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Well Now a turn for the worst has taken place ...Eye feel like eye am watching a ship wreck in slow motion! Settlement sinking! http://www.newportbeachindy.com/2012/06/15/shawnee-settlement-sinking/

Pat ..did you ever speak to Talderoy about Mutiny Magazine ? Your comic strip is most worthy of sharing to a broader audience.

Aye heres to Swash buckler! Yarr ! ~

This week end we were in a Parade in Newport Beach in support of the Shawnee. We passed out pamphlets to increase the awareness of the locals of their nautical heritage.

Anyone have the link for the Schedule the Whydah exhibit is keeping. ?

Eye just got a book called "The Chronicle of Western Costume" by John Peacock On page 105 it clearly shows an illustration of an Englishman in 1600 wearing stripey socks, Horizontal like the ones eye wore in the "You and Your Garb" thread. Again..NO real evidence to support whether the author or artist took licence or not. All the other illustrations show no Stripey socks what so ever During GAOP. (1670 -1730) In 1670 June 1st English king Charles II and French king Louis XIV sign anti-Dutch treaty ..We all know what that lead to.. And 1671 January 18 "Pirate" Henry Morgan defeats Spanish defenders, captures Panama January 27 "Pirate" Henry Morgen lands at Panama City

Is thar a "Like" button for both Foxe and Tartan Jacks post? Thank you both for the info and Low down..

happy Birthday Red Handed Jill !

It crossed my mind to ask for their references as it seemed stated that stripey socks were popular during the years of GAOP . However with out any substantiation to provide any historic proof.. Therefore Eye do conclude that it would have been a most rare thing for a Pirate of the GAOP to wear stripey socks. Eye have been unable to find proof as much as my heart would like. Therefore eye will side with you that they most likely did not exsist. One thing eye will say going down this road is that this wreaks of Agnosticism at its best. Eye did -e- mail the one web site and await an answer from them..this is what eye wrote to the 'Sock Museum" "As A member of the reenactment community that portrays pirates, We have been unable to substantiate your claims to stripey socks being period to Pirates of the Golden age of Piracy. 1630-1720's . We are interested in your historical references you used to make these claims. Thank you."

Welcome back !

This web site claims Striped socks existed in the 1600's http://www.ravelry.c...riped-stockings The Sock Museum is here ~ http://www.sockmuseum.com/socks/striped-stockings

HAppy Birthday Ivan ! Thanx for every thing too `~

Thank you for the compliments and setting me straight on the socks.. Eye most likely will have to go wit a straight colored sock for any hard core reenactment events eye attend.. Only two on the west coast for pirates that eye know of. And they are not exclusive to Pirates of the GAOP..they are time line events. In some aspects are more interesting that say a Ren Faire, which Eye have really lost any zeal for. (Though good to go for being with friends.) Eye will look into getting a Match lock to go with this Kit and maybe next year look to come to an East coast event that is about being period and is Pyrate centric. Eye am still unclear about the type of Hat that "COULD" be worn with this kit to be completely Authentic. Eye am still ok with wearing my buckle shoes though eye may and should go with the laced up type. Any suggestions you have eye am open to it. Just PM me to help this thread stay on Topic. Thanx.

12 th-century cotton sock, found in Egypt . The knitter of this sock started work at the toe and then worked up towards the leg. The heel was made last and then attached to loops formed while knitting the leg. This practice allowed the heel to be easily replaced when it wore out. So based onthe above account. I personally cannot rule out that striped socks did not exist Before 1740..that really is absurd from my point of view.. I looked up the History of socks and found several web sites that cover the history of socks. Considering The invention of a knitting machine in 1589 meant that socks could be knitted six times faster than by hand and in many designs and colors. A couple of the webs sites eye had check do mention stripped socks after the knitting machine was invented. However eye will say that ~ that style was probably not as common as well as the type of sock that were embroidered with personal emblems to fashionably identify ones personal socks. Another note is that pirates of the GAOP were still just people like you and eye and had fashionable taste. No one wears exactly the same clothing now any more than they did back then. There was a variety of styles and fashions of clothing/socks available to wear. So just maybe..maybe one pirate did in fact wear a pair of stripey socks that is so popular in todays cultural portrayal of pirates of the GAOP. But again it is still debatable... because unlike the other web sites eye checked . ~ "At the very end of the century (1790s) very fancy striped stockings become fashionable; with the exception of a possible example worn by a sailor in a mid-18th c. illustration, striped stockings don't seem to have been common before the end of the 18th century. Ribbed stockings, however, were worn." This is from the web site salt pots posted.

eagh eagh...> Eye can see it now...some convention for Pyrate Punks with laser blunderbuss and mechanized glowin the dark bucket boots ~

This is a re-post for mission to see the clothing better.. Eye am stoked it all fit so well... That's a good question about stripey socks..When did they come on the scene? Eye kinda think they are more of a Hollyweird thing than period to pirates in general during the GAOP though eye believe they were popular during the European Renaissance of the 14th–17th centuries ~

Based on a period painting of Pieter Codde 1599- 1678 Eye finally invested a few bucks had had this all made from scratch. The Apostles are from Ivan Henry but eye stained the bottles and dyed the belt black. The Buttons on this jacket are wooden. Guess all eye need to do now is score on a match lock