Capt. Sterling

Any one interested please see here... for the work, the price is very reasonable...and he does beautiful work... I have two of his other pieces http://18thcenturybibles.org/Ships_log_book.html

William, one more to add to the Archangel muster... Jennifer Geiger. Thank ye.

Congratulations on both counts! Wishing ye all the very best....

Mister Brand, Do add the following to the roll call...from the Archangel Sterling Dorian Lasseter Jack Roberts Dutch Constable Heartless Israel Cross Matty Black Horse Adam Cyphers Josephine Legard Fionn Murtaugh Alice Mason Grace Mae Harrington Kiera Mason Krystian Williams Deborah Rice D. M. Atlas Ryan Karn Crewe officers for this event are Sterling, Lasseter, Roberts Thank ye.

that's it stir the pot, along with a falling band, cuffs and what looks to be slashed doublet... obviously a depiction of someone from a time when bucket boots were popular...or the fellow who drew it in c.1781 didn't know any better.

Make that Harry over rode

I'm right there with ye Cascabel! When we started AWI flashguards weren't even mandatory yet. By the time I was one of the founding members of the British. Brigade, they were, for all long arms but never pistols. Pistols were only supposed to be used by mounted dragoons...where distance over came the need for them, as those that could shoot boot to boot under fire were few in number. Harry over the rule for them at the fort by insisting the small arms maintain a distance of at least eight feet between shooters.

Many happy returns of the day...and here's to many, many more.

Hope this isn't a double posting, but found this and wanted to get it down before I lost it...at work so time is limited... "A brief aside - The Wormleighton Evidence However, latest research by the BOA Museum suggests that sides may have existed before the traditionally accepted date...indeed possibly as early as the 1680s. It all depends on how you interpret a figurative sculpture of a man wearing spectacles (apparently with sides!) from the carved oak screen now to be found at St Peter's Church, Wormleighton, on the Warwickshire/Oxfordshire border. The earliest parts of the church date from 1150 but when staff of the BOA Museum first paid attention to this carving back in the 1950s the screen was thought to have been taken from the Spencer Mansion in the village of Wormleighton, built in the reign of Henry VIII (1509-1547) which would make it early 16th century, some two hundred years before sides were believed to have been invented. It seemed an unlikely scenario. For various reasons we now think that the screen was originally in Southam Parish Church but was removed for safe-keeping during the Civil War. After the war the screen was included for a short period in the decorative scheme of the Star Chamber in the Manor House. We think that the be-spectacled man is a later addition to this screen, added circa 1685 when the screen was reassembled at Wormleighton Church and reduced in size. This seems much more credible and would still make it the earliest representation of spectacle sides. The 'sides' appear to pass at a rigid right angle from the lugs of the spectacle front. Unfortunately their terminals are concealed by the flowing locks of hair. We may never be sure if this is what we think it might be. The carving's Tudor-style hat is probably a red herring. One assumes that the artist had added spectacles with sides anachronistically, but the possibility of folk memory playing some part cannot be dismissed altogether. At least the available evidence entitles us to suggest, cautiously, that the first development of spectacle sides is possibly English and possibly from the last quarter of the seventeenth century." Found here: http://www.college-optometrists.org/en/knowledge-centre/museyeum/online_exhibitions/spectacles/side.cfm Scroll down to see the photos, sorry no time to transfer them here yet...

Duncan told me, he went running down the wind tunnel, under the bridge and cut through the garage. As we came up from the lowest deck, I just caught Duncan streaking across the garage and was wondering how folks from the ball got in the garage in the first place.... I am just glad ye all made it over so quickly and safely. It made getting a head count so much easier when we were all together.... and some one had to rescue me from smothering when the damn crewe jumped on top of me.... sniggering.... honestly we were one secure little group...I was like who the hell, when one of the poor guys we told to get out of the cars came running around the corner after us, and then crawled into the circle and under my arm....I could feel his heart beating a mile a minute. I had Josh under the other arm, holding on as tight as he could. Silkie was in the pile with Josephine and Dorian on top of his side of things. We were just holding on to one another as tightly as we could, even where we were, ye could feel the wind pulling on ye. Poor Susan hit one of the damn concrete rises which was impossible to see in the dark and fell hard and got scratched up. So by the time we felt safe to move again, it was just nice to see ye all there especially when we had to move quickly into the camp to see what was up and then make another dash for the garage.

"No kidding- there we were....." Oi, ye weren't there... sniggering... ye were safely tucked away at the ball! ... As the only captain actually in the camp that evening, I just want to say a huge thank ye and a well earned Huzzah to Dutch, Constable and the other captains, that, in spite of further threats of additional tornados, one actually tried to form right behind the stage not long after the first one passed through camp, and the hotel staff trying to lock them in, they made a beeline to the camp to check on those who had not attended the ball. Well done and very much appreciated.... And Daniel, my apologies for not having more time to spend, unfortunately repairs were still being made on crewe items and they needed to be finished for folks to be able to sleep safely that evening.

Frankly buying Goex is a lot easier and probably cheaper in the long run than being tied up with BATFE, not to mention safer. Have ye checked with them regarding all the permits ye might need to produce large quantities of powder, before they come knocking on yer door? I don't think claiming one is a pirate will sit well with them.... Not to mention, homemade powder won't sit well with most safety officers, or event hosts that cover the event insurance.

Will do.

Looking forward to seeing ye again Daniel

And the webpage really doesn't do it justice. Please see yer pm messages

Grymm can't get em to play except for a second or two of the video...charming little piece though

Pictures ha! Ask JollyJack Tar for links to the videos of the Adventure! The ones he showed me were awesome. He worked on her before heading west for a short spell.

Correct me if I'm wrong, but I think Ivan is referring to pictures of pirates posing with spectators, not pictures of battle reenactments or real (fencing for instance)/staged combat between pre approved reenactors, that have been properly trained and then past by safety officers. Or am I missing something here? As a safety officer, I do cringe when I see a photo of some pirate (can't say I've seen reenactors doing this although i bet some have) with the muzzle of his black powder pistol pressed against the head of some spectator or his kid. Growing up the first rule was never point yer gun at something ye did not intend to harm. Always be aware of where yer weapon is pointing. We don't aim/shoot point blank at people on the battle field, no one should be doing it at some spectators head. I have to agree with Hawkyns though a properly set up photograph or stunt between trained reenactors is another matter.

Happy birthday.

Good questions, was reading a quick bit about ribbed cuffs to help hold them up, will go back and see if that has an answer and what the actual dates were for that section.