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I've been using that one for the better part of a year so my memory of making it is kind of dodgey, but I think two to three hours would be pretty close. The hardest part is actually the rivetting. My angle cutters are probably smaller than they should be for this job, and because I don't rivet too often I haven't bothered to spend the whopping $10 to $12 on a decent pair of 8 or 9 inch angle cutters.

Cool, thanks BlackJohn... Do you have years to go with those sketches? And what wonderful book is that from that I need to seek out to add to my collection? The top two look fairly similar to the one I posetd above except with funkier shaping in where the peices meet. Their rounded squared rather than just plan rounded ends. That crazy french..

Okay, I've done a quick search, and between Twill and Thieve's Market, there have been a few decent discussions about sword carriages, but nothing as in depth as many other topics (or at least that I was able to find). I found a few pages on the old "Mercury Clothing and Weapons" thread featuring Patrick Hand's Sword Belt Then there is my sword belt... Click here for a close up of the detail stuff Which is based off the below line drawing from Swords and Blades of the American Revolution I've made one of the above belts in black, but unfortunately I did not get any pictures of it before I passed it onto the person it was commisioned for.. Maybe if we are lucky that person might be kind enough to share some photos? On page 33 of this PDF Document which is a facsimile copy of a 1701 officer's manual there is an artillerist who is clearly wearing a baldric, with what looks like a small sword draped from it. I think I have some other solid references kicking around that I will try to dig up and post later... There is an early 18th century French sword belt that I can always seem to find images of online when I am not looking that I think would be well worth posting, and some others as well.

I'm glad GrayDog answered this, as I was about to send a bunch of links to late 18th century neck adornments...

One trick I use, is that every bunch of stitches or so, I intentionally drop the needles and thread and slick my fingers along the length to untwist it. I do wax the thread as well, which helps.

I only have volume one... And I just took a quick flip through and checked the index, but I couldn't find anything on grapple hooks. There may be information in volume two, or perhaps there is textual information in volume one and it will take some serious reading and hunting through to find. Sorry I couldn't be of more help. Maybe there is someone out there that has actually read their copy of the book, or knows if the info is in there or not.

I dunno, dozens of helpful posts and a handful of persona posts from a single used suddenly vanish, and I should feel as if I have pissed in someone's coffee? Sterling, I'm not trying to raise a stink here, and it matters not whether it is "Twill" or "Thieves Market", both of these forums have specific purpose, and while they do often go off topic, as they should to remain friendly, they do occasionally need to be reigned in as a counter balance to that. Two pages of story time was enough for me to ASK it to be reigned in. Inciting a sudden removal of any helpful information was not my intent. Maybe it is not you that needs to stay out of Twill, but I that needs to stay out of Plunder, or the "The Thieves Market" as it is now.

I believe my post was doing exactly that? Should I have done so in private? I am not a big fan of that as (to me) that stinks of going behind backs. I'm sorry my request to split the topic and trying to keep the thread more or less on topic has seemingly stirred up such a hornets nest.

Wow, I'm really sorry for your loss. As someone who has had more "hate Monday morning" jobs than the enjoyable ones, I'm not even sure I can fully undertsand the degree of your loss. Heres hoping something else as enjoyable will come your way!

Okay, normally I try to bite my tongue, but there has been two posts about mantuas in the last two pages of this thread... The mantua has been mentioned in maybe four posts in the last two pages. Come on folks, the pub has several areas that are geared towards ongoing crew stories and "in persona" chatter, most threads wind up going off course and that is to be expected and fine, but I think this one has gone a bit too far. Could the moderator break off off the ongoing story of the extended Sterling family and Archangel Crew and could perhaps the participants help steer this topic back on course? Cheers.

Bump... I've had a few people private message me about starting gear recently.... And while sewing/making one's one gear is the cheapest way... Not everyone has the time for that... So I thought I would try and post some links to some ready made stuff for those who can't sew, don't want to sew, or have noe one to do it for them. Understand there is not a great deal of stuff out there that is ready made that is absolutely correct for GAoP, so most of the below items will fall into the "close enough" category... Sailor's/Workmen's Coats (or close proximity thereof) From Jas Townsend Sleeved Waistcoat also from Jas Townsend Sleeveless version of above in wool Sleeveless version of above in linen Sleeveless waistcoat from Flying Canoe Shirts Checked shirt from Jas Townsend White linen version of above Cotton version for those who insist they can't afford linen From flying Canoe Traders in cotton From Flying Canoe in cotton/linen blend - only $5 more than just cotton Breeches/Slops KNee breeches in cotton canvas Knee breeches in linen Slops in cotton canvas Slops in linen - Please not the fall front fly is very wrong for GAoP, but I include the Jas townsend slops because of price and type of fly is not always the easiest thing to notice KNee Breecehs from Flying Canoe Sailors Slops from Flying Canoe which are cheaper and more correct than the Jas Townsend ones because of the "French Fly" over the "Drop Front" Reconstructing History does carry some clothing, but I have heard conflicting rumours as to whether they will be continueing to do so or not. tehy are worth checking out either way. That should provide a pretty good start, please chime in with other vendor options whether close enough or if they exist dead on stuff.

Although I'm not familiar with the chemise pattern you mentioned, your description sounds about correct for the GAoP. About Petticotes, my wife and I have always used edge binding (the same more or less as tape) for pleating the top edge into and as ties for the waistband. The bottom edge she does a small hem. As for the mantua, I would strongly recommend buying the Reconstructing History pattern. The pattern is not easy to follow (especially for beginner, which you do not seem to be), but everyone I have spoken to that has taken the advioce to draft their own pattern for the mantua has run into many difficulties. The people that have had success with mantuas (In my obsevration), have either bought the RH pattern and used it before drafting their own pattern from another period example, or had someone in very close contact to hold their hand through it. Hope these comments come as useful. To make this post hopefully a bit more helpful... Discussion o n Shifts/Chemises. This is recent nd has a period based pattern contained within the thread for comparison to your pattern. Hopefully this will be of more help to you. Then there is This Thread on Petticotes which contains some good information and more importantly some links to a great tutorial on how to make a GAoP appropriate petticote. Mantua dicussion this has the comments of a few peoples differing experiences in making a mantua. Backside of mantuas This thread is supposed to be about the backsides of mantuas, I haven't followed this discussion at all really, so I am not sure if there is helpful information there or not. And then there is This thread which was intended to be a sort of female of the GAoP clothing 101, and I think it does a pretty good job of it.

Brilliant stuff. I love the effect Poppa used.

Having never have worn stays, I wouldn't know how dirty they might or might not get. The wife's oldest set of stays is about a year old, and after only one year of regular wear, she has never had to wash them either. I think she may have done a surface cleaning on the lining after one particularly hot and sweaty event in North Carolina last year. I just asked her about it, and apparently it was the outside she washed, and not the inside (as I thought), and that was due to her going around without a mantua or any other proper outer garment (it was VERY hot) and playing rather roughly.

One extra little feature I did on Jessica's stays (the only part of the sewing I contributed to) was to sew the eyelets through the outer and interlining layers, then sew a matching set of eyelets in only the lining... I did this to facilitate cleaning, so now she can take just the lining out and clean it by itself. Might have been more effort than what it will be worth, but I thought it was a nice touch and worth sharing to those considering making stays or in the various steps of making them now.

Yeah Patrick, I think he is playing to the Republican fear that the Democratic bailout of all the crap the Republican regime put the country in is going to lead the country to communism... Hard extreme rightist paranoid crap that doesn't warrant being commented on....

My wife might leave me?!?! I don't wanna split up!!! I thought we were happily married! But I was going to offer to divide our efforts on this project, but if Chrispy wants in, we'll still work as a team to acommodate him joining, as long as everyone else is okay with him being a few hours late.

Vouch nothing, I was just happy (notice the smirk) I was able to get my coat back off the woman. She seemed to be getting a might bit too comfortable in that coat of mine...

Between last night and today, the Scioto Pirate had a bit of a online conversation about some of the details.... For giggles I composed a list of the possible attendees... If I include all of the Scioto pirates, there may be as many as 30 or more re-enactors present for this event. Now I do assume some will drop off because of real life (although I very much hope not!) so I think it will be realistic to say there will likely be at least two dozen re-enactors on the ship for this one... Which is really exciting when you take into consideration the original crew for the Santa Maria numbered at around 40. We're starting to get into the nitty gritty of discussing the auction (Dead Man's Chest rip off). I'm looking to hopefully get the last detail for this sorted out over the next week and get it started. If anyone has any suggestions or donations they would be willing to contribute, please contact me. We can always add items to the auction as time goes on as well if now is not the best time for you. Cheers.

I was going to say that he needs a lobotomy... But then I thoguht about it and realized a lobotmoy would likely not change much in him...

Nah, she's just picked up her husband's stupidity when it comes to confusing Waugh and Arnold's work.

Bloody brilliant as always Misson!!! I think somehow I only found about half the East eggs though... I'm going to have to go back and reread it w few times. Admittedly reading it at work, I had to rush it a bit, so I would very much like to reread it again just so I can fully savour and enjoy it more.

I almost question the 2" inch waist... and then I remembered... She's a skeleton, her waist essentially equates to the diamter of the spine... And I will likely make Becky's chestline more on the modest side... It just makes sense. Oh I need one more measurement though... I need the measurement from the armpit (okay where the armpit would be if she had one) to the waist (or top of the hip bone in her case).... Another thing I almost forgot, I can guess this, but if you could proviide these measurements as well it would makke it easier for me... Base of neck to the knee, and the base of the neck to the ankle. (Neither of these have to be dead on, just close enough)

Attending a hat swap is easy (as long as you can stay awake for it), but if you want to make you goal a real challenge... You should make your goal to attend a hat swap and leave with the same hat you arrived with...

1. See the trial... I'm with you on that one Brig... Although I have only managed to miss it once. 2. Get drunk with Mission and Stynky on mead they don't have to steal... 3. Actually see some of Key West outside of the Fort. We did manage to sneak down to the Southern Most point monument and the Pirate Soul museum before leaving, but that really isn't seeing Key West. 4. I'm probably forgetting some thing.. Probably many somethings, but this will do for now.