....Might be.....gotta check me schedule like.......Got a big LRP event loomin'.....so's prepin' fer that.....(packin' sails, masts..tankard...ye knows the score)...... .
found this site while lookin' fer Nock stuff.......quite a good read.....not really 'on subject' here....but ifin someone wants t' move it t' a better thread....feel free.......
http://ejmas.com/kronos/NewHist1700-1859.htm
sorta read thro the 1700-1800 bit.........a lot o' sh** happened in that 100 year!!.... .
Back on subject:........As a 'Hollywood' type mesel'......I think the public like t' see both sides o' the coin......Hollywood fer the shear 'dressiness' and 'TV/CINEMA' type acting...an' authentic fer the 'real grit' that was being a sailor at that time. Each one lends itsel' t' the other in my view...
Me peneth
Another ....slightly more shine needed fer this bugger tho......
http://www.johnsloughoflondon.co.uk/AntSite/index.htm
also......did ye know Henry nock made a 9 barrelled version?....27 ball shot in all.....sheesh....talk about crowd scatterin'...!!
What a waste..........be blowin' bubbles I would...lol....best t' save it fer the drive home m8........lol....'wot me ociffer!!...nae....t'was the ale'....hurr hurr
errr.....whiskey!!
ye may well sah!!....tis a story of old....when life was so bold, an' the younger years they did make thier mark...........of a young mans thoughts, an' a young girls tuants.......an' a fight that went 'just that too far'....
An' good as sah!!....as I spies.....bin a busy bro of late......whereas I have naught......got some catchin' t' be done........an' a big net fer it I has....lmao