Capt. Sterling

Couldn't agree more.

For the Cochineal, isn't it something like 70,000 to 155,000 female bugs, boil to kill, then lay them out to dry and then crush them into the powder?

screaming kids

Easy enough.... every one enters the hobby at different levels... so different parts of their kit are great and other parts they are still working on, and honestly, some folks either are ignorant or just plain, don't care. It all depends on how you and the group you belong to, feels about their standards for taking the field.

Dang, have a cravat that goes back to 1982... but no neck-cloths....

Cold hands about his face, brought heavy lids to a slight flutter... then they opened slowly and looked upward into the dim light of a lantern. "Been out for two days you have," a voice announced. The sound seemed to ricochet about Sterling's skull causing the throbbing to increase and send him rolling onto his side, innards reeling from it. "There now, have a care!" Came the voice again. "Wouldn't have even noticed the state you are in, cept you haven't touched yer food, but then I can't blame you there." A low chuckle, far more nervous then honestly amused, followed quickly. "Here now, someone's done given you a proper thrashing. Mr. Pinon, I would hazard to guess. Send for a doctor I would, but I am not permitted to do so. Still, I could no longer let you just lay here."

Well see.... um... that's the last thing you really want to happen with live steel during your "usual" reenactment... the um... "SUDDENLY or UNEXPECTEDLY" bit... since this isn't a competition. Now if it were an immersion weekend, or the like, then that would be a different story and then you really do need protective gear, etc. ...especially with all that coral and since I'm the only idiot wearing heels...

I do think Hawkyns brings up some very valid points especially the last bit here about it not being a competition... for safety sake and since most of the folks at PiP do not have the ability to train together, there should be no live steel on the field that is NOT choreographed and rehearsed ahead of time at least during the battle scenarios. Back in camp, one on one, could be a different story...perhaps..., but on the field, choreographed only and discussed well ahead of time at the safety meetings with the actual fighters being pointed out so that everyone on the field will know ahead of time who is drawing steel and that way they will also know who to give a wide berth to...

Ack!!! NOW YOU TELL US!!! Next year Angels, wig and all, we toss our host in the drink! .... banging head on keyboard....

Don't remember so I must have been having fun! The only thing I can even think that may have caused it was perhaps dying and landing on something funny at Paynetown, but I don't remember hitting the ground funny, just all of a sudden Sunday night, bamm, pain and a lot of it... and no I wasn't drinking... I remember it didn't hurt much when I broke the right one until well after and I know how I did that one. It's not a big thing, the right one is still broken and I have no problems moving and since I can still fence with it... not a problem really. Gee what your captain goes through for all of you...snigger.

Nor Virginia...

Oh and did I mention, I think I broke my left elbow as well as my right? snigger...

You mean folks don't have to bring their own barrels???

Idols, Victims, Pioneers, Virginia's Women from 1607... Wamsley. Virginia Under the Stuarts, Wertenbaker. Sociability and Power in Late Stuart England, The Cultural World of the Verneys 1660-1720, Whyman. Everyday Life in Early America, Hawke Social Life of Virginia in the Seventeenth Century, Bruce The First Americans 1607-1690, Wertenbaker And I have an appointment at the ACHS, to read the indentured servant records from the late 17th century/early 18th century, and the Secret Diaries of William Byrd II... unlike the historical societies in Long Island, the Charlottesville Historical Society is a treasure trove!!

eeergh.... PiP is just a Pyrate Faire..... the 1720 Careening Camp and other camps are an attempt at doing something a bit more period...... But Pirates in Paridise, is more than that..... Hey.... Key West.... Babes...Rum...Drinks... Fun..... and a few camps having fun trying to be sorta-kinda authentic (aesthetic).... Well there were the school visits........ but Hurricain knows more about that...... Ah come on Patrick, you can lay on the beach and I can educate the kids all about drunken pirates and rum! We can make an object lesson out of it! But seriously, if there are school visits to the area during PiP, the Archangel crewe would be very interested!

Okay fwiw, and you can all ignore this like you usually do, but yes, modern day reenactors may have a problem running about in high heeled shoes because they aren't use to wearing them on a regular basis, unless you wear cowboy boots every day, or some other high heel. But if higher heels were more common in the GAoP era and folks were wearing them from childhood on, odds are they got use to them, sailors as well... In many cases your body literally grows/develops along with the heel... muscles, etc. can all be affected by heel height (as well as poorly made shoes). Just speak to the average podiatrist....I know a number of women personally that have been wearing high heels EVERY DAY from their early teenage years (most are currently in their forties or early fifties) and if they DO NOT wear heels now every day, they suffer from a variety of problems, such as knee, hip or lower back problems. Again, fwiw for the experimental archeology bunch, climbing rigging when use to the higher heel, almost seems to work like the heel of a riding boot with a stirrup...the inside of the heel catches on the rigging and your foot isn't going any where it shouldn't...

Oi I resemble that remark!... Things SEEM to be working...slowly but surely, at least until the next thunderstorm... ...back at school, getting extra hours in a few days, have inlaws arriving on Friday or Saturday, Anniversary on Sunday and need to preach tonight, but I should get through my six some odd hundred emails by tomorrow that have piled up since Thursday...

and possibly some sort of "school" as well.

Hmmm any chance, being an old NY myself, but currently living just outside Charlottesville, Va, you might need a place to sleep over, free, and pick up some tents and gallows??

If the Archangel is hosting then we would welcome you and yours as well... stage performers could add a lot to teaching Living Historians how to act their parts... so don't count yourself out where the demos, etc. are concerned.

Early 18th century jumps Quilted linen with plant patterns, tied in front with silk taffeta ribbons. 1720s embroidered jumps Jumps: "Type of underbodice worn by women, usually fitted to the bust; often used instead of stays. From 1740 on commonly used in plural form ( a pair of jumps) An Elegant Art, pg. 229 Jumps : Woman's soft bodice without boning, usually worn at home instead of a corset... Revolution in Fashion 1715-1815 pg 162

Ahoy Folks, Haven't forgotten you! Due to a major storm last Thursday, I have been offline and can only get through on the school's pcs. So I have been trying to stick to crewe business emails first... but hopefully I will be back online soon... if you have questions call me at night...Ah life in the country!! But boy, am I getting a ton of research done! And got a tip from one of the other teachers that I must look up...seems the orginal founding member of the Virginia company was ... a pirate... Sterling

Well then Rats, start researching to see if they go back far enough...

Or if you want pc boning, get reed... the last bundle I purchased contained enough to make over four corsets, at 15 dollars a bundle at the time, you and and three others go in on the purchase and share, reducing the cost. I believe Reconstructing History also sells the proper reed as well....

Okay our basics... for kids... Mr. Merriweather the younger top shot... being my kid, his trousers and waistcoat are proper patterns, although I oversized them hoping they will last UNTIL he outgrows them and made of linen but his shirt is cotton... everything that you cannot see on his clothing is machine sewn New to our crew is Charlie in the next photo on the far right... standing next to Pete Straw our navigator. Most of his stuff isn't pc, but sure looks good enough to get him started... Also another new member Matt Bottles to the far left in the blue checked shirt... I believe it is cotton but certainly does for us for a new member. I am not even sure what his trousers are made up of, but for a start they look good enough to me. Maddogge in the center is what folks would eventually want to aim for... although even the Archangel crew has a long way to go...