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It's a pirate ART sketchbook mate, 16 pages of art, all the same style.... all of 'em are pirates; men, women....and pirate skeletons! $10 bucks for the SIGNED sketchbook, $20 if ya want the one with the original artwork in it. Doesn't seem like much of a reach ta me...You ain't gonna find a piece of original art by a professional artist for under $20 bucks.....I guarantee it!

I'm offering for sale some of my "Pirate Drawings" collector sketchbooks. I have a limited quantity of these books (5x8.5"), each book has 8 total pages of my pirate drawings...that's 16 total pages of artwork; which includes 4 pages of full color artwork, plus a full color cover. These books are all signed by me, and a few of them (25) are offered as a "limited edition" with an alternate cover. These are also signed and numbered, I have only a few copies of this edition left! Prices are $10 for the standard edition (skull & Cross bones cover), plus $3 S&H The Alternate cover, signed & numbered, Limited edition of 25 (plus 10 APs) it is priced at $20, and comes with a full color miniature Pirate print and a sketch card with one of my original drawings on it. S&H is $3, each booklet comes sealed in a mylar bag with a backing board. I also have some original Pirate art available for sale; My original art is priced between $25 to $75 for B&W pieces, most all pieces were done originally as "convention sketches", which I did during WonderCon 2010. Color pieces run from $75 TO $350, depending on size. Contact me for images of available original work. Here's a few images of what the book looks like; inside & out (the cover shown here is the Alternate cover) "Fightin the Dutch"-color illustration for book-original available; $350 plus S&H "Blackbeard" convention sketch-$40, plus $3 S&H "Repell Boarders!" ink drawing, straight from the sketchbook-$50, plus $3 S&H

You can find my work at deviant by searching for drsyn64

Hey Blackjohn....habe ye ever got to "Experientalist" the stocks???

Guys- You do NOT have to have a special license ot own, sell, possess a reproduction flintlock or caplock firearm (they fall into the Antique firearm rule pre 1898) That's why, you can buy them through the mail and do not have to have a FFL to purchase them. As for black powder... you can buy that at any store that carries it....That being said, some stores refuse to carry it, because the feds make them purchase an entirely seperrate license to carry/sell BP, that's why you'll see most sporting goods places carrying Goex, or something similar, and NOT BP. Filling the venthole on a working firelock just turned that $200 to $300 dollar firearm into a paperweight, you'd have been MUCH better off with a replica, if in fact you did have a working firelock. always check your local state laws before ordering/buying that new pistol... in some states it may indeed be cheaper in the long run to have a non-firing replica. -Redhand

Christine.... Try Townsend, or one of the other "colonial" era suttlers... they usually carry stripped hose/stockings...not sure if they'll be "thigh high" or not. These won't be "bedroom" garb, but they'll adapt, I suppose. -Redhand

Just saw this thread...Nice work everybody! Josh, like yer painting, very cool. Lady Barbossa....yer pencils ar excellent!, they are really loose and very well done. They remind me of Ben Stahl's work....he was one of the artists/instructors who wrote the Famous Artists corrospondence course books in the 50s and 60s. Nice stuff! Here's a link to my website as well as to my photobucket site, where I keep a lot of sketches and other items. jnp63 photo album - Photobucket.com www.prechtelfineart.com -Redhand

Stirling- Exacxtly as Daniel describes, the Calvenists believed in predestination, in example: Jusdas was predestined to betray christ.The puratins were so busy trying to PREVENT sin, arther than focusing on having your sins forgiven, as Daniel previously described. The irony of their religious sect is that they came over from Holland to escape the persecution from the church in England, only to Immediately start persecuting the indians, and anybody else they saw, that didn't agree with their moral compass. The Moravians, weren't to far away from getting here, 1730s I think. I believe the first 1st of what they called the "Great Awakenings"... of the revivalist movements, was around 1710 maybe...possibly a little aerlier, there was also one in the 1740s. I believe Dr. Byrd tells a rather droll tale of a traveling experience with a "new ager" during one of his travels. THAT is a great book....I believe it's titled Colonial American Travel Narratives, it's available through peguine books, they have a fair amount of 1st person accounts in print. -Redhand

Oh you want to talk PYRATES....then just start a list of 17th & 18th century Bay colony BUSSINESS MEN!! Thery were notorious even in THEIR day as pirates! -Redhand

I believe they have pretty much disproved the mold/bacterial theory, on grounds I believe that it would have been totally inedible. The lady author who wrote "In the Devil's Snare" makes a very strong argument for the "indian" theory. See my above statement. -Redhand

Kass, Jib- The New Engald witch hunts, were a mix of land and property grabs, as well as a convenient excuse to remove a disagreeable neighbor, or other "unsavory" person from the town/countryside. The catalyst for the whole thing derives not from tainted grain, but from the Native indians....or rather the puratin's fears there of. three of four of the girls in the original group that started the Salem hysteria, were refugees from the frontier. The puratins had a STRONG fear of the indians being satan's minions....well they had strong fears about LOTS of stuff in the new world. They did a lot of tranferrence of fears, to things and people around them. The Mather brothers really did an excellent job of fueling the fire with their "fears". A really good book that addresses this is called "In the Devil's Snare" ....written by a woman who's name eludes me at present. A very interesting subject tho. -Redhand

Joshua- Too me it sounds like he's confusing Light Bob caps with something else....I've never heard of any sailors or Marines wearing a leather jockey style helmut... but then I certainly haven't read EVERYTHING! Interesting quote about the hair....sounds almost like a Hessian....REALLY long que....I suppose on long tedious voyages, one must have had to of had some diversion. Also the quote about the petticoat breeches is interesting... the turning them 'round bit...waste not...want not I suppose. Thanks for posting that. -Redhand

Kass- I can tell you...being a dyed in the wool Presbyterian, the the modern Presbytery resembles ab-so-lutely NOTHING to what the original doctorin was. Our church is pretty middle of the road, compared to the rest of the presbytery. The original church was pretty stern, and was TOTALLY patterned off the puritan church. In fact up to and including the American Revolution, the Presbyterian church was probably one of the most popular of religious faiths at the time. This held true pretty much up to the American Civil war, when it started to finally "loosen" up, shall we say. The Mather bros. were a scary lot....take a look at their Dogma some time....What makes me laugh is that they (the puratins) came over here to escape religious percecution...and IMMEDIATLY started percecuting the indians. Can we all say IRONY....I think we can. -Redhand

The puritan based religion was alive and well, clear into the middle 19th century. The Prebyterian church's doctrain was based on the "puritan" belief and ideology. Up through the time of the American civil war, the Presbyterian church remained a bastion of stern rightiousness, mirroring the early puratin church. The puratins may well have not been in power in England after James took over, but they sure ruled NEW ENGLAND with an irion fist and will. Cotton Mather and his bretheren....whose names escape me at the moment were the hierarchy of that church, he and his brothers were responsible for more spin doctoring than anyone in modern times I can think of....more like the Tony Sopranos of their time. Mather's brother in law, John Williams and Williams' family were all taken captive during the Deerfield raid in 1704. John William's Wife and child were killed during the long winter trek to Canada. His daughter Eunice was adopted into one of the indian tribes, and spent the rest of her life married to (his name escapes me now also) I believe he was Seneca, or Wabanaki? Anyway, there's a great book called the "Unredeemed Captive" about her, and her father's unsuccessfull attempts to gain her "freedom". Another great site visit, that will give you some good insight into the culture of 1704 New England, is: http://1704.deerfield.history.museum/home.do Redhand

Not having posted in quite a few months... this post is certainly interesting from the visual standpoint, so I thought I'd add my 2¢. Certainly as Foxe stated, it's hard to ascertain what exactly is going on in the picture, by merely looking at it without any sort of explination. That being said....Here goes.... To me, it looks like the man on the right may be Indian, by that I mean a Hindi, I would base this on the hairstyle, the loose pantaloons, and what look like well fitted boots of some sort (not bucket however ) I certainly could be all awash here, but the "look" of the pirate....facial hair, hairstyle, features, and clothing as well as arms, certainly looks indian to me. Basing my assesment on period woodcuts and artwork... tho the one thing missing is a the very distinct turban. Interesting post however. -Redhand

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Corsair- The Virginia Runaways is an excellent site to find reference for various things, especially clothing descriptions, but mostly from the mid-Atlantic states, with almost exclusive emphasis on Virginia. There are some other extant examples of "runaway" ads, from various other colonies....I'll try and find the links also. Here's the virginia runaway linkvirginia runaways page They cover the 1730s up through the american revolution Hope this helps. Also check out www.historicaltrekking.com on their "Links" page they have a resource section, that has merchants and other listings you may find helpful Cheers Redhand

The French seemed too adapt to tattooing, or permanently marking themselves (tattu being a polonysian word) after the fashion of the indians in the new world. French sailors of the mid-to late 18th century marked themselves with nautical stars as well as all manner of religious markings; cruciforms, hearts, fish, and lettering such as INRI, and etc. More than likely these were french sailors who were catholic. The men who traded with the indians were also more likely to adopt indian style tattoos, as well as the religious themed ones. The french for whatever reason seemed more willingly influenced by the native culture, including tattooing than did their english competition. I guess that puritanical or Calvanist religious upbringing squelched the "desire" for marking themselves, as far as the common 17th & early 18th century englishman goes. -RH

Gentlemen....and Ladies Bear in mine that even some of the most learned gentlemen were oft times bad spillers, spellers, spallers, spaylers..... The county/regional venacular often surfaced when writing, thus in example, TEACH, became Thatch That Thaych, etc, etc. Just something to think about. Cheers Redhand

Also try Plunkett & McCleane...starring Johnny Lee Miller and Robert Carlisle...story of two real highwaymen in 1740's England, fantastic costuming (mostly) and a great feel for London of the period. Geared towards the MTV crowd with humor & anachronistic references. Also try and lay hands on the BBC production of Moll Flanders (NOT that abysmal hollywood production) It's a bit bawdy, but well acted and the costumes and feel for the time period (1680-1700) is fantastic!! Both of these productions have a great sense of "Hogarthian" England. Hogarth was a artist and social comentator of his time, 1740-1770's England. Cheers Redhand

Good words Hawkyns! Tips hat to Hawkyns & Cascabel...gentelmen. I too would rather see...if one is portraying a truely authentic "pirate" of the early 18th century or late 17th, see you dressed as a common sailor of the time. If you feel the need to embellish, ie a more "fantastical" type pirate, like Hook or what have you...then go with god and have a good time, I shant loo down my nose at you for it. But I also think that the public deserves to know the difference between "street theatre" costuming and historical interpretation, and it's our duty, depending on what type event we're at, to show them the difference. Just my humble opinion. One final note.....I truely wish this term "stitch NAZI" would be permenently stowed below decks! I find any reference to me, or anyone else who enjoys historical accuracy being referenced to a Nazi, fairly distasteful! A stich counter I gladly am, Nazi, I am NOT! Cheers all. Redhand

I recently bought a couple of props from a local costumer who has hollywood conections, and who stil on occasion does movie costuming. She had a set of clothes used on a bad movie "Robinson Caruso" starring Pierce Brosnan. I wound up with his Gillet and a pair of buckskin gauntlets. Plus I got a rubber musketoon that was used by one of Tavinton's men in the Patriot. All pretty cool stuff. The gillet and the gauntlets have been artificially aged, the gillet has been sanded in may places to give it the "shipwrecked" look. It's a great material; black with gold embroider....I wish it was in better condition...it's still usable for that "ratty" piratical look! A lot of the way a prop looks and it's construction has to do with whether it's being used in the foreground or waaay in the background shots, and of course film budget! Redhand