madPete

Indeed - Have a very Happy One!

mP

yeah-i still smell like saltwater!

thnx vigilantees for all ye hard werk!!

ye always smell like salt water- sounds like it was fun til the storm!

mP

Have a GREAT one Mate!

mP

Happy Birthday Iron Jon . hope to cross wakes again soon!

mP

Just a reminder, this event is rapidly approaching... It looks like it will be a good sized crowd (well over thirty by my count)... And we already have a couple of handful of auction items on hand by various generous donors (the first three donors to get their donations in, were all pubbers! Thanks guys and gals!).

So please sound off if you are still coming, or thing your coming, or hope your coming, or if you found out you unfortunately can't make it. Looking forward to this one!

sorry - Life has been in the way lately - I won't make May. It is on my list of things to do so maybe Sept will work.

somehow need to cross paths again!

mP

don't think I'm gonna make this one.

mP

Oi Mate - Have a great Day!

mP

17thcentury research

yes- that is indeed a nice reference page Mooseworth!

Hmmmmmm.....

Kinda makes me wonder if that's how the Mercury crew got it's name !!!

"Oh.... you're spitting up nasty looking black stuff..... You must be part of the MERCURY crew !!!" ;)

And all this time I thought it had to do with the name of the ship....... ;)

>>>>> Cascabel

there goes my tea... all over the bleeding keyboard....

well played Cascabel

It's all fun and games til someone loses an eye (or a face... or a Bosun)

Seems odd that a pyrate hunter is the one needing the Mercury and not actually a member of the Mercury crew!

mP

Hey, Pete. Are these your younglings? Nifty.

That sure is a pretty 4-4-0 with a balloon stack there, too.

yup sure is. The boy looks like Billy the Kid in Black and white photos!

Here be the "Oderlesseye song" By Thyme Awaye Created for the Movie "Treachery and A Dead Mans Promise"

Eye have written & produced and will be Released by June 2011 ~Yarr ~

The Movie is 25 minutes long and is about Pirates encountering those pesky Ninjas!

link:

Oderlesseye song

EYE... A LEGEND IN HIS OWN TIME!

Very nice you scalawag!

mP

Just run in slops and a eye patch - they'll get the message

oooh... make sure ye wear buckles on yer running shoes!

Aye Thanks - it's almost like being there... almost

mP

Aye - Have a Arrrrrsome day!<br>mP<br>

The gallery upload is working for me now - Thanks Stynky for all your... er... hard work!

mP

Hey Stynky,<br><br>I just tried to upload a pic into a new album and got the following error:<br>"Upload skipped (error 503)"<br><br>Windows 7, Firefox v3.6.13<br><br>Normally I would chalk it up to your madPete/spam filter, but since you solicited for input... <img class="bbc_emoticon" alt="" src="https://pyracy.com/public/style_emoticons/default/tongue.gif"><br>

BTW - All the embedded stuff in my message is new too.

While we do plan on holding the auction again this year, we don't have any specifics to offer as of yet. It's great to see this level of interest already. I'll try to get more details as soon as possible.

Your generosity and support is greatly appreciated.

YHS,

Camp Mom

she's a good "Camp Mom" too - actually "great" is much closer!

Any and all donations to the Dead Mans Chest auction, Which benifits the Friends of Fort Taylor and provides proceeds to stage the Fort Taylor Pirate Invasion are greatly appriciated!

As far as sending items foreward, Fayma or Haunting Lily here on the pub would have more info or an address available for you, please im one of them if you need that information

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Thanks for your Generosity and support!

Your humble auctioneer,

Chrispy

humble? well ... you are the Auctioneer anyway ...

we'll have ta see what we can cook up this year!

mP

Our first venture into steampunk - Tucson this weekend.

mP

Have a great day Mr. Bagley!

you are a gem in the midst of pirates!

mP

marble pounding board is good if you have no other good surface, but I also have a plastic cutting board so the knife stays sharp

wow mission !! i was being nice to maddoge about his...uh.... "hobby"...

(Photo by madPete)

Beowulf... be forewarned... I collect these photos.

M' dogge didn't pay up!

You learn by choosing small projects and go bigger as your confidence increases.

buy a low priced shoulder (tooling leather) and don't be afraid to throw away first attempts

Ask questions at the tandy leather store like how do I use this tool, or "How would I do this...?" They are usually very helpful in hopes of selling tools.

Don't go crazy buying leather stamps, even tho they are relatively cheap, I find I used them starting out but rarely use them anymore (except for background texture).

If you are artistic at all and have basic hand skills - you will learn fast and be pretty happy with the outcome

Get the basic tools first:

You will use these tools over and over - buy quality as you can afford it.

This is mostly what I use, along with a few basic stamps for background texture

At some point a quality set of Shears is worth the investment too.

Have fun - make stuff you like for yourself first, if ye end up throwing a few away - at least there is no pressure from a paying customer...

mP

Does anyone know if I am going?

You are going... We don't need to see his ID... Move along

I've been saying I will get that whole deal going in "a month or two" for at least a year now, I would trust someone who has them ready to sell over my "it'll get done eventually" any day.

Yeah, aye hear-tell of some such tale fer a while...

the word up an down the street is it be takin 'im a bit exter time fer the "Bagley Original" engravings on each piece...

Seriously... We're all looking forward to buying buckles from the "Evil Buckle Merchant"...

mP

(I'm sure Lob is responsible for the "evil" part of that tag)