MajorChaos

I don't believe that gun safety stops when you pose for a picture with folks. I've seen people put sharpened knives and such to peoples throats, stomachs etc. One slip, one bump and, well..... I just don't believe it is a good idea. Cascabel, I am surprised with your weapons background that you support people pointing functioning muskets and pistols at peoples faces, heads, bodies while posing for pictures. Think about this for a second - Pirate Pete has a few beers while hanging around camp, goes to the firing area and unloads a few rounds through his pirate pistols. Afterwards, it's back to camp for a few more beers. The Smith family makes their way through camp and sees Pirate Pete and decides that a group shot with him would be perfect for their Facebook. As Pirate Pete let's out an "aaaarrrrg" and points his pistol at Jimmy Smith's head, he struggles to remember if he left a load in or not.....

See... the problem lies in that this "Pirate Pete" is drinking and then his crew or others in the camp let him go fire the gun... One of the biggest safety rules that I know the vast majority of us follow is that if you've been drinking... you don't get to shoot.... period.

As a safety officer for my crew, if you are at an event we host and pull such a stunt... I will bodily remove you from the encampment and you will NEVER be allowed at one of our events. More than likely after that... you'll be blacklisted from most events.

I liked the movie over all, but as mentioned some of the kit was strange.. the strangest, IMO, was the vest worn by Isreal Hand... leather and chainmaille patches. Looked more like it should be in a Mad Max movie than in this movie.

I can't find a specific source, but everything I can find tells me this:

Cannon range was dependent on type/size of cannon.

For example:

An 18 pound (cannon's were usually rated by the weight of the cannon ball they fired) long gun with a charge of 5lb of powder (from what I can find the charge was somewhere between a 1/4 or 1/3 of the shots weight) was capable of penetrating nearly 2 feet six inches into oak at a range of 400 yds. and over 1 foot at 1000 yds.

Yeah, I liked that too... Mission or any of the other doc/apocathery types might like that "medical measuring cups" that were displayed there too.

When I saw the topic I thought you all were talking about this site: http://www.campaignfurniture.com/

What's the blue box next to your tent with the lid propped open? looks like maybe a big writing desk?

Awesome display!

Folded girly hat circa 1730 not a tricorn, but then the different perspective/side view makes that obvious, it the woman was painted from the front I think we'd be discussing women wearing straw tricorns =o)

The Curds and Whey Seller c.1730, in The Museum of London

To me, this looks like a straw hat with a wide brim and the sides are pinned up, not a tricorn.

the other picture definitely looks like a straw hat done up like a tricorn and even worn backwards, unless it was easier to draw/paint it that way so to define it as a tricorn... I dunno, but it does look like a tricorn.

Anything we would go to as a vendor in a vendor space would in all probability be on asphalt and limited to 10X10 on the outside, impratical for any tent.

The problem I see is that if you're going to be on asphalt most of the time, you're not going to want one of the standard wall tents you see at events because they have to be staked down. You're going to want something that's more free standing unless you can arrange to get setup in a grassy area where they will let you use stakes.

Aye. Hugh had that setup I believe, so that the middle of the tent was a sort of parlor with private walled rooms at each end. It also hides anything modern very well.

Aye, never seen the inside of Hugh's tent, but that is the reason I had the wall put in mine. Also there are places where I can't setup the awning for my tent do to space restrictions so the interior wall allows me to leave the front of the tent open and still have a place to get out of the sun and not have to find some way to hide the modern cot and things

I recently got a wall tent from Tentsmiths and had them put a divider wall in it to separate the back from the front. It's held in with toggles so you can take it down if you don't want the privacy. I think Panther's will do the something similar.

One of the things I like about Panther's is that they make their ground cloth and floor all one unit. I need to remember to order one of those for my tent so I don't have to carry two separate items.

LOL... they're always 25 again... right up until they finish partying all night long and have to wake up and run a show

Happy Birthday Gracie!

AWESOME!

There's a very good printable version of this at http://www.shipbrook.com/jeff/seamansgrammar/

I know my crew really wanted to support the Nyckel and this event, but with so little information and so much other personel things that need to be taken care of, we just won't be able to be there this year. Next year maybe.

So, who all is going to be there?

We (The Vigilant Crew) got this in response to what are we doing:

"Basically the pirates will be roaming through the crowd...and doing what pirates do...you know, educating. As far as flys go, there is a "no stake" policy at the park do to underground sprinkler system. There will be a roped off area at the river for firing our cannons, muskets and pistols. The Kalmar Nyckel's shallop will be on the river returning fire with their 1" swivel.”

I keep thinking about going, but I don't really feel like carrying my stuff around all day with no place to drop it off for a bit of a rest.

Maybe if I know more are going to be there, I might change me mind... again.

This topic and the topic just labeled "Sailors Knife" has me pondering, what IS a sailors knife?

Is it a particular style of knife?

Does it have a long or short blade?

Is the blade thick or thin?

Does it have a specific purpose or for general use?

I ask because I usually have a knife, and at one event (Deltaville) I was going to help cut and splice some lines with Pern and CJ(I can't remember) anyways, I pulled out my knife and was going to cut a line where directed and was shown a different method. That method was holding the knife on the line and then hammering it through the line. Except my blade is relatively thin and I could tell wasn't designed for that kind of work. Then Pern and the other fellow, showed me the knives they use. They called them "Riggers knives". It had a much wider top edge and thicker blade to withstand being hammered on.

So, Is a Riggers knife a "sailors" knife or is that more a specialty blade for a specific purpose and a "sailor's" knife is something more for general purpose work?

Favorite part...working them Guns of Hampton, especially Sunday on the docks....

Yeah that was a fun time. Great way to start the day firing the guns as fast as we could

Found at the Bunch of Grapes Tavern/Hyde: Plain pewter tankard.

What's left at the tavern becomes part of the tavern?

I like the song. I too like the part where we got to yell out "Guns of Hampton, ROAR!"

It's been my current earworm for about a day now... hahahaha

Another great Hampton Balckbeard Festival!

Great meeting the new folks and seeing others that I haven't seen in a while.

Was a really great weather weekend too! Even had the pre-requisite Bb Festival rain Sunday morning, which thankfully cleared up by the time the show started.

Looking forward to next year.

edit* and a teaser of us practicing, ni idea where the tax man came from though

I think there needs to be a script with some of us pirates acquiring the taxes of the taxman

I'd really love to learn how to tune the locks.

Did you learn from someone or figure it out on your own?

Was there documentation that you learned from?

Mostly just curious as I haven't started researching how to tune a lock yet.

thanks

Spoilers

It was a good episode.

Neat the tie in with an alien ship and it's doctor

DVR is locked and loaded to record the show

I know that both the Maryland and the Pennsylvania Renaissance Festivals have pirate weekends but I have never been to either.

Actually, Maryland Renaissance Festival is not having any themed weekends this year.

Vigilant Crew is hosting a day event at Pohick State Park in VA the weekend of June 18th. Feel free to stop on by and introduce yourself. It's a small relaxed fun event. We ususally invade the Pirate themed pool at the end of the day too

I too will recommended Blackbeard Festival and in mid September there's an event at Marcus Hook.