wes1761

I am currently re-hilting a rapier and a cutlass, defarbing them so to speak, and trying to dress up the rapier. I have also purchased a Coldsteel 1917 cutlass that I plan on re-working as soon as it arrives......I'll post some pics if the time fairy grants me a few extra minutes...

Nobody hit the glass, it was pretty slow being a holiday weekend methinks. I was pretty much awed by it, seeing the Whydah Bell was really cool, plus the combo of everything else. I should have went earlier in the year, so I could have gone back more....overall really amazing, but nobody was there actually playing a pirate character, a bunch of happy people glad to be working another weekend it seemed like...

My buddy and I snuck a couple with our phones... The treasure (yupper, its real!!)

I am taking the kids to see this tomorrow.....woo hoo!! It ends on the 6th of Sept for any of you Sea Dogs near the St. Louis Science Center: http://piratesexhibit.com/

dammit....LT has me workin.........

Aye, I be a fan...just never attended a live concert......

I just got an email flyer from townsend...they have fur felt blanks for $100......I know its not what ye were wanting, I will keep a weather eye ot, we havea few shoots coming up...always sutlers selling nifty stuff

That there be me shipwreck ale shirt......and belay the cutlass point, I know where to get 'ee one!

I says we are a bit apart, as I am landlocked in Missouri...bummer......my wife just told me she wants to move though.....

Couple more:

Heres a few other pics, some reeneacting, some cheesy! copper goods I used to make:

Nice pics Master Arms......I do like seeing the big folk teachin the wee folk about history and other such cool stuff. A fellow copper and buddy of mine runs a business similar to yours, (he calls me occasionaly to assist) but we do presentations to school groups, home schoolers, Bible schools, etc.......and we throw out alot of jokes and such to keep them laughing and paying attention. The mind can absorb as long as the butt can endure says I.

sweet, all our leather stores hereabouts are gone under. I usually try to pick up what I need at area shoots and rendezvous, but they are becoming less frequent as well it seems......

My first truck was a 71 Ford...."pig Pen.....had an 82 Escort, it was the Porpise..based on the paint, top was Hawaiian blue, bottom was white, 78 Chevy Truck, named it Fang after I road killed a rabbit, We had an Old 56 Ford flatbed on the farm, we named it T-Bone...... Got another truck last Sept.....06 Ford F-150....no name as of yet. I did put a bug guard on it and slap a Jolly Roger sticker on the center of it though!

Sebastian, Nice looking Hamata in your profile pic!! ( private joke was always "Whats Hamata you!) I had a nice kit at one time, the segmentata went to Scotland with my belt and gladius, helmet went to East Coast......still have a pilum leaning against the wall in the basement.......looking forward to bein a pirate for awhile!! Wes

My apologies...I drank all the ale last night, but I make a mean venison/turnip pastie!

What are you asking for it? I like it....

Got this link.....lots of good schtuff!!! http://www.nmm.ac.uk/collections/explore/index.cfm/category/90352

Aye sir, already having fun and enjoying the decent folk of this board!

I forgot the whole introduction thing..... I am Wes Olson, 40 years. Spent the last 25 years or so doing anything from WWII, Ancient Rome, Colonial, Rev War, and French and Indian. Always liked pirates, grew up with Disney on TV Sunday nights so we got to see Treasure Island a bit. Always been a history geek too. Married (she thinks I'm nuts) 2 daughters, love hunting, shooting, 4 wheeler, history, making weird things that people quit using hundreds of years ago. Been with the City of St. Peters, MO for the last 8 1/2 years, slowly closing in on 10 years in uniform (Police, with Ranger Division) and still love it. Got burned out on all the snobby folks in some of the reenacting circles I ran in so I backed off...then I decided to go Pirate....all the way, not just PotC....but researched and everything...... I guess I just refuse to grow up, keeps me from having to find a new excuse to act like an idiot! Respectfully, Wes

No big rush, what do you need as far as supplies? I have a black shoulder strap in the basement, but If I remember right its for a cartridge box. I am out of leather and time!! Looking forward to pics!

Great!! A fellow trader! I am looking for a basic, shoulder carriage for a cutlass or a hanger, depending on what I am doing at the time, either F and I or starting into Pirates.......I have a frog that goes on a belt and carries my bayonet for Bess, and a 'hawk, but I want a shoulder rig for a sword..... Hopefully I am making sense, its been a long night, 2328 hours and almost off duty! Wes

I built a few Roman Gladius' and for the grip I went to the local Petsmart and picked some of the white sterilized cow bone for dog chews. It is odor free and a nice white. Usually they are hollow, and they work really nice with files and sanding. Remember to wear a dust mask though, as the bone dust is carcinogenic. I am in the process of re-working one right now, and also waiting for a Cold Steel cutlass to arrive so I can re-work that one too. Check with your local scrap yard or recycling place for brass to re-do the guard. Or contact me and I can get you brass, copper, and I might have bronze in the basement too..... Wes

I think it was Laurel Mountain Forge that had a cold browning solution available......I used it awhile back, worked quite nicely.. found it: http://laurelmountainforge.com/barrel_brown.htm Wes

Looking for a New-Used-abused shoulder strap for a cutlass/hanger....black or brown...cash or trade...can trade period or medern items...thanks!! Wes