Tartan Jack

Scarecrow

On that, I would agree. I got it an it cracks me up, every time.

That reminds me . . . I wonder if I can find whale jerky. -That should be fun and tasty at a pirate event.

I am using the illustration made by Yellowbeard, at my request modifying an illustration he made:

Oh, my kids' school was canceled today. I went to drop them off and there was a yellow paper note on the door: School closed due to power failure. Have a nice day. Thus, I have them with me ALL day. I was supposed to be working, but am not trying to work as my kids want to play . . . Now, back to work!

Sounds interesting. As someone who works in branding, I really like how the site works together and the Scurvy-related claims in particular. Oh, and I say this linked on your site: http://www.pvkii.com/ -A pirates, vikings, and knights combat game. Well, we know who will win THAT one, right . . . -- I mean we've ALL know seen the pirate/knight episode of Deadliest Warrior . . . Though, wouldn't the pirates and Vikings work together? I mean, the Vikings WERE the pirates of the 800-1100 . . .

I'm thinking a few (most) of the heterosexual men on here wouldn't mind that link . . . Oh, our/my company does branding, design, brand management, and even the advertising. So, I have some understanding of commercial photography. Also, my father-in-law is a photographer too . . .

I SO want! I just wish I had $300 right now to spend on it . . .

Whatever I can find!

Right now . . . Trying to finish the collar and cuffs of the shirt I am making. Next: Make a jacket. Though, it might be sleeveless for the summer . . . -I'll add the sleeves once it gets cold, unless it isn't very good. Then, it will be cut-up for scrap and a new one made.

JDM

Too many flags, too little time spent actually sewing them . . . I will use these two: One of my favorites from history- I like how the crossed bones imitate the Scot saltire on this one: (Plus my lazy-rump doesn't have to actually sew them up! OK, so they are poly-something, cheap, and thin . . . ) One of the ones I want to make sooner than later is: - A blue/white Scot Saltire with a PC skull emblazoned on the center. --- If I get smart and finish all my needed projects, I'll be bringing that one to Lockhouse in July to start/finish. Plus, I have several stretches of weight wool in black/dark navy. I just need to decide what to do and how. - Some will be the sewn and cut-out style - Some will be straight-out painted (using acrylic art paint) - At least one will be a solid black/navy - A tartan one with a winged hourglass -- That will be a LARGE one, using some cotton black with a small red and yellow sett. - One in Wallace tartan, with an arm and sword (like in the Wallace clan crest). --- Based on the material at-hand, that one will be a heavy cotton and be 2 x 3 and will be used at car shows and Scottish Games. - One on green with arm with dagger (ala Gunn clan crest)

I'm assuming that the link would be open to all . . . (That would make a good desk-top too)

Welcome! I saw your boat's skeleton on the shore of Charles Town Landing a few years ago. I'm glad to hear it is finished and on the sea. I should be down that way toward the end of this month. What are the Adventure's plans? (Oh, I live 3-ish hours up I-26 from ChuckTown . . . )

That is nothing I was recently re-watched Wind Wagon Smith (Old Disney Cartoon) with my kids and they asked me why I just couldn't put wheels on my ship.... Hmmm something to think about. Wind-sailing the desert . . . not a bad idea. People used to do that in times past.

Well . . . That explains the mug in Stynky's avatar.

WELCOME!!! Why am I getting visions of the move Sahara and a War 'Tween the States Confed gunboat . . . ? Or the "Locker" in Pirates of the Caribbean 3 (which has nothing to do with older traditions)? Anyways, Welcome to the pub for pyrates and pirates (and privateers . . . )!

Privateers-> Gov't sanctioned pirates

Welcome to the pub for pyrates and pirates.

On Foxe's recommendation, I bought and read that book. His research impressed me, esp. as I had previously ignored that book as one of many junk-quality ones that came out around the PotC buzz. Many were too awful to waste time reading. This one is well worth it, just keep in mind that it is a journalist writing it and not a historian. All in all, VERY good and useful. Hence the "MAYBE" . . . I've heard it argued, repeatedly that he was a privateer, but think he was more a lone-operator than anything else. Sorry for dropping that one when typing in a rush. It was a poor choice to cite.

Black Bart Roberts, for one. Who also hung people, burned ships, and did other things. Also, we get into the question of period perspectives too. What is "decent" today is not a match for "decent" in the 17-teens. Which standards are you using for "decent" in the discussion? The term was broader then than now and "decent" people could do things we would consider awful today, esp. against national enemies. Remember: SOME were people that would have been law abiding citizens in other settings, but they were "screwed" by life/society, so tey screwed it back. This kind of pirate held public fascination in the period itself and is partly what gave rise to the pop-image of pirate as "swashbuckling hero-rogue." OTHERS would have been criminals wherever they were. Had they remained in the British Isles, they would have been thieves and highwaymen. All that changed was location and being shipboard. They were just nasty people. Additionally, the people seen as pirate varied over the 1600s and 1700s. Some had pirates a tad more noble, while others were primary nasty, criminal element and pressed men (trying to escape the pirates). Some "pirates" never considered themselves pirates, rather as privateers and agents of the government-> doing what they thought the government SHOULD have been doing in times of quasi-peace-> example Henry Morgan, plus MAYBE Thomas Tew and Henry Avery. In our particular period (meaning 17-teens/twenties), many were non-criminal refugees left homeless and jobless after Queen Anne's War and the 1715 Jacobite Rebellion. They became pirate in desperation and left the trade as soon as other opportunity became possible. As the period progressed, the more "normal-man" pirates took pardons and became "respectable," the more criminal-type, like Low, increasingly took over the trade and did VERY cruel stuff.

I guess NONE of the Errol Flynn characters matter to them . . . -Even if they ARE the quintessential film pirate. Peter Blood (Captain Blood) Geoffrey Thorpe (Sea Hawks) Jamie Durie (The Master of Ballantrae) Brian Hawke (Against All Flags) (Just to name 4 that are MUCH better movies than some on the list) Edit: Oh and I am watching The Master of Ballantrae as I type this . . .

I am not surprised in the LEAST! -Different weapons, different tactics, different terrain, different intent, different in many, many ways. I SWEAR, the force those together to make them somewhat compatible. EX: William Wallace's tactics and weapons were aimed at heavily armed English cavalry, infantry, and long-bow archers. The Zulus were nothing of the kind. Both would use different weapons and tactics fighting one another than who the actually DID fight. They both were excellent at maximizing what they had against who they had to fight. There is NO WAY to accurately compare them without being overly compromised. The same with Knights/Pirates, IRA/Taliban, and the like . . . I agree with whoever said: It is a bar-discussion/debate/argument taken WAY to far!

Pants

How easily would it be to alter these into period-accurate style? (Worth $12?) From talking to a couple folks, I will need a narrower, taller waist band and to make the legs rectangular in profile. Anyone make a pair based on this pattern? Pros? Cons?