Patrick Hand

SPACERS.... or PEAS

Dependin' on whether ye be followin' th' rules, or sees them more like guidelines.......

Reason for edit.... On second though, the comment wasn't really that funny...

I found it....

https://pyracy.com/index.php?showtopic=9514&st=20

It's about half way down the page.... posted on Dec 19 2006

OK... they are Game bags, but look at how the straps were made.......

actually i believe those fabric baldrics had a canvas backing to it.

There is a picture of a painting that Kass posted somewhere in TWILL (maybe in the haversack/snapsack thread) showing a leather backed,cloth covered corded edged sling.... I think it was a game hanger, but the detail of the painting might be something worth checking out....

Hey.... I found it....

A modern version of the Monmouth cap

http://www.knitting-and.com/knitting/patte...ts/monmouth.htm

My first though was a cut down Dixie Gun Works Tower pistol.....

the California Delta.

Are you near Sacatomatoes or Modesto? (Northern California?)

If so, than Tales of the Seven Seas is the closest Pyrate group... (they are outta the Bay Area, but heck, I live up in the mountains below Bear Valley (Arnold), so I drive down there....)

http://www.talesofthesevenseas.com/

Is that a Mexican knife?

Yeah... I'm thinking of grinding the birds head off and changing the shape...

It originally was shaped more like a falcion, I ground down the tip to make it look more like a Bowie.....

how well will that hold up to being handled on a regular basis?

The goggles have been painted gold and gold leafed before... and I had to scrape all of it off with the edge of my pocket knife before I could take off the ridges on the lens rings.... and It took some scraping to do so... it holds up really well....

I don't know how well it would stand-up to daily handling, but I was surprised how tough it was....

"So, um, when does the manly-men conversation start?"

probably when the girlie girl romantic discussions stop.....

I guess I didn't pay enough attention in the Sensitivity Training Class...

But talking about some guy, who we don't know, and speculating about his love life, and motivations for seeing a younger Woman...

WHY?

He's not going to read this or care what we type (and he would probably be thrilled to find out that his relationship is being posted on the internet....)

Men don't sit around talking about other men's Love Lives..... We don't care.......But no one wanted to sound bad by just typing ..."Wow...Lucky Bastard..... "

"Do these jophers make my thighs look too big......?"

And NO.... we won't put the toilet seat back down after we are done.......

Nah... at least alla the Ceder an Redwoods are use to th' snow.... (I live just below Big Trees State Park)

Really tall trees, and heavy winds ....... doesn't sound fun.....

I'll wait until we get back to manly stuff, instead of this girlie girl gossip about some guy in L.A. who we don't know, and speculation about his love life...

Since when do men care about any other man's love life?

Who give a rat's ass if he's boffin some young woman or not...? more power to him....

You let a girl barge in here, and look how quickly she changes the conversation to petty girlie girl gossip.....

A sled wouldn't work up hill on ice.......

I knocked some of the snow off the bank, so tonight, I at least had rough broken ice to walk on instead of the really smooth slippery stuff..... So the rum made it home safely tonight.....

Oh yeah... there is suppose to be another big icky wet storm coming in at the end of the weekend.......

And I just got the windows shoveled clear this afternoon..... Yeah.... the snow drifts covered both of the side windows in the restaurant..... I've gotta take and post a picture.......

LAPS

I posted this in the Weapons thread, but figured I could explain everything here better......

I'm still working on the bowie/cutlass, I want to add a copper rib on the back of the blade, and then do the final finishing.... I also have to make a scabbard for it....

I sanded the ridges off the lens ring on my goggles.(I had already cut them down, so they weren't as thick anymore...) .. now I have to spraypaint a gold base layer, and then imitation gold leaf them., then a final gloss coat to protect the gold layers... then weather them, so they look like brass.....

The flight helmet made from a $5.00 thrift store jacket is almost done.... I have to pick out some of the loose threads(the stupid sewing machine decided to mess with the tension, so I had to re-sew most of it), and then finish the earphones, and cover the wire with cloth (so they look more old fashioned)... There are the earpieces from a set of headphones in each ear cup.... So my flight helmet is wired for sound.... Oh yeah.... and then distress it so it looks nicely grungy... and proper fer an Airship Pyrate.....

I still have a lot of stuff that need to be done to finish everything.... but it is all coming together nicely.....

Wot.... something like this?

I'm not finished with the bowie/cutlass yet... I still have to add a copper rib to the back of the blade, and do the final finishing.... and then make a scabbard for it....

I still have to finish the flight helmet, and re-plate the goggle's lens ring.....

One of the Foxfire books has a chapter on how to make peg soled brogans.

TALE

It only melted a small part of alla that damn ice.....

Yeah... I used some very choice and colorful words......

Holy Sh%$... they've gone to plaid!

But you can't "clash" plaid.....

It's one of those things when people find out about it, and respond that they have always been interested in it, but just didn't know it had a name.......

I didn't have the time to read alla that page... I'll have to go back and read it maybe on Saturday..... I know there is a way to bleach out a design.... so on black scarves, that might work really well..............

..weird, just weird.....

But that's part of the fun of it....

I like describing it as.... "Imagine Jules Vern's 20,000 leagues Under the Sea is actual history, not just a story.....

It's a time that never really was, but you get to make-up the good parts of it.......

I assume anyone from either the Blue or the grey would be welcomed?

Well the War is over....

The Union of the United States and the Confederacy of the United States aren't exactly on "Speaking terms".... but Governments get funny about that sorta thing.....

How about steam-powered repeating cannon?...

Also, you'll need a calliope. ...

What does she use for lift? If hydrogen, those firearms could get a bit chancy....

Nah... just a screw breached cannon....

A calliope might be a really good idea..... Flight of the Vullcures (sp) anyone ...?

Well Hydrogen does keep everyone on their toes.......

SATE....