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    California - Central Valley Pirates

    in Find a Crew or Introduce One

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    Thank you for the kind words gentlemen....

    End of May, Chris and I will fire up the forges and were making some blades...anyone is invited and this will be our May workshop...

    I'll show you how I know to make a Shellguard cutlass in 2 hours start to finish. It will ring long and hit hard and cost you about 7 dollars to make..

    If you're more into making a boarding axe, Chris will be helping people shape and pass through an axe head.

    Event wise.

    May 29th CSUB Bakersfield Pirate treasure hunt and dinner benifiting the society for disabled children.

    Enjoy the first annual Pirate Treasure Hunt. There will be fun for all ages. Families with children will enjoy hunting for pirate treasure, visiting the pirate's camp, and playing games from 12p-3pm. Tickets are $7 each, children under 5 are free.

    Festivities for adults take place from 6pm-9pm and feature dinner, a live band, dancing, entertainment, and the pirate's auction house silent auction. Ticket cost is $50 per person.

    Proceeds benefit programs and services provided by the Society.

    Time: Families with children 12pm-3pm / Festivities for Adults 6pm-9pm

    Location: CSUB Alumni Park 9001 Stockdale Hwy

    Phone: (661) 322-5595

    Hardenning (re-hardenning) your frizzen

    in Armory

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    Hardened my frizzen on my fowler Saturday at an event using the leather and can in the fire and other reenactors were shocked and amazed! An hour and 5 minutes and I'm throwing sparks like a welder. I use water pump pliers to pinch my main spring but then again my middle name is danger! From now on I'll harden every frizzen in this manner.

    California - Central Valley Pirates

    in Find a Crew or Introduce One

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    Anyone interested, we have a few things coming and our normal on goings.

    Kern Co. pirates go out once a month on the skiffs for a camp out in Montano De Oro. We leave from Morro Bay and follow the coast line south a bit. There is a little cove we camp in that can only be reached by boat. It's very primitive camping and the boats are small, so you have to be in good physical shape. We have room for 3 or 4 people every so often, you can bring one small ditty bag and whatever you can hold on your person. You'll need enough food for yourself for 2 days and foul weather gear. If this sounds fun to you send me a PM.

    We have workshops once a month as well here in Bakersfield, California.

    In mid February we are having a workshop on Lantern making. We'll each recreate a period lantern from an example we have.

    In mid March we will have a workshop on Sail making. We won't go into detail on the history of sail making but we will make a period sail that will do just that....sail. Or use your skills to make the perfect make shift tent.

    In mid April our workshop will be on belly boxes. We'll be creating one from a photo example..

    PM me for info and what you will need to bring..

    A new game its called Name that Flintlock

    in Armory

    Posted

    http://www.muzzleloaderbuilderssupply.com/europeanpistolsets.html check out the european pistol sets. Well worth the money and very well made.

    As for the indian made pistols and muskets, most are one in the same, are they not? Loyalist and Middlesex and most others for that matter purchase from the same company... http://www.hhandco.com/guns.htm Now before you get all excited and hit em up for a two pistol order, don't bother. Like loyalist and middlesex, you have to put in a rather large order and the pieces you purchase will need a ton of work. I don't mind smoking the barrels, but I would never blow a ball out of any of my india replicas no matter who set them up. My two cents.

    Kern County Pirates Raid on the Mortuary | Bakersfield, CA

    in January

    Posted · Edited by Kenneth

    Thursday, January 28th 2010, 6:00pm

    Were raiding the Mortuary!! Then having dinner....Everyones already deceased so it should be an easy take!

    Kern County Pirates/Privateers are hosting with food, drink and pressing any newbies in the Kern County/Bakersfield area!

    Where: Mission Family Mortuary - In the Greatroom

    531 California Ave

    Bakersfield, Ca 93304

    Contact: Kerncountypirates@hotmail or PM through the pub.

    Why I don't post in TWILL

    in Captain Twill

    Posted

    When I first joined the pub, I hated twill. Like Foxe stated, I wasn't getting the answer I wanted, I was getting several well studied and debated answers but not the answer I wanted it to be. Now I love reading Twill and I do read it often or go back and search for information when I'm working on a project. With an open mind, I learn. Now I love it...

    Philosophy of Authenticity

    in Captain Twill

    Posted

    "Find me fire, a pint of cider, and a period song or two,put me in period kit with a musket and sword nearby and I have all the reason I need to do this. On my own, with a group of the lads, or even with an audience of mundanes, it doesn't matter, I'll be happy."

    Hawkyns said what I was thinking. You should make that first sentence your quote on your profile!

    Forming Re-Enactor Umbrella Organizations

    in Captain Twill

    Posted

    In Bakersfield, we have a museum called Pioneer village. The first event we attended was called lamplight tours. Held every January at dark, there are civil war, pioneers and cowboys set up in encampments all around the museum. When they were told pirates were attending, they laughed. During the day as we were there setting up they yelled ARGGGG and Shiver me timbers! I thought to my self maybe they'll lighten up once the event starts. I decided I would walk around and introduce myself and our crew, but with each group I met, I blurted out sterotypes and Movie quotes. They didn't like it. With the cowboys I would repeat "get along little doggy" and ask them where Hoss was. With the civil war guys I asked where Yosimite Sam was and where did they park the General Lee and did they have Daisy Duke hidden somewhere. With the Pioneers I did my worst Little big horn followed up with an Indian war cry. Evening came and we outfitted ourselves and walked around. We became friends with everyone there by actually taking time to understand what they are all about. We all thought it was funny that I was saying sterotypical one liners and I explained that I was doing it to make a point. The point was we wanted to be taken seriously and they automatically started in because they thought we would be in silky pants and have eye patches. They agreed that had never seen Pirate reenactors so they just didn't understand. If you go on reenactor.net you'll find a coming soon section for pirates followed up with the guy telling his friend that yes there are pirate reenactment groups. People just don't know what to expect. I don't know how it is on the right coast, but thats how it is for us out here. The point I'm making is, we strive to be authentic. Our group studies, reads, argues and builds kit after kit trying to prove that there can be good pirate reenactors on the west coast. We are from being perfect and we are all mostly new at this and I think if we ever came to a point where we knew it all and were perfect, I would stop because it wouldn't be fun anymore. We love to have fun and we can at certain events like at Ojai I had an ice cream cone in my hand half the time, but when we have to be taken serious and we are at a historical event, everyone better look the part so we can be good pirate reenactor ambassadors. One thing that puzzles me. I hear people say they have 20 or 30 years in reenacting piracy? How come reenactor magazines and website haven't a clue about it? If so many people have been doing it so long, wouldn't there be more information about pyracy groups??

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