Quartermaster James

Aye! Twas the pointy ended elipse, or elongated lozenge, that I was visioning.

Since my initial post, however, I have been in contact with the tailor with whom I am working (as know ye all who have read my posts that my skill with a needle is all but nonexistant!). He confirms that the coat is far too small and is building a new one from the ground up - or from whole cloth - or whatever expression is most fitting. Really, I have no idea how these things are done - sleeves in? Now, give me some wood and metal, now I can make something!

Thanks Kass! That's exactly what I was wondering.

I must be learnin' thangs here...this time my "justification" actually matched facts!

Is there anyway to justify a center gusset on the back of an early 1700's frockcoat?

If not, can anyone offer another suggestion for fixing a frockcoat that is just a tad tight across the back? Overall, it fits well, but the back limits my range of motion.

...ehrm...is it okay to board wit a big silly grin on ones face?[/i]

Now that depends entirely upon whom ye be boardin'!

Aye! I've a shiny thing or two ta trade.

Count me in!

Aye! Shiny! Shiny like a gold garden gnome!

oof da!

Liberated this from Chowhound:

GENERAL TOPICS: That Bizarre Norwegian Egg Coffee

The traditional Norwegian method for making coffee includes an egg.

The traditional Norwegian method for making coffee includes an egg. Simply break up a single egg and mix it with half a cup of water in a warmed saucepan. Add one cup of medium-grind coffee, and six cups of boiling water, and boil slowly for exactly three minutes, covered. Then add another half a cup of cold water, and let it steep for ten minutes, then serve.

What you get is slightly rich, mysteriously clear coffee. Why? Not only does the egg add a little richness, but the egg proteins bind with and settle the grounds. This happens when you add that last half a cup of cold water.

Some people use the whole egg broken up–that includes the shell. Some use the egg without the shell, others use only the egg whites. In all cases, the result is the same–mysteriously rich, and miraculously clear coffee.

Aye aye!

Many thanks, again, and as always!

Thanks especially to Kass for the "sneaky" advice too!

Now, to expand the topic a little:

Cravat, stock, jabot: three items serving a similar purpose. Are the last two also GAoP apropos? Would the choice of one over another be a class distinction, or a geographic one?

Inquiring minds want rum...er, knowledge!

Don't shoot me...but are these too lame?

shoe website

shoe website

uh...Vegan?

Gotta be some sort of Space Pirate for that!

Ever have those chocolates with the coffee beans?

Chocolate covered espresso beans I think they are called.

Buzz beans!

I found an interesting section of the craft store the other day: fabrics called "Homespuns".

Found a lot of nifty, woven, patterns just perfect for sashes, scarves, bandananas, etc.

Now, if I can only figure out just how to sew a hem...

It's the simplest thing in the world to sew.

Well Kass, that's not exactly the response I was hoping to provoke*.

I'm still working on making a bandana. You see, I can work with a lot of materials (edible ones especially!), but for fabric I have no gift.

I guess I'm just doomed to portray the half-nekkid castaway pyrate

*FYI: I was really hoping to see something like "check out Reconstructing History's newsest additions for your cravat needs"!

Now, am I going to have to become familiar with needle and thread, or is there a place from where you fyne gentlemen obtain these cravats?

Aye!

Skoal! And many happy returns!

Aye Ransom!

Lopsang Souchang rules!

It's what I use for my po cha!

Salty tea soup....Yummers!

Arrghh! Goslings! The rhum that taught me how to drink rum!

It's still my staple! And I be buying it up in all those nifty gift packs left over from the Solstice - on sale, mind ye!

Aye! Goslings! Dark nectar of the gods! True blood of the cane!

Don't be ruin' it with ice, or any other mixer. It's fyne as it comes.

What would an early 18th century frock coat, and I'm thinking 1730 or so here, have as a lining? Would it strive to match the outer color, or to contrast it?

I've had a personal communication from Blair,at Loyalist Arms and Repair this past week.The Dutch Cutlass they've been offering for a number of years is NOT the clamshell hilt cutlass that they're going to be offering later this Spring!

When they switch to the clamshell Dutch Cutlass from Windlass, will they be keeping the price same as current?

I enjoy caffeine through a variety of delivery systems...

When out & about, I usually have coffee. Don't make it much at home though.

At work, I am just as likely to hit the coffee pot as brew tea, depending upon my mood/taste at the time. At home, it's two cups of tea in the morning.

When I have the time (and enough uncluttered surface area) to give the tea fuller attention, I bring out the gong fu set and brew up some Tieguanyin, Lung ching, or Pearl Jasmine tea.

Aye! Captain Midnight, it's a lovely piece indeed.

I was planning on getting one for meself, but for a variety of reasons, have ordered a hunting sword from Godwin instead. Strange how things work out sometimes: this piece came back on the market just days after I committed to the other; I hadn't expected it to be released for a few more months. Patience? Uh...pyrate!

Here's a link to the review of the prior release from My Armoury: Windlass Dutch Cutlass

Seems they used to be a close-out item!

This particular piece of merchandise is also being offered by Loyalist Arms and Repairs,out of harrietsfield,Nova Scotia.

Their price is $120 or less(American).

Seems like the place to go,no?

Well, I went to the Loyalist Arms website and I did not see this piece there. They do list a Dutch Cutlass, but it is a different piece; sans clamshell, etc.

I did notice that they also list what they call a 17th Cent Pirate Cutlass with steel basket for $151.86 CAN, which is the seems to be the same piece often offered for $50-$80 US.

Ye be most welcome Lady Alex.

Yarr! Welcome ye be!

Have ye tried: http://www.arrr.net/shanties/drunken_sailor.shtml

Here's the version thar:

What shall we do with a drunken sailor 3x

Ear-ly in the morning

Way, hey, up she rises 3x

Ear-ly in the morning

Put him in the long boar til he's sober 3x / Ear-ly…

Put him in the bilge and make him drink it

Put him in a leaky boat and make him bail her

Tie him to the scuppers with the hose pipe on him

Shave his belly with a rusty razor

Slit his pinky with a rusty razor

Tie him to the topmast while she's yardarm under

Heave him by the leg in a runnin bowline

Keel haul him til he's sober

Put him in the cabin with the captain's daughter

Put him in the cabin with the drunken sailor

I went to sea with a drunken sailor

Six long months in a leaky whaler

Put him in the hold and I made him bail her

Ear-ly in the morning

Aye! Mr. Bones!

'Tis an honour and a pleasure to be wishing ye many happy returns today!

May yer etremities grow no colder,

and yerself always bolder!

My Dear Mr. Tarr,

What I have to offer is by no means an expert opinion. And, furthermore, it is information I garner'd as a 'lubber. I have no sure knowledge of what might have been true on ship...

But, despite all we have been taught about heavily spiced mediaeval dishes that used great amounts of spices to preserve, or even to cover that fact that the meat or fowl was actually putriyfing, the truth is that the very spices we now buy for pennies an ounce were, at the time, traded weight for weight with gold. On land, it was hardly worth wasting them on putrid meat!

Best regarrrds,

Captain Jigme

PS: I have no direct knowledge, but fancy presents that the reality of being on a ship would not be how best to season one's food, but how best to ignore the maggotts.

Home Brewing and Distilling are legal, for the most part, for personal consumption only.

Actually I'm afraid that any home distilling for human consumption is illegal in the United States.You can apply for a permit from the BATF for an experimental still for making fuel, but you'll have to promise not to drink any of it

-CS

Definatively stated:

Cite source, statute please!

Ask, and ye shall receive:

From the U.S. Department of the Treasury:

Spirits

You cannot produce spirits for beverage purposes without paying taxes and without prior approval of paperwork to operate a distilled spirits plant. [see 26 U.S.C. 5601 & 5602 for some of the criminal penalties.] There are numerous requirements that must be met that make it impractical to produce spirits for personal or beverage use. Some of these requirements are paying special tax, filing an extensive application, filing a bond, providing adequate equipment to measure spirits, providing suitable tanks and pipelines, providing a separate building (other than a dwelling) and maintaining detailed records, and filing reports. All of these requirements are listed in 27 CFR Part 19.

Spirits may be produced for non-beverage purposes for fuel use only without payment of tax, but you also must file an application, receive TTB's approval, and follow requirements, such as construction, use, records and reports.

http://www.ttb.gov/spirits/faq.shtml#s7