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Dutch - Maybe just to clarify the questions asked... both mugs look about the same size except the 'tea' mug is tapered fluted at the top and the 'coffee' mug has straight sides, correct? Jas. Hook It'll be strange drinking from a stoneware mug that doesn't have a brewery logo on it.

Dutch - I'll take two of the 'tea' mugs. Jas. Hook Just walk me through the Paypal thingie or are you sending a Paypal invoice?

Dutch - Nothin' like a good stoneware mug, hot coffee and a dollop o' rum to ward off the comin' Autumn an' Winter chills. Ouch! M'lady just poked me in the ribs... "Tea is better for ye and you mind yourself 'round the rum jar." says She. Jas. Hook

Dutch - You're such a shameless tease. I just ordered the CD... but what 'bout the mugs? Jas. Hook

Smart parrot. Any place... but not in the rum. Jas. Hook

Welcome aboard Gio Join us up forward for some sweet coffee. Jas. Hook

I have a 1740's hanger with a brass hilt and don't know what type of brass that was used in its construction. Once cleaned of the factory coating it just didn't seem to age any and stayed too bright to suit the subdued appearance I sought. I was experimenting with a liquid gun bluing on a cutlass blade and some of the solution dribbled on its hilt and darkened the brass. I re-cleaned the hanger's hilt and applied the gun bluing to the hilt and the brass began to darken. It's a bit messy but tne results achieved were quite satisfactory and I now have a hanger more suitable for a formast hand than the swabs on the aft deck. Jas. Hook

Cap'n Hawke????? But, but, but, but Monty always said that HE was captain. ;) Jas. Hook

Wes, Cascabel - Thanks for the help. It does appear to be peened over ever so slightly and lays flush. I'll give it a go. Thankee both. Jas. Hook

Save the blade and trash the rest. Make an entirely new hilt in either brass or steel. Anything you do to the existing hilt will not hide it's origin. >>>> Cascabel Ahoy, Cascabel - It be time to start that project... without any pommel to unscrew, any clue as to hilt's disassembly?????? Thankee sir. Jas. Hook

Cap'n S - The movie score from Treasure Island (TV movie) was written and performed by the Chieftains. Mixed tunes with a celtic flavor and was released on CD, as I believe, Chieftains Reel Music Film Cuts. It also contains some of their other film scores. Jas. Hook

EO'K - Great find. I recently watched a wood worker/decoy carver at Old Bethpage Village. The amount of use he got out of the draw knife while he worked was amazing. Jas. Hook

Grand hat Cap'n. Look like a lot o' labor went into its makin'. I haves to shifts more towards the darker colors... too many coasties and excise men along me coast. Jas. Hook

Wes - Arrrrrgh, me thinks it be round time that thar LT face the for'mast hands, be converted and sign articles. Jas. Hook

Arrrrrgh - Well shiver me timbers, I'd hold ye at cutlass point for that thar' shirt. Thar be nothing in the world worst than a drab brethren o' the coast. Yo Ho, Wes, Yo Ho! Jas. Hook

Mister O'Keefe - Ahoy from downstate... Oz on the Hudson. Mission - Blinkey is my pet.

Thanks Wes - There's never an end to ideas here. Jas. Hook

Arrrrrgh, I likes it. Short, sweet and right to the heart o' the mater. A big 'Hi' right back to ye, Francis. Jas. Hook

OMG Look like enough for an entire crew o' powder monkeys! ;) Welcome Mister Arms. Ye is voted Master o' Recruitment. Jas. Hook

Scale was tough to figure in the photo, the gun is a lot larger than I had guessed. Jas. Hook

Barbeque - 2 tablespoons vegetable oil,(one that can withstand high heat) Historically, would a vegetable oil have been available at the time? Or would they have used olive or a nut oil or collected grease from cooking? Jas. Hook

Wes - Looks neat. What's the barrel length? Jas. Hook

Cap'n M - Look like ye met up with some English privateers. Jas. Hook