redhand

Jenny-

If yer interested in searching for a few books

on pirates, take a look at the "Capt. Twill" section

of the board, and under the caragory of "Books",

there you will find a goodly selection of suggested

reading...mostly historical in nature, sorry no fiction,

tho there is a thread somewhere on here on

"Bodice Rippers"

Also you should be able to locate a local "Crew"

in your vicinity on the NQG's Crew listings page.

BTW- Nice tat Royaliste, that must've cost ya

a few shillings!!

Cheers

Redhand

Grace-

are ye talkin' traditional nautical tattoos,

or just anything "piratical" in nature?

Personally I don't have one, although

I've designed & Illustrated one for myself

and have just been waiting to go do it.

As far as WHERE you get them, YES they

can hurt, especially if they're done close to a bone

or say the under portion of you arm, or some

other "sensative" area!!!

I suppose a person's pain tolerence has a lot to

do with it also. For me, mine wil be what my avatar is,

my own personal ode to the POTC talking skull!

Cheers

Redhand

Cascabel-

I have a 62 cal. pistol made from Northstar componants,

how much would you charge to fabricate a belt hook for it?

Would you need the pistol, or would several digital

pictures work? I used to have a 72 cal pistol made from

an old Sharon barrel and it had a belt hook, it's the only

way to go, besides a bucket holster....

but then you need a horse-LOL!

Cheers

Redhand

The whole thing just smacks a little of of RLS to me,

and as quaint as that little verse is, I think

he probably made it up in reference to a seaman's

slang for a coffin. There may indeed be an island by

that name but I doubt it had anything to do

with the song, especially if there is mention

either of Blackbeard or buried treasure-that is just

to much a tidy little package for me.

The "15 men" might possibly be a reference to nails,

but it sounds more like RLS at work to me, from the

man that gave us the myth of buried treasure.

Interesting at any rate!

Cheers

Redhand

Putting in my two pence on the subject:

If you take a look through Newman's

"Weapons of the American Revolution"

you can see what Cascabel is talking about,

as far as esthetic looks between pistol models.

Also I believe that "sea service" firelocks

were sometimes laquered to help keep

rust at bay.

Cheers

Redhand

Virgin olive oil works well also, AKA "sweet oil"

a very 18th century period correct oil ta use!

Redhand

Aye Dorian-

Good choices!

I carry a nice dutch trade knife, other wise

known as a "sheepsfoot" knife, I also have

a nice folder, which I recently gave to my

oldest son. Two of my knives were made

by Dennis Miles who made the majority

of the blades for scorsese's Gangs of New York.

Pirates carried what ever they could lay hands on,

military, or civilian. I'm sure ethnic background

and regionality also came into play here, coloring

what they may have carried.

Cheers!

Redhand

There's the old weather warning...

"Red sky at night, sailors delight....

red sky in the morning sailor take warning"

I've noticed this to be true on manu occasions,

a red sky in the morning usually forshadows

some bad weather.

Redhand

Capt Carroll-

As Dorian & flint stated 'tis a complicated question,

also depends how deep yer pockets are, or you want them ta be.

are you interested in doing an authentic pirate/sea dog, or maybe

something more "colorful" ala hollywood, or mabey somethin'

in between. All this will have an effect on your cost for your kit.

That and what type of weapons you want fully functional repros

or non-firing replicas, same for swords. as fer yer clothes you

can get top o' the line hand sewn coats, shirts that will start

anywhere from $120 to $150 for a shirt, or an off the rack machine

sewn shirt can run you anywhere from $40 up to 80 bucks,

then there's always patterns or goodwill/salvation army

way to go. A good coat will run you probably $250 up to $500

or more depending on what and how detailed & etc it is.

Hand sewn is always (usually) more expensive, BUT I've found

that in the long run it outlasts machine sewn as far as wear.

Firearms will run you anywear from $500 up to $1,500

for long arms, this would be a new price, used is always cheaper

pistols run anywhere from $200 up to $600, again depending

on what you want (I recently saw a repro dog lock for $635!)

swords are much the same, as far as price. Both long armes

& swords can run into the thousands if you get a custom piece.

Hats can run from $15 upto $250, boots anywhere from $250 to $1,000

depending again on factory or custom and what style, etc.

There are many fine merchants and crafts people on this list, as well

as listed on NQG merchant pages. Check them out and don't be afraid

to ask LOTS of questions and don't be to hasty to buy everything

that catches yer eye.

Hope that helped some

Cheers

Redhand

Stynky-

I've got a friend who shelaqued (sp)

his hat he does Rev war British Marines

and it'd hard as hell now. I believe he used

Roy's (Najeckie) recipet to do it.

Roy's reproductions are quality repros

and he is very knowlegable when it comes

to 18th century clothing, armes and etc.

Cheers

Redhand

I just got some for my birthday-

hey 40 year olds need toys too!!

a friend got me a set made by fisher price

that are skelaton pirates. They look very POTC!

now I must have the whole set. :)

They are made by Fisher/Price and come two to

a box. They have a whole ship , fort & etc that goes

with them, and they're only about 3 inches tall...

just the right size for my desk at work.

Cheers!

Redhand

Well I'll probably come check it out,

and I may be in the company of a couple

of other scurvy dogs.

Redhand

Just got a nice 18th century style cutlass

and am wondering about baldrics for it.

Any suggestions from you all?

I believe it's the same style as Loyalist carries,

it has a nice black leather sheath with brass throat

and tip that came with it.

Cheers

Redhand

Stynky

Here's the web address for that hat company I was telling

you about. I've never ordered from them and am currenbtly

waiting for a price list or catalog info from them. They have many

different types & styles of hats including blanks. You might take

a look at their site. They're located in Pennsylvania. I'm not

sure of the quality of their hat, difficult to tell from the pics.

They also have a discount product page, which might be worth

checking out. www.hatcrafters.com

Cheers

Redhand

Lebanon? Really to me it sounded more like it was

in Marcola/Mohawk which is just a few miles east of

Springfield, lest I read my directions wrong.

I know they gave two sets of directions, but it sounded

like it was closer to the Marcola/Mohawk area outside of

Springfield. If so, i'd stay on 5 and take the springfield exit,

which'd be faster if yer askin me (I live outside of Eugene)

On another note..Anybody know what they plan on offering

as far as activities, demos, or what have you, besides

"Best Pirate Flag"? after all they want $10 bucks just to

walk in the gate .

Cheers!

Redhand

Thanks Mates!

I did enjoy my birthday as a matter of fact,

pirate style..had my guests dress like pirates,

they made presents of rum (Moragan's privaet stock...

highly reoment that!!), pirate trinkets..toys & etc

a black lace shirt and my good wife & my good friend

went together an got me a cutlass! Very enjoyable

evening...from what I remember

Redhand

Thanks Mates!

I did enjoy my birthday as a matter of fact,

pirate style..had my guests dress like pirates,

they made presents of rum (Moragan's privaet stock...

highly reoment that!!), pirate trinkets..toys & etc

a black lace shirt and my good wife & my good friend

went together an got me a cutlass! Very enjoyable

evening...from what I remember

Redhand

Hey, anybody goin' to this Sea Dogs/Gypsy Nights event?

It's just a couple minutes away from me, so I might run

out for the day. Maybe we could all meet and say "allo"

Redhand

Hey can you really say SCA and authenticity

nazis in the same sentance?????

Hmmmmmm??

Redhand

Dorian-

Aye, I'm able ta read and do some cypherin'!

I've got a few books of piratical nature in my library....

Angus Kotdam's Pirates (illustrated by Angus McBride)

a paper back titled The Bucaneers (non-fiction)

The Pirates own Book

Under the Black Flag

Pirates of the Chesapeake (on loan from a friend)

Pirates of North Carolina

Pirate ghosts-fiction, short stories

and Pirates, Buckaneers and Raiders

Redhand

Stynky-

I'll have to look around a bit for the URL of that hat

company I stumbles across with those particular hat styles.

They had a large selection & varying qualities of blanks.

I actually had the link but lost it..aaaarrrg!

gimme a little bit and I'll find it for ya.

redhand

Moria-

Great costume summery!!

I enjoyed the movie immesely and the costumes were

terrific, even if they covered a 20-40 year period,

as they never give a distinct year. If I had to guess I'd

say it was set in the late 1740s to early 1750s. As far as

the Redcoats, I believe they were supposed to be marines

and they would have had redcoats, though the bo'sin or who ever

he was supposed to be at the begining of the movie, the one

concerned with pirates, who later turns out to be one....his uniform

to me looked like a 1770s british naval uniform, but i could

be all awash here! All in all, a very cool movie, and Depp stole the show

as far as I was concerned, very amusing with the right amount of dash

and a bit of creepy scare. Looking forward to the next installment!

Cheers

Redhand

Moria-

Great costume summery!!

I enjoyed the movie immesely and the costumes were

terrific, even if they covered a 20-40 year period,

as they never give a distinct year. If I had to guess I'd

say it was set in the late 1740s to early 1750s. As far as

the Redcoats, I believe they were supposed to be marines

and they would have had redcoats, though the bo'sin or who ever

he was supposed to be at the begining of the movie, the one

concerned with pirates, who later turns out to be one....his uniform

to me looked like a 1770s british naval uniform, but i could

be all awash here! All in all, a very cool movie, and Depp stole the show

as far as I was concerned, very amusing with the right amount of dash

and a bit of creepy scare. Looking forward to the next installment!

Cheers

Redhand

Stynky-

instead of a sombrero, you might want to try

a cavalier style or a Welsh style hat both are quite large

and have wide brims! The welsh styled hat almost looks like

a pilgrims hat. A Friend and I boughta couple to make a

Revolutionary War Tory unit Grenadier's hat, but never

finished making them. One of these days we'll finish them!!

Cheers

Redhand

Cronus-

that all depends on how much you want to spend,

what material, time period, etc, etc.

The choices are endless, unless you're looking for an

"off the rack" costume. There is also the thrift shop

route you can go to make your own.

Smoke & Fire company has patterns for many mens 1700's

style coats as well as coats, breeches, weskits, hats & etc

are available from many merchants like G. Gedney Godwin,

Calapooia Traders in Oregon, whop specialize in 18th century

clothing, also the Historical trekking list has a good list of

merchants as does NO QUARTER GIVEN'S list of merchants

and artists & etc. My best advice is to look around, decide

what you want, what price guidelines are and then talk to

the merchants before ordering. Good luck.

Cheers!

Redhand