It seems he did not realize he was agreeing to marry a local tribal leader's daughter until the wedding in which he ran away from.

While I enjoy the ride since it has been refurbished to include PotC characters my favorite memories of the ride were taken out long before PotC the movie came about. In DL there is a parrot sitting on a map at the beginning of the ride. This parrot used to have a shaved chest and a tattoo of an anchor. Now it is fully feathered. After the auction there is a scene in which pirates are chasing wenches in a burning town, and a curvy wench chasing a final scared pirate. Now the women and pirate being chased are carrying something (food or swag) and the one doin the chasing are after the treasure. When the ride was first around it was sans food and swag. The pirates wree chasing the wenches for the purpose of wenching. And the buxom lass was chasing the pirate for the same reason. So remember everyone Disney was once for lust, but now settles for gluttony. I think they need to refurbish the swamp area at the begging of the ride to have Tia Dulma instead of Old Joe sitting on his porch. Oh yeah. I wan'ts the red head too.

Aye, and the land of Disney recently released a statement that they will not longer be trying to stop these pictures from posting to the secret booth.