Kenneth

Graydog made me laugh out loud at work...In a funeral home.

I have to agree with Blackjohn. Eventually, this becomes an issue between the individual customer and the company. Airing disappoints or pleasure here isn't really fixing any of the issues some people are having with the shoes.

Like most things in life you either like what a merchant does or you shop elsewhere. If you don't like Walmart you shop Kmart or Target. It's the same here.

Sorry for the problems some people are having but I have to say I doubt seriously there's anything else to be gained here by going around in circles...

If you don't like the service or the product, take it up with the company directly. Otherwise it just turns into a pissing match that gets nowhere.

My two pence.

-- Hurricane

Wal mart has period correct buckle shoes?? Sweet!

There aren't a ton of people making this shoe, so yes, it is important to discuss pros and cons here, because you can't buy THIS shoe from anywhere other than Loyalist.

I wouldn't say hate, but I really dislike it when someone repeats Arrr over and over and over and over.

I also dont really like it when I'm wearing a short sailors coat and breeches and buckle shoes and a work cap and an axe stuck in my belt and then someone asks if I'm Jack Sparrow, I just say he's my cousin.

It annoys me when a guy wears all leather with conchos on his pants like a Mariachi and carries a ninja sword and a shrunken head and then tells me a 10 minute description about his pretend ship that is supposedly parked in the dirt parking lot that is doubling as a port in Bath town and then feels the need to tell me I can't be a pirate because I'm not carrying a "Brace" of pistols and a sword...(True Story)

Thanks!! It just so happens I do smoke Marlboros....Now where is my seahorse?

Had this pic taken at Ojai. Sewing 80 feet of rope onto that sheet, took all day but it's my favorite Sail/tent I've made thus far..

I could get you some femorals from here at the funeral home, but I'd go to prison shortly after!!

I've seen this Jas coat and shirt and it's not bad. Of course it was being used for Colonial period sailors. The people I saw wearing them looked well fitted in them. Can you sew? That shirt is simple to make and takes 30 minutes total from cutting to sewing, you could make it out of some nice linen. The pattern is free online at Costumers manifesto..The coat is easy as well and is not far off from RH patterns aside from the cuffs and the saucer size buttons.

I would request a swatch like James said, this way you know if the material is ok for you..

Perhaps we can see some examples of other peoples own Short coats and what shirts they are wearing for our time period? Some pics of you in your Shirt and short coat and how you came about owning them?

Blonde hair + Green eyes + Southern Ireland (Cork and Kerry) = me fainting.

She could talk about cleaning a toilet and it would sound sexy! Whew!

michaelsbagley you look awsome!

Found this..

“A cravatte is another kind of adornment for the neck being nothing else but a long towel put about the Collar, and so tyed before with a Bow Knott; this is the original of all such Wearings; but now by the Art and Inventions of the seamsters, there is so many new ways of making them, that it would be a task to name, much more to describe them.” —Randle Holme, Academy of Armory and Blazon, 1688.

Is this true?

"Early cravats were made of the lace that was used so much in the period, but people soon grew to prefer the softer feel of a linen or muslin (sheer cotton fabric) cravat. They developed intricate ways to fold and knot their cravats. A new style of wearing the cravat was invented in 1692 by French soldiers fighting in the Battle of Steinkirk. Too rushed to tie their cravats in an intricate knot, they simply twisted the ends of the cloth and stuck it through a buttonhole in their waistcoat or justaucorps. This style became known as the steinkirk cravat."

I started off Hollywood. I would assume everyone here had to start off because of Hollywood making Films and Tv shows about Pirates. Looking back, I think putting together a historic kit is ten times easier than Hollywood garb. When you see someone purchase $400 dollar CaBoots you think to yourself, "they could have bought some really nice kicks from Sara Juniper for half that". I guess it's what floats your pirate boat. I enjoy any and everyone whos interested in all things nautical, Hollywood or Historic. It's a personal challenge for me to look historical and it makes me happy and thats the important part. The hardest part for me wih trying to do authentic is the reenactor crowd....some are very hard to be around. We had a event last night called Lamplight tours at the local Museum and a Civil war reenactor asked what time period I was from, I told him GAoP and then he made a comment about my shoes not being butt stiched....hmmmm. There is one in every crowd. So I did what any Pirate (Ahem, Sailor) would do....I relieved myself on the back of his wedge tent..Don't worry, it's most likely water proofed. Where was I? Oh!

I lean towards Authentic..

I use a square yard of linen, folded to about three inches in width and wrap around my neck, twist and stuff into my short sailors coat.. works for me.

Happy Birth Day!!!!

Good Lord!! I just found this! Thank you ladies..My Birthday on my profile was off, it had the 11th of November, so I corrected the date to my true date which is the 30th of November. Thank you both for thinking of me..

Very nicely done Chole!.....very sharp indeed!

So Depp confirmed Pirates 4 then? Does that mean they will make it or he will be in it IF they make it?

http://news.my.msn.com/article.aspx?cp-documentid=1695835

Yeah Stynky.....I was dying without my Pyracy Pub...I'm buying you some Irish spring my friend!

A couple people have told me they bought the Loyalist shoe and it's very very uncomfortable, has a cowboy boot like heel (tapered) and the leather is thin......I realize people gave reviews when they got their shoes and tried them on, but how bout some long term wearing of said shoes.....Any reviews? Any complaints? Any praise?

We had such an awsome time!! Our first time camping and everyone made us feel right at home...Thank you Tales (TO7S) for letting us in and your hospitality..Ransom and Chainshot, Red Handed Jill and Iron Jack, Poison and Saber, Jacky Tar, Mr. Smee, Rumba Rue (She always has a smile) Arthur of Kent and finally the evasive 1st Mate Matt whom I finally met for a brief second...

It was very nice meeting Graydog and his crew Alliance of the Double Cross....I think we had a little Bromance going on there for a second...Thank you everyone for inviting us into your camps and sharing food and drink and making us feel welcomed..

The things I'll always remember are...

The best Rum cake I've ever tasted

Watching Ransom hold a Cookson Fowler that was taller than her (I have a picture of that)

One of our Ladies being kdnapped and held for Ransom by the Double Cross crew...(I really was waitng for Graydog to fire that Swivel Gun)

Freezing in the boat at 3am and having to Pee..

The Tales Duck on a leash

Mr Smee and his Navigation lessons (Geez that guy knows his stuff)

The dirtiest out houses in the west

The Rum Runners social club and being denied entrance ( Don't worry, I pee'd on there camp fence at 3am ; ) )

I hope I didn't leave anyone out!!

Yes - bring LOTS of water. Get some of those water cubes and keep them in a covered area. With regards to food, it depends on whether or not you plan on cooking. Don't bring anything that will spoil - the weather gurus predict 80 degrees in Ojai this weekend. TO7S' resident kitchen goddess keeps lots of fruit and veggies on hand; also hummus, pita, olives and other nibblies that can be eaten by hand.

And with regards to cell phone charging, you can either use your car or get a solar charger. I use a Solio - works great!

Thank you Thank you!! Can't wait to see some of the pub members...and of course the Tales crew!

Whoo hoo!! Our first year having a camp at Ojai!! Any tips or pointers on food, water and shell phone charging?

Christopher and I survived a clam attack of the coast of California....Actually a hundred miles inland, but none the less these blood thirsty clams were relentless.....Were lucky to be alive!!

Yer only wanting to deglaze, then dye ....right over the bone color..If you want to strip the old color off completly you have to use a reducer.. Just rub the deglazer on, wait a tick, poke the leather with yer finger and see if it's tacky, then rub in yer dye like yer shining shoes. Apply a second coat after a few minutes and they should look really good.. This is what I do and it works for me......

Yup yup!! The dreaded Quagga mussel!! ooooooh.

Check it out!

http://www.lakecasitas.info/

They won't let us put any boats in the water cause of some lake mussel thing. You have to take yer boats to the lake and put them in quarantine for a couple weeks before you can float em....

We'll be there the first weekend....