mrbungle

those are super nice.

working on me fop as we speak.......

very cool swab!!

the main problem is, i have one of those old japanese light dragoons. it is safe for firing blank loads but never powder and ball. it will blow up. i have seen pics of this. but anyways the springs on it are old and weak. from the frizzen pan spring to the hammer spring. so weak you barely get a spark when fired.

very cool.

do you do flintlock repair?? or rebuilds??

Tybee Island Pirate Fest!! oct 4th -7th tybee island , georgia.

http://tybeepiratefest.com/

anybody going?? other than me and stanger tides......

thanks, man. yeah, i do not like the position of the head either......when people are hung or lynched, the neck does weird stuff. sometime the head is looking up, down, straight ahead or slightly bent to the side. was it a strangle hanging or a drop hanging, where the neck breaks. where was the knot? all these are important to which way the head goes. once a guy's head came clean off during an hanging in the old west.

i am trying to teach myself to paint faster, instead of taking a month to do a painting.

here is a painting that took about a 40 hours.... jesus christ superstar.......oil on canvas. 24x36?

here is one i did for fun at the shop.....ink on board....24x36

here is a painting i did yesterday based on a pic of billie beach of the forsaken crew. thought you guys would like to see it.

http://www.facebook....157561807601317

i painted this in about 3 hours for a oil painting exercise. alla prima , meaning one sitting painting....or first attempt

"no luck in the sweet trade." oil on canvas. 12x18

what size do you need?? and do you want a lion head and scroll or full body lion head and scroll???

Under the black flag, history. i also just finished the republic of pirates under the black flag has a lot of interesting detail but not a page turner, the republic of pirates is well written and is a fast read.

i found one on etsy!!

PRETTY COOL, COAT...

http://www.etsy.com/listing/85651762/mens-pirate-18th-century-short-coat

i am looking for a short sailors jacket , not too picky about color. just not white or natural.

please let me know if you have one you want to get rid of.

i wear a large chest size 40 inches.

thanks!

mr. tom bungle....

yep, i will do that. hope to go to renfair soon.

any critiques on the outfit?? besides the hat and wig which look like ass.

here is a couple of pics of my first attempt.

ordered new hat... and i am going to ditch said wig. the eye patch is honest since i only have one eye that works!! the costume needs alot more weathering.

i have buckle shoes!!@!!!!! buckle shoes and slops is where it's at!! i wish slops would come back in style.........

cap'n sin i troop as ROTJ SE boba fett with the alabama garrison.

bloody sam, i have meet you too, then....

cap'n sin i troop as ROTJ SE boba fett with the alabama garrison.

bloody sam, i have meet you too, then....

cap'n sin i troop as ROTJ SE boba fett with the alabama garrison.

bloody sam, i have meet you too, then....

yep, my buckles right now maybe to large for the time period, something i will have to update later.

i bought square toes, and looking at those pirate pics it seemed half of them look like square toes to me. and stranger was mad that i got shoes and he was wearing bucket boots!!!

in the time period i am sure that square and round toed shoes were made. in the 1800's cowboy boots were either round toed or square toed or called coffin toed. they were never pointy toed, a hollywood invention. so why would 1706 be any different??

i am not in that pic, no pirate costume at the time. stranger tides is the one with the full beard and the hot redhed......

maybe so, i was dress as doc holiday alot of the time at DC last year....

i have trooped with some georgia folks in the past so we might have meet before.

old thread but you guys need to make this easier to find for the pirate noobs like me. great stuff in this thread!

thanks for the link, greyhound.

no i was not tudor, i troop with the alabama garrison of the 501st.

hey greyhound, that would be great if you have a link to some nice coats.

thanks all for the warm reception. and yes stanger tides is the captain.....

tom bungle to friends................one eyed tom to my enemies and to sailors who serve the crown..............