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Arrrgh! Time for a cutting-out operation. ...or at least a quick sail aboard. My complements to Vigilant on such a fine craft. Jas. Hook

Hitman - Unaware of that series... don't tell me that there's yet another 20+ book nautical series out there. Jas. Hook Just checked... only 17 in the series... piece of cake! Jas. Hook

Gray Fox - Thanks for the photos! Who had that nifty little sailboat? <drool> Jas. Hook

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King - Hummmm... I picked up a booklet for my great nephew yesterday. It is a National Geographic publication How to be a Pirateby John Halam. In regards to your baldness question the author and the illustrator (Dave Antram) chose about 10% of the pirates illustrated as being bald. Jas. Hook

aoeu - Haven't got a clue as to value but it's a neat sword. I wonder if the scabard can be restored? The rivet washers on the handle are they some type of coins? If they are it's a neat idea. Jas. Hook

aoeu - Welcome aboard!

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Lady Laura - In Mara Riley's book Whatever Shall I Wearthere are some aging hints using sandpaper, soot, mineral oil, tea and cigarettes. Jas. Hook

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Happy Merryversary, M'lady! Jas. Hook

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To those readers of the Aubrey/Maturin Series by Patrick O'Brien who have enjoyed it, you can also continue on very similar reading in Dudley Pope's Lord Ramage Series and Alexander Kent's Bolitho Series. Jas. Hook

Linda Greenlaw's The Lobster Chronicles: Life on a Very Small Island Jas. Hook

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I guess it depends on what image you want to present. Short because you wear a wig, or look like Pintel in POTC or Mr. Bowen in Cuthroat Island. A lot of pirates were shown having top-knots. Jas. Hook

I love the way this keeps reverting back to food... Dried Jas. Hook

King - I think that male baldness has always been around, do you mean were they purposely shaving their heads????? Jas. Hook

http://wickedwoollens.blogspot.com/2009/09/dutch-sailors-cap.html Trueblood - I couldn't get to the museum site link listed by this knitter. It would appear to be a generic type of hand knit woolen cap called by various names depending on its national origin or port-of-call where the cap may have been obtained. Jas. Hook .

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MarkG - Interesting, now that looks like it'll blows Wiki's description/date out of the water. Good find! Jas. Hook

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