Quartermaster James

Well, we could just throw him overboard, but he says he won't make it more than ten feet! Can't float either...must be all skin and bones from all that time marooned! Poor lad! Best find a lass to fatten you up on cakes & wine!

Only if he made off with Mission's hat! ...again...

Yarr! And what's that have to do with a young pup of 24? Get yourself over to the local Y for some swim classes!

To the left of your post!

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GET YOUR MEEP ON!

My device prefers a good wench!!!

I pity the fool caught taking a pin offa my ship!

You're preaching to the choir brother! But, since I've not looked into this before, am interested in further research. My suspicion is that boarding axes were generally kept in barrels, to be used in action. Maybe, m-a-y-b-e carried on land when provisioning, in lieu of a hatchet, and then hand carried.

You mean like the picture of Anne Bonney? I've seen reenactors carry boarding axes tucked in their belt (had to figure theirs weren't as sharp as mine!) But historically, no, not me. Would also be interested in sources showing such.

The baldric for my hunting sword is 2" wide.

Depends on the municipality. For a few years I lived in an old bread delivery van. Mind you, it was pretty nicely outfitted, albeit in very hippy gypsy style (complete with live plants*). A certain city in mid-Peninsula, California that shall go unnamed (but whose name loosely translates as Big Stick) kept a list of all the cars people were know to sleep/live in. I maintained a private postal box (Suite), but that didn't fly for the registrar of voters, so my official address was "downtown." Was I homeless? So far in my life, that's the only time I actually owned my home. *Which gave rise to the following little ditty: I don't care which religion you practice, 'Long as I have my psychoactive cactus Growing on the dashboard of my van. etc., etc.

Oh my! Fu@#ing A! That really did make me laugh out loud!

Whoa Nelly! $10 for 5 ounces of cornstarch and a little clay? Nice work if you can get it!

Payment sent.

Yes, I do like my parrot a bit on the rare side...

Tricorn? No. Not that I've seen. Other hats and caps? Yes. Especially caps. See this thread: GAoP leather hat

I can vouch for their onion bottle. Would love to "collect the whole set"

Thanks guys! I think I'll add fire making to our pyrate immersion day! Dampier mentions fire pistons, eh? Intrigomon...just the excuse I need to get one!

I thought there was a discussion addressing this, but I cannot find it via the search function. If anyone can point me to it, I would be much obliged. So, when off boat and out on foot (Morgan and Dampier, for example) how was fire made? Did the buccaneers carry flint & steel? What about ECW soldiers?

Oh yeah! I'm definitely getting one!

There are a few guys who regularly have horns on the trade blanket over at the TMA site. Also, a gentleman named Austin Walker sells some fine horns over on eBay. Good plain horns, wood pegged, around the $40 range.

FWIW: I am given to understand that braided hair remained popular among cavalry well into the 19th century. The plaits being highly resistant to cutting offered added protection to the neck. Can I offer you non-cavalry or civilian examples? Not from what I have at hand.

Wow! Great site! Thanks!