Hawkyns

Off hand, marooned in the office as I am, I don't know. I'll check when I get back to my library tonight and let you know. Hawkyns

hey Kass- does that 1680's justaucorps pattern have details for making it military? I feel a glorious revolution coming on. Hawkyns

Fitting them is a bitch (Nice perks for me though ). I've made a couple for Gwen and others. All hand stitched, mostly with 6-8 leather. I'm working on patterning a set of 18th C leather stays using 10 oz. Instead of boning, grooves are cut in the leather to simulate the stitching between the bones. Hawkyns

Yep. Bearded here. Got rid of the handlebar mustache though. Agree with the other gents here, Bonnie. The new pic is magic. Love the leather! Hawkyns

Damn, Bonnie, that truly does suck. That would have been a better show than Dick Clark Hawkyns

My story starts similar to Foxe's. I was born in Yorkshire in a town at the head of the Dales. History was everywhere, the church I was baptised in was built in 972. We moved to Old Basing when I was about 4, and I grew up playing in the ruins of Basing House, a major ECW battle and siege. Loved history, couldn't get enough of it. Then we moved overe to the colonies, and history took a decided twist. Nothing more than a couple of hundred years old, and a school system that was more interested in dates and govenment than the real history of the people. I guess in an attempt to recapture some of the history I grew up with, I joined the SCA, the only real group around at that time. From there, I've done a lot. Spent time in a Confederate cav unit, WWII Brit Commando and SS Cav units, and then the ECW for nearly 20 years. Still do that one. I started looking for things that were a bit closer to home, and found that there was a fair bit of early to mid 18th C in the area. Started with French and Indian, but they are fairly uptight and very rigid in their military options. The swords and cannon that I love were way too restricted in their use. By chance, I hooked up with the Free Men of the Sea. I still do things with them, but now I also operate on my own as a ships gunner of the period. Pyracy, merchant seamen, early navy, smugglers- all are part of what I'm currently involved in. I've been lucky enough to hook up with a couple of ships that let me play on board. The history, the life, the hardship, the weapons, the mindset of the people are what i want to know about. Hawkyns

There are very few proven extant carriages from the period. Most are repros or replacements from long after the date of the original tube casting. Then, as Foxe said, there are way too many variables. I wish we had more carriage info, but based on archeo finds, and drawings, there is not much to go on. Hawkyns

Well, lass, there be two crews in Connecticut Colony. Free Men of the Sea, of which I am a member does many things, fairs, re-enactments, festivals and the like. A good bunch of pirates, ready wi' a song, a drink or a sword, dependin' on whats needed. Above that, I have my own crew that does things separate from the Free Men. We are high authenticity, living history types, that live period and are weapons specialists. Gunnery, both small arms and cannon, and live steel weapons combat are the mainstay of the Company of the White Rose. Where are ye? I'm in Hamden, but the crews are scatterd about the state. Hawkyns

Damned if I remember what ship it was, Constitution maybe?, but I was on a warship of the 18th c and it had a rack of boarding pikes around the mainmast on the weather deck. Nothing fancy, maybe 7 foot long, just a short socketed head of about 6 inches in the blade and 4 inches in the socket. No langets, no butt cap. Hawkyns

Hurricane- is there a published archeological record of the dives and finds so far? Scale drawings, archeologists sketches, detail photos, etc? ISBN? Thanks, Hawkyns,

Well, while not exactly a pirate, let's not forget Moll Frith She dressed as a man and was quite the talk of London in the early 17th C. I'm not sure, though, that she's not the exception that proves the rule. Being so notorius as to have books written about her, and being one of the few criminals of London that is still known by name from that period, I'd have to sy that she is far beyond the norm, even for then. Here is the info from the Newgate records. http://tarlton.law.utexas.edu/lpop/etext/n...wgate/frith.htm Hawkyns

Current count is 4 major pieces. A 2 1/2 pdr, a 2 pder, a 1 pder swivel and a 6 inch coehorn mortar. The larger piece has 2 carriages, a 15th c veuglaire and a standard naval carriage. Both are being rebuilt/replaced at this point. I'm changing the veuglair carriage to a culverin carriage similar to the smaller one in Gerry Embleton's "Medieval Soldier" book. the naval carriage is being replaced completely with a Dutch 3 truck carriage. The 2 pdr robinet is on an ECW field carriage and is my oldest piece, I bought in in '84. The swivel is on a pintle mount with monkey tail that I can either drop into a ships rail or use on a small carriage that I made up based on a similar one in the Artillery museum at Woolwich. The mortar confound me a bit. She's a coehorn, which makes her OOP for most of what I do. I do use her occasionally in 18th c, but since that's normally either battle or shipboard, there's not much call, and we we haven't got a bomb ketch, yet. I have her on a 16/17th c mortar bed, which does somewhat disguise the fact that the trunnions are at the breech instead of the middle, but I'm still not sure if that's the final incarnation. All pieces are sleeved for safety. The larger piece, Cricket is somewhat unique in that. She was cast around a 3 foot section of 40mm Oerlikon anti-aircraft gun. Rifled to hell and gone. Makes for a nice bark, but cuts swabs apart like crazy. I use all my guns whenever I can, which is frequently. Since I'm also the gunner on the Half Moon, I get to play with her 4 bronze 4 pdrs and her breechloading murderers. Firing a full broadside from below decks is a major trip! Hawkyns

One of my gun crews is all female. They refer to themselves as the Babes of Boom. I think I've just decided on their new garb standard Hawkyns

Just a bump to bring it back to the top. Nobody from the Northeast interested? Hawkyns

Interesting question. I don't use anything that I plan to leave on there for a while. I clean them regularly, with a oil soaked suede pad. If there's any rust built up I use green scotchbrite or 200 grit wet and dry sandpaper. I've also used one of those rust erasers to good effect. Obviously, constant care is a better plan than static maintainance. For Oil, it depends what I've got handy. If I'm in the shop, then I use Breakfree gun oil. In the field, i'll use what's handy, either the lemon oil beeswax mix that's in the toolbox or the neatsfoot oil I use on the leather. If I'm going full on period, I've got some synthetic whale oil that I got from Dixie. Jib- why do you want to bring back the luster? If it's a legitimate stain, put there by practice and age, then it's the mark of a well used blade and a badge of honour. If there's no active rust, and it's just an age browning stain, I'd certainly leave it. Hawkyns

Love twists us all about. Makes us do things we don't want and stops us doing what we want to. The greatest feeling in the world and the worst- both at the same time. 'Ere y'are, Luv-- one bottle o' Pussers. rum for what ails, ye. Hawkyns

I like the holiday season, too. Or at least I used to. As I said, I've OD'd on the presents, the work, the frantic running from family to family, the mall fights, and the stress. I'd love to go back to an old fashioned yule, round my own fireplace with the people I care about and want to be there, and with small, even handcrafted presents. The only thing that gets you today is a name as a cheap, antisocial bastard. It's not enough to enjoy the holidya anymore, you have to be seen to enjoy it and make a splash about how well you and yours are doing. I'll help ye with the tree. I actually prefer the fake ones anyway. Less mess and no reason to sacrifice a living tree for a temporary decoration. Hawkyns

Question for all you researchers out there.. Has anyone seen an original 17th or 18th c cutlass scabbard? Were the just leather or did they have the wooden lining as so many of the other swords of the period had? Thanks, guys!! Hawkyns

Oh, yeah. Like THAT'S going to happen.... Hawkyns

http://www.evenfalsethingsaretrue.com/wickedfaire/ An indoor winter ren-faire for adults. I'm told that this will have a pagan/goth/fetish twist and definitely NOT be for the kiddies or faint hearted. Hawkyns

I manage international corporate travel for a worldwide electronics company. Hawkyns

The sea beggars are at it again!! She sank in English waters, that treasure is ours! The Dutchers should have been met with broadsides when they came across the channel!!! umm..... no offense, Charity Hawkyns

BRAVO!!!! Bloody well said, Foxe. I don't care if it's Christmas, Solstice, Hannukah, Kwanzaa, or Winterfest. It has gone so far overboard that we spend two months getting ready for a one day holiday that we'll spend 2 months recovering from and another 4 months paying for. What the bloody hell is the use? Hawkyns (yeah, I OD'd on christmas years ago.)

Got my silver Greyhound from the regiment. Morris submitted my name a couple of times to the KA, but JT refused to accept our existance, being over the pond and all. Used to frost him to no end when we carried the 3rd company colour in the parade. He didn't like Blackwell's anyway. Too independant for his taste. Hawkyns

Likely so. I did Whitehall every year from 1988 to 2001. Hawkyns