callenish gunner

aye morgan would have spoken with a welsh accent to his english ...when i grew up in the heberdises we could tell within 20 miles or so where most people came from in britain but just like a lot of america the mobility of folks over the past few decades has done some confusion to the accents and the locale of their familiar patterns of speech .....the pirate dialect for a lot of film pirates came from actors who grew up in inland areas and worked in studios that were also located in inland areas ....and to world or american ears at the time they just sounded as an accent and so became the accepted as what pirates must have sounded like

well royaliste i am hoping to finally get the honour of meeting up with you at Hampton this june!! i'll bring the rum

...........aaahhhhhhhhhh beautiful bess wearing just bloomers now there's a mental vacation ok back to earth .....can hardly wait to see you in the completed ensemble

this site has a lot of different statues to choose from statues

it will be grande to have you and your crew joining us at PIP this year ....

[welcome aboard lass and thanks for the wee dram ....now as to swapping spit :angry:

bowls or noggins would be very period patrick since most meals onboard ship were as you said a bit of meat and or veggies boiled and perhaps a bit of hardtack and cheese .....so actually bowls would be much more efficient than a plate ...except for officers who got a bit better rations than the common seaman and during the day a meal of a soup or stew hardtack and cheese would be fine in front of the touristas but after hours i would prefer a good meal still cooked as period as possible and washed down with a bit of ale or cyder

welcome aboard lad have ray pour ye something strong to stir yer bones!!!

been thinking of coming down for the weekend but i was wondering if potapsco or miami beach state parks will have their camping open by then.....we'd have a camp of 4-6 maybe or if some mate has a bit of yard or field that they wouldn't mind a few rogues and rascals camping for a couple of nights

would rather see them on you lass than on a dummy

i already have the cast iron dutch oven12qt and i have had my eye on that 4 gal. jambalya pot as well ...so let's say i will bring those and a set of fire irons with spit

happy birthday lass!!! and many more returns of the day!!!!

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the green i be wearin' this day is in the blackwatch tartan i'm wearin' but if there is a lass or 2-3 or 20 about i'll do m' best to kiss every last one :) :) :) :) :)

here are pair of tortoise shell laminated stock italian double barrels circa 1680 in the glasgow museum ....

i've never been one to hold out for a special day for kissin' the lasses ...and i hold no predjudice either irish english scottish german dutch french italian turk hindi or chinese african ...a beautiful woman has no boundaries or limits and i drynke t' them all (and make mine a fyne black rum) no, nay never shall green beer pass my lips

venison chili with lots of peppers and onions with 60 month old sharp cheddar and a cyder

i'm only a few hours drive from you and your events ....just might have to put on m' kit and make a road trip

happy birthday lass may you have many more and each one happier than the one before

i had planned to cook and cooking for a group isn't much more difficult than cooking for 2-3 ...i too was thinkng a stew or soup one night and chicken and greens for another eve could also do a couple of large meat pies woulld just need to know numbers to adjust the gear i bring

i have seen some at valley forge national park armoury and in the neuman collection for instance on pg. 54 of battle weapons of the american revolution shows an old trade gun that resembles the middlesex model except that the neuman gun has a side plate and the new one doesn't ...i'm going through some old pics from my trips to the weapons mueseums in the netherlands , belgium and france a few years ago ... and conversely do you have undisputable evidence that every civillian weapon had a stock that went to the muzzle of the barrel ....as i had stated and i was giving the professionals who research these weapons the "wiggle room" to offer variations on a theme

g'deen to you sir here's hoping you reach every natal day with the same zest!!!

the all too common misconception that there were only one or two styles of weapons available to the colonies and to the sailors/pirates of this period is a bit narrow ...there are many variations in reference and in museums around the world the minor differences from one gunsmith to the next were significant ....so wether the foreend of a trade gun was cut back would suppose that it was always done or if another source shows that "a trade" gun was full stocked it doesn't mean that they all were ...from what i have seen IMHO refering to Neuman's book there were lots of different guns available ...cause for instance that book has a lot of pictures of lots of guns (and those are just the models that have survived to be studied today) ... just food for thought

i have made waistcoats and breeches from natural coloured denim twill and i have known several others who have even made some from black denim ...i'd shy away from what we today call blue-jean denim the colour existed prior to the gold rush but it is so closely associated with levi strauss here is some research i have dug up: Legend and fact are also interwoven when scholars discuss the origin of the name denim. Most reference books say that denim is an English corruption of the French phrase "serge de Nimes;" a serge/twill fabric from the town of Nimes in France dating back to the 17th century. At the same time, there was also a fabric known in France as "nim." Both fabrics were composed partly of wool and we infer de Nimes = denim. Mis translated when it crossed the English Channel , let alone when reaching the American shores in the NE mill towns. Serge de Nimes was also known in England before the end of the 17th century. The question then arises: was this fabric imported from France or was it an English fabric bearing the same name? Fabrics which were named for a certain geographic location were often also made elsewhere; the name was used to lend a certain cachet to the fabric when it was offered for sale. Therefore a "serge de Nimes" purchased in England was very likely also made in England, and not in Nimes, France. To confuse things even more, another fabric known as "jean" also existed at this same time. Research on this textile indicates that it was a fustian - a cotton, linen and/or wool blend - and that fustian from Genoa, Italy was called jean. This is evidence of a fabric being named for a place of origin. It was apparently quite popular and imported into England in large quantities during the 16th century. By the end of this period, jean was being produced in Lancashire. By the 18th century, jean cloth was made completely of cotton and used to make men's clothing, valued especially for its property of durability even after many washings. so the fabric and even the blue colour could be period ...but the choice would be up to you

in the process of making m' new waistcoat and frockcoat having an insert placed in the heel of my buckle shoes to extend the life of the buggers should be ready next week got the shirts ans slops that i need and the one pair o' breeches i'm taking i'll probably think of something else i can't live without by then