callenish gunner

To quote Groucho Marx: "I wouldn't want to be a member of any group that wants me to be a member"

excellent craftsmanship ....and the needlework is not bad either

looks good lad

we were hoping to but this year we'll have to pass

Aye Sterling and the Archangels are quite well known for their thievery and shenanigans all the while blaming "honest" pyrates for their activities of both high crimes and misdemeanors! Yer encampment needs to be seriously battened down and attentively guarded or you may go sailing back to your home port with your hold a bit lighter of your booty.

<b>if the one pictured is the bug you're asking about? that is a praying mantis</b><br>

William ,,, guess you're up for a road trip:lol:

Diosa knows the lass with the baby's name I think .... and PM Sgt Johnson for the name of Ms. Anonymous

Her name is Katherine .... the first one is indeed Gretchen the second one I'm not sure

Haunting & disturbing

Many ships also had ladders built into their sides. There were also grappling hooks that would bring the ships side by side and using ropes off the yards would not have been impossible or once grappled they could use long planks between ships

Happy birthday to ye lad ...hope all is well and that you and Nell are prospering this year ...see you both soon!!

Hatch

Monkey Love ....at least keep it in the primate family

Hey Jess, hope we can convince you to at least make one or two events a year so we get to spend more time with you. We all miss you lass!!!

Ransom, as I have previously stated on this forum(not in this thread), yes, I have done all the items you listed. But, for me that was years ago and time and tide do take their toll on any persons body. That's why for the most part the sea was usually a young man's game. For those who stayed at sea during their old age they usually became cooks or sail makers or more skilled needed craftsmen aboard ships. If they couldn't work aboard ships they would try to find work on the docks or in port towns. I wish I could go back in time and avoided some of the incidents that did the damage that have caused my life to change directions, Until I was in my mid fifties I was quite fit and was still sparring and competing in Ken-do tournaments and I worked as a bouncer in North Philly(Feltonville) bar. But as far as "back in the day" what stopped me would have killed me then. Not bitchin' that I'm still alive but I still enjoy a bit of a challenge.

Damnation Sterling you sure have aged well ....whereas I must have led a life of sin and debauchery ...but what a ride!!!

The terms need to be defined and should be taught to those wishing to attend events especially those wishing to attend as participants. Sterling I agree with the level of perceived ignorance* by some folks. (* ignorance -as they don't know or understand the difference in what is trying to be recreated). Ransom I don't know about some of the events you attend but I have heard the "yeah, this is how pirates dressed" line at so many events that were supposed to be reenactments with living history camps that it has been sad to admit that they have no idea what they're talking about. If any of my kit isn't spot on I try like hell to disguise it to the best of my ability. That is just me and I'm trying to get better with it too. With making new slops and shirts and jackets/waistcoats, but is slow going when I'm also basing my income on Social Security and whatever meager sales I can make at events (which usually only pays for some of the expenses of attending the desired events) I count myself fortunate that we have found a good core group of like minded reenactors to share many of these experiences with. For as much as is possible we attempt to maintain the suspension of disbelief while the event is going on and while the public is on the grounds and for the majority of the after hours setting as well but within the confines that most of have to deal with in our modern lives. As a for instance, I make sure I take my modern medications that help keep me alive, and make sure I know where the nearest hospitals are in case I need to be evacuated from a site. Salty wears the very sophisticated eyeglasses that give her the limited vision she is afforded by wearing those special lenses. Mission wears and is monitored and supplied insulin by the pump he wears under his kit. Silkie tries to make sure she has access to electricity to power the CPAP machine to control her severe sleep apnea. Most of the camps have coolers, hidden by whatever methods, to preserve the food we eat in camp. And finally there are the sanitary facilities we all enjoy, even if all they are are port-o-pots. Are our portrayals always 100% accurate for the time we portray? Probably, no, definitely not! Since this was posted in Twill and not under Pyrate Pop, I think that as Historical Reenactors we owe it to the public and the sites who invite us to attend to honour the history and give the best accurate impression of the information of the life and times of the folks we are supposed to recreate. And Sterling if you grew up in the rev war times and I'm only slightly older than you, guess that makes me correct for GAOP

Hawkins I totally agree with that assessment... living history is historical reenactment as things were and those in these events should strive for the authenticity of the period. If you only want to play the fantasy pirate know and understand what is fantasy and what is reality. If you only want to be a Capt. Jack impression doing the drunk walk/speech then do it! Just know that a reenactment is not the same thing as a street fair or a Renaissance Faire, everyone there is playing those roles not Living History!!! Once you decide to be part of living history maintain the history. If you feel that you should dress in jeans and biker boots or sneakers and just wear skull and cross bone bandannas and goofy studded gauntlets DON"T claim to anyone "Yeah this how pirates dressed!!!" Also the cheap poly satin psuedo-Victorian corset and spiked thigh high boots isn't the attire of an 18th century lady or whore. There is a place for both roles but the one trying to enter the fantasy realm can do so with the loss of the recognition of the authentic. For the fantasy pirate to enter the living history world and claim authenticity is where most REENACTORS have issues. It becomes a matter of ethics. If that makes no difference to you then expect the sort of confrontation that arise from the perceptions of the party that strives for their niche.

A couple of years ago at Beaufort, NC Dutch and I did a bit of business that we used as a diversion while Sterling and the Archangels prepared their "hanging". The flogging was done with the visual and graphic effects of an actual flogging. It was simulated and safe, but with the effect of bloody stripes coming up on the prisoner's back even many of the reenactors were bothered by it. We had kept the effect secret from most of the participants and we had so called hardened pirates on the verge of rebellion for seeing this done in public. The idea of witnessing a public flogging thrilled most of the audience until they actually saw the special effect of seeing blood and thrashing and finally physical collapse. The modern audience were shocked by the cruelty that would have been fairly commonplace in period to almost every common person( most of the kids still loved it). <br><br>We have, as a society, sanitized or Disney-ized by most of the public perceptions brought on by Hollywood. Just as they got the costumes wrong they have watered down the history so much so that the general public wouldn't recognize it if it smacked them in the face. They have placed pirates on some ivory pedestals that create misconceptions that we could only wish we could overcome. Keeping in character is one thing but, explanation of what we portray is also important The other issue is the circumstances of the reenactors and the fantasy pirates that show up at the same events.

figure most mugs are 12-16 ounces that's about 8-12 cups per camp per pot of less than a gallon ...at pip they originally said "who's going to drink 3 gallons of coffee" ...Three pots later the rest of the Archangels and Blackbeards crew went out and bought three more pots

Here's where we got ours; the 3 gallon model (bottom of the page) Westminster Forge

"What we use in these cases is a red hot poker" to remove and cauterize the nodes at the same time

I nibble an earlobe or two and I get smacked ....you devour the entire finger and get nothing but cavities just not fair

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