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8. Volunteer! and Share what you can We're all in this event together, if you enjoy these events, help make them successful! Sometimes there are duty rosters and sign-up sheets, for ice delivery, trash, firewood, etc.. Sign up and help! If there are not, take it upon yourself to volunteer. You meet new people, spread the cheer and generally become part of the "family". "family" was a big reason Ft Taylor was so successful. Lets carry it forward. (we can use help for dinners and breakfast in the Mercury camp- here's your first chance to volunteer!) If pirates are in need, issues forgetting critical items, lost luggage, etc... reach out and help. If you see an unsafe situation, report it immediately to the powers that be. In this case Brian, who runs the event, William or Stynky who help coordinate. or the Fort Personnel. Too many times we have lost events due to issues with the site, issues at the event, or just plain circumstances beyond our control. We need to protect these events/sites for future use, too many times they are taken for granted. We are guests at this event. Altho we are making a large effort to make it successful, it is not our event (like Ft Taylor was). Let's be great guests, and not overstep our bounds. We would like to come back!

The Ragoo French Green beans and potatoes turned out excellent. The Beef Olives not so much, It's a too much work in camp for the result. so we're going with the Ragoo and sides of bacon for the Friday night dinner [along with greens and bread/butter]. [We'll call this Ragoo and Salt Pork😉] Saturday dinner is looking like a vegetable stew plus a side from the grill , but there is talk of a potluck, either way that should work.

Look at the bright side, you didnt choose to do a justaucorp... 132 buttons/holes... (I cheated on a few in the back)

Yes! I think he needs to make watchcoats for each of us! LOL Seriously, outside of dressing for a wake, that wool would make an excellent watch coat.

I made an early hammock 10 years ago. Used it at one or two events. The trick is knowing if there is a place to hang it and getting there first. I really should plan to use it more, but there are not so many events these days. the hammock is very comfortable. If I was coming alone to Ft Gaines I would consider bringing it. Here's a pic at Utah Pirate festival back in 2013 and thanks to William for taking these photos!

Getting there!

I put this list together over in the Crafting your kit forum. We cant vouch for the suppliers, but many of them have been around for a while and at least there is a start for finding some proper kit. Some of it contains later 1700s era shoes and clothing, so you still have to dig a bit. Its pretty hard to find proper kit, but I'm adding more suppliers as we find them. Many suppliers have dropped off in the Covid and post Covid era. Linking to the Pyracy Forum thead here so we dont have to mantain the list in two places... LInk to Pyracy topic

that looks good. I might have to make a cover for my modern inflatable pad

$12 - not bad. Rarely ever see them in the thrift stores anymore, most cast alloy when you do

I finished a pair of slops I had started a long time ago. They were buried in a crate of unfinished projects LOL. And... finished sleeves for the two remaining shirts. Shirt Bodies and sleeve attachment next

I've reversed the arms (twisted one end) when attaching them to the body, and there is no fix but to reattach or remove. I typically built one coat of outer fabric and one coat of lining with sleeves attached. Then good sides together and stitch all the way around (except neck opening). Flip right side out and then handstitch the neck opening

piecing fabric is perfectly acceptable. They did that a lot

There is an older thread but its outdated. Since there is a demand for information, sources and prices have changed a lot since the Covid era. I'm not going to maintain links (but will provide website name in parenthesis when possible). Will try to note the sources that might be more modern or not quite period (target is late 1600s thru early 1700s). Not promoting or recommending these sources. They are "for information only"... I would like to stress making your own kit is the most historic and economical option (if you are able) If you run across other sources please post them below and I'll add/edit appropriately to original post.. hat blanks: Etsy "shopboswell" - nice heavy hat blanks for reasonable prices (www.etsy.com) Veteran Arms - Hat blanks at reasonable prices knitted hats: Etsy "KnitKriket" - various monmouth and other wool knitted hats (www.etsy.com) Js Townsends - Monmouth cap (www.townsends.us) Shoes: Loyalist Arms - still lists the early shoes with wood heels. These are excellent, but there was a long lead time from my memory (www.loyalistarms.ca) Foxblade Trading: - various early shoes (www.re-enactment-shoes.co.uk) Gossvile Shoes - early open side and colonial shoes (www.gossvillenh.com in US) Pumpkintown sutler - Various mens and womens shoes, some are later period Js Townsends - later 18th century/colonial style shoes (www.townsends.us) Fugawee.com - colonial style shoes (www.fugawee.com) Cotton Stockings: Etsy "pennyriver" - These are reasonably priced Adult size cotton stockings in various colors, also silk (www.etsy.com) Js Townsend - various styles of Stockings in colors, and garters (www.townsends.us) The Cloak Drummer sutler - various cotton stockings (www.cloakdrummer.com) Etsy "historicalhatlady" - cotton stockings in various colors (www.etsy.com) Hand made Stockings: Etsy "TheFlyingDeathsHead" - Handmade wool stockings (www.etsy.com) Shirts: Js Townsend - linen workshirt and banded shirt in linen (www.townsends.us) halfpint (on pyracy.com) - Handstitched linen shirts Breeches/Slops: Js Townsend - Fly Front Knee Breeches and Front Fly trousers in linen (www.townsends.us) Loyalist Arms - Website says inquire about Sailor slops under new products (www.loyalistarms.ca) White Pavilion Clothiers - French fly slops in canvas (www.whitepavilion.com G Gedney Godwin Sutler - Sailor slops in Striped cotton (www.gggodwin.com) SlopsbyChaaps - Sailor slops/breeches in natural linen (etsy.com) Waistcoats: Etsy "historicalhatlady" - various waistcoats, later but passable with modified pocket flaps (www.etsy.com) Townsends - 1750s waistcoat in linen, later but passable considering lack of sources (www.townsends.us) SlopsbyChaaps - Sailor long and short waistcoats (sleeved and unsleeved) in linen (etsy.com) Stays: Samson Historical - stays, shifts (www.samsonhistorical.com) Market Wallet: Samsons Historical - linen market wallet (www.samsonhistorical.com) Buckles: "Bucklecastings" on Facebook - various buckles buttons, etc based on dug examples Buttons: Townsends - has pewter, brass and plain buttons (www.townsends.us) Veteran Arms - various styles (www.veterarms.com) Blockade Runner - plain penny buttons (www.blockaderunner.com) Wm Booth Draper - Brass, pewter and german silver buttons (www.wmboothdraper.com) Fabric: Fabrics Store - various weights of 100% linen and some other fabrics (www.fabrics-store.com) Wm Booth Draper - various wool and linen fabrics (www.wmboothdraper.com) Burnley and Trowbridge - various wool and notions (www.burnleyandtrowbridge) Hemp Rope: Hemp Traders - Various sizes of hemp rope (www.hemptraders.com) Tents: (sometimes a long lead time - dont wait) Panther Primitives - various tent styles (pantherprimitives.com) Red Hawk Trading - various tent styles (www.redhawktrading.com) Tent Smiths - various tent styles (www.tentsmiths.com) Uniforms: Veteran Arms - French and British uniforms tho later 18th century (www.veteranarms.com) Lanterns: Rob Gorrell - Makes excellent period lanterns (www.robgorrell.com)

You should make matching coat, waistcoat and breeches! augment with some red or gold tape.

what happened to the janky sleeve? I thought you were talking about the lining...

you can always come back to it after you clear your head. I've had a few mistakes over the years that bugged me enough to go back and redo. just needed a break from it for a while.

completely forgot about Js Townsend buttons

These were domed: https://www.ebay.com/itm/334872476769?_trkparms=amclksrc%3DITM%26aid%3D777008%26algo%3DPERSONAL.TOPIC%26ao%3D1%26asc%3D20221115143614%26meid%3D427a0d965d1243e2a594eb625a98f94e%26pid%3D101616%26rk%3D1%26rkt%3D1%26sd%3D334872476769%26itm%3D334872476769%26pmt%3D1%26noa%3D1%26pg%3D4375194%26algv%3DRecentlyViewedItemsV2%26brand%3DUnbranded&_trksid=p4375194.c101616.m5481&_trkparms=parentrq%3A7ebfd0bb1890aab3648748f0fffe2438|pageci%3A3856d6ba-28b9-11ee-9ce4-2a2397d6e5c7|iid%3A1|vlpname%3Avlp_homepage

There were some domed buttons too, just have to search and look sometimes...

I tried out the bale marks today. Pretty cool! Thanks Michael!!!! I'll ship the HudsonBay and Dutch east India co to you (Duchess) next week. William is going to hang onto the WTF balemark (Not shown). And I'll hang on to the Mercury balemark for now. Maybe bring to Mercury events if anyone wants to use it.

If you search for "metal shank buttons" on ebay, sometimes you can find plain or simple metal buttons. brass buttons are expensive these days... example: https://www.ebay.com/itm/164324939168?hash=item26428795a0:g:MswAAOSwEqlfLFD3&amdata=enc%3AAQAIAAAAwB5sj775efxYOeaQYYPzCYNr%2B09k7VEm4E2BNYS9MEkct1Y35pmyzMpQZkJiyrrKA5AzH9li7OhZ%2B0qL%2F71NzbUiULM%2FwokrJ6zmKzXB5Efg8ucZ22CpA0nX3LUjVgWEDlfzq3c58nxl1jda8gWBUiZ6FcQifEGEBg0azUhy51mL71SgRLdCTQONy7ZGDJPxFmP4g4Z5iOW0lFV%2FjI5yTMXWK7%2BTJgExsucPpkWTdq%2BZrdknHlG%2Bc%2FdIdDRrrt47VA%3D%3D|tkp%3ABk9SR9DzkOOvYg

Looking good! Whaaat?!? You still have 7 weeks, get on it! (just kidding). I used this tutorial to make wool buttons for my Justaucorp. It took 132 buttons(!!) and I was worried about cost and total weight of metal buttons. These were easy to make and are period. https://thedreamstress.com/2015/06/making-medieval-cloth-buttons/

Last I heard, lunches were going to be provided by fort. Trying to confirm.