callenish gunner

decided i have been a pretty good boy this year ...got m'self a new toy i want t' scrimshaw the handle real fancy with a map and mermaids

i might be interested in a pair as well and probably a pair for my son too ....if the last be generous a 14EEE might just do me ....i be stable on deck and swim like a sealion in the water

i would consider getting 4 of them at that price .....i was going t' order them anyway myself from dixie but if i can save a hundred on the lot .... sure thing!!!

my way around the feds is to buy a good sized ewe at the farm auction bring her home and tie the hind legs with a stout rope and hoist it up so it hangs about 4' feet off the ground and slit it's throat ...let it bleed out only takes a minute if you've done it right ...it's dead withing a few seconds....slit down the belly and let the guts drop into a wash tub remove the stomach, liver, kidneys, heart, lungs and finally the tongue ...brown and finely mince all the flesh bits (except the stomach)and mix with the roasted oats and add about 3 good sized onion and freshly ground white peppercorns add a dash of cayanne pepper and a dash of paprika add one cup of good scots whiskey fill the stomach and sew both ends closed put into a pot of boiling lightly salted water and tightly cover ...keep on a low boil for about 2.5 to 3 hours remove from the boiler and place on a broiler pan and broil on high for about 5 minuted per side to lightly brown the outside and crisp up the outer layer serve hot with hearty brown bread and good stout or strong ale ....plunge a dagger into it and carve thick slices ....the rest of the carcass is fine for roast mutton and and the ribs are good for barbeque..... enjoy a good single malt after dinner!!! -slainte

good t' see ye back again lass ye been missed .... glad ye found some buttons t' yer liking ... sounds like a great price as well :)

i resent that ol' folk remark lad ...i have had a rocker made by m' great grandfather 95 years ago ...a grand oak chair, rock solid and a comfy seat ...i use it here at the keyboard and it has served me well for the 35 years i have held it ....a fine perch t' enjoy a wee dram ....

you know odd thing is m' US passport hasn't been stamped in the past 10 years and i have been to 10 different countries in those years all over europe and morroco ....i show it and they just look at it and hand it back .....now my UK passport ... get's stamped more often ... when i went to australia about 8 years ago it was stamped in hong kong and manilla and in melbourne .... but i'll be ready with both in tow when i'm off to port royal ...

thank ye lad i been practicing for well over 50 years ....hopefully i've gotten it down

mmmmmmm does me ol' heart good ' be havin' such lovely company ... you may have all the spiced rum you desire lass ...let me stoke the fire and bank the coals ...i think i feel a bit of a cuddle coming on

you can call me anything you'd like ....i seldom answer to "hey asshole" though ...if you'd like when in private i'll give ye more info there's a second hint in m' signature

that be fyne but keep it down ...shhhhhhhh!!! i have reputation t' uphold as a scoudrel and an incurable flirt ....wouldn't want anyone t think i might be a bit of a nice guy at heart

well i have a snowbank just outside the door and a roaring fire inside you could cool-off and then come inside and get nice and warm would hate to see anything important freeze to injury strictly as a humanitarian gesture ...come sit by the fire and have have some spiced rum lass

since i decided to go back to university again to stave off the boredom of retirement if it would be over spring/easter break it would be great for me ....i'll be watching for the final dates ...huzzah for jamaica!!

took the time to take a pic of some of the firepower two be decorator pieces for the kids ...i don't get my girls often enough for them to be comfortable with live weapons ...YET!!! there be a few missing from this shot when i get time i'll post more

alas m'lady that weekend also be the hampton blackbeard festival i believe... the lad and i were planning to attend that fest again this next year...and unfortunately this ol' seadog can't be in two places at once

flintlock pistol kits are few at best ....and without more guide as to want you might be looking for it's imposible to give you much more direction ...aside from building from parts there is always cutomizing a simple stock piece...doing inlay, checkering and engraving ...but so far everyone who has tried to help is flying blind

the blackbeard festival in hampton virginia in early june is a grand one... some mighty fyne folk there and it was a grand tyme!!! i'll be going back ....and pyrates in pardise is such a great place to be ...we were there last year and tried like hell to be there again this year but alas it just wasn't meant to be :)

when ye be on the lakes this next summer i'd like to arrange some time on board for myself and my lass and my son and his lady perhaps a day or two say from niagra to just east of cleveland let me know what such a trip might run ....it would be a grand time!!! :)

aye lass but the few years ago that i was in those waters you would have been just becoming a young woman ....and i may be a rogue and a scoundrel but a molestor of young ladies i'm not ....i was thinking about another trip to netherlands soon i have been talking with some of my mates there and making some tentative plans for a visit perhaps this summer ...with my son joining me ....he's close to your age and one hell of a fyne pyrate!!!

i never held kindly to bein' pressed into the crown's service so when the oportunity arose to take the other side i jumped at it and have never looked back ....having lived on the sea for the first 19 years of my life there wasn't much choice to it ....it was the wide blue of the sea or the choking death of a weaver's life with m'mum's family ...i was not cut out to sit behind a loom for the rest of m'days and besides i like blowing the hell out of the likes of man-o-wars and fat merchant ships and very few professions have such comfy clothes to wear

well met lass, ...the dutch do frown on us pyrates they would seldom admit that any upstanding dutchman would ever turn to pyracy ...i did find moorings for about a year in dordrecht a fyne country and a wonderful people there ....hope you enjoy your time in this humble port of call .... here's to ye lass

great would like to come as a vendor i think ....period weapons flints and blades

it broke my heart that i couldn't go this year looks like a grand time ....going to do my damnedest to make it next go round!!! :)

march or april sound great to me ...if they align with the unversity's spring or easter breaks .... what about the bringing of our accoutremonts of trade (WEAPONS) and what would the availability of black powder be there??? would be a grand spring break trip!!!!!!

a bit more specifics as to what sort of weapon you might be looking for might garner you a bit more assistance in your searching queen anne? prussian? dutch? french? doglock? dragoon (heavy or light) sea service??1600's? 1700's