Quartermaster James

Two interesting auctions now on eBay:

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http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewI...:MEWA:IT&ih=007

A hearty birthday toast to ye, Captain!  Yet another great Pirate born in February.  I be a Piscean meself.  Then when I hit the big 50 on the 24th, I'll really be piscean meself!  

Tacka dig kirurgen Sjöröveren! Jag ser framåtriktat till skåla dig på din födelsedag snart! May är linda på din baksida - den uppehällen din ship som framåtriktat seglar!

Happy Birthday!

Aye! Thank ye kindly Miss Silkie!

May ye always have safe harbour and warm waters for ye skin!

Many happy returns of the day!!! Sorry for the late post, been away. I do hope your day of it was grand and wishing you the very best with the new year and always!

And right back at'cha Captain!

So many Aquarian pyrates...

you'd think it be a conspiracy, or something!

A fine celebration we be havin for ye lad!!

May your year ahead be a fine journey full o'fine treasure!

Thank ye kindly Captain!

May there be fair winds, smooth sailing, and plenty o' booty for ye too!

Not often ya get ta see a good looking pyrate blindfolded, tied to a post, and whipped with a feather-sword by a gang of pyrate ladies!

Well, so much for "What happens in Tortuga stays in Tortuga"!

And, aye! I'll be hard pressed to top that next weekend!

'Twas also a pleasure meetin' you and Chain Shot. May fair winds bring our courses together again soon!

Many, many thanks for these fyne birthday wishes!

And, aye! I had a fyne time too, celerbratin' with many fyne pyrates.

As to the big 5-0, well it's on the horizon for shur, but I have not made sail quite that far yet!

And, Mr. Billy Bones, it was quite the pleasure indeed to have met this weekend. I look forward to when next we meet again.

Many, many thanks all! A fyner crew of skallywags, rogues, cut throats, and rascals is ne'er to be found on all the seas!

Best regarrrds,

Captain Jigme

and this will be very hard for the deaf-mute pyrates..

not

Bearing in mind that most modern offerings of "white bronze" are not distinguishable from stainless steel, how period are "white bronze" fittings as opposed to brass? More importantly, which would be more period correct?

Here's a concept for "reclaiming" America: Vote!

If you want to be a pirate reenactor, stay away from that junk. :)

Grab yourself a hunting sword from Godwin... http://www.gggodwin.com/swords.htm

Of course, I should probably ask you what you mean when you say "use." Do you mean wear... or do steel-on-steel demos.

Of the Godwin hunting swords, is the Jaeger Hunting Sword perios? They say the design was knicked from a book on the American revolution, but it seems likely this style might have been around a while before then.

Of course, it's that "seems likely" that's always the problem!

NICE!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

IN case you missed that the first time...

NICE!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

That's very impressive, and my hat's off to you sir!

I am going with that!.., Really very cool. You can definitely do some saber rattling with that !

All together now, in three part harmony:

NICE!!!

Great work Sir!

Pyratitude!

I'm sticking with "no."

And this from a guy who owns a really nice, long, rifleman's knife.

Experiment is going nicely!!!  Another thread??? maybe... I'm getting ready for tomorrow night... have 99% of my stuff on right now... will probably have pics to post by Monday.

Back to the knife... I don't know of any clipped point knives dating to our era.  I will spend some time digging around though.

No worries mate, I'm still hearing the "no" loud & clear...

Getting kit together, as I am sure you know, is not without cost; I am trying to adhere to the "measure twice, cut once rule". Especially after my new found "tankard" turned out to be a pewter two gill measure! Oh well, wouldn't be the first thing a pyrate knicked from the kitchen!

So, about the cocoa powder & rum experiment...are you mixing and drinking, or steeping and straining? In short, a drink recipe or a flavored rum?

Now I'm off to search the forum for advice on a proper period frog.

BTW: what's the event this weekend?

Other than the clip point, that makes it look SOOOOOO much like a Bowie.

Okay...since this discussion is taking place, let me clarify:

It's actually Atlanta Cutlery that has the blades of which I spoke. I get them mixed up with their sister operation frequently, although they don't necessarily cross stock all items.

Here's the link to their D Guard Bowie D Guard Bowie

It looks like it might have a partially sharpened back edge, but not what I'd call a clip point. I like the 18' blade length for "about town" wear.

Here's the other: Rifleman's knife

It seems to have more of a clip point; in a sort of "proto-Bowie" way.

Since I've brought up the subject of Museum Replicas/Atlanta Cutlery pieces, what's the word on the period appropriatness of their soon to be re-released Dutch Cutlass?

Finally, how's the rum & cocoa experiment coming? Should we start a new thread for it?

Works for me...that's why I asked the experts!

Thanks!

Thank you sir, you are too kind.

Yrs&c,

Blackjohn

(who is at present conducting very serious experiments with cocoa powder and 2 gills of rum!)

Careful now!

Don't let that cocoa overpower yer rum!

Works for me...that's why I asked the experts!

Thanks!

It strikes me that the D Handle Bowie, popular in the American Civil War, is much like many GAoP blades.

Museum Replicas sells one that reminds me of the "long knife" concept. They also have a Revolutionary War period rifleman's long knife that caught my eye.

Would either of these be a justifiable addition to a GAoP kit?

I agree, for the most part, with Harbormaster. The caveat being that declining a promotion usually dead-ends you. So, bring it up with the supervisor offering the position; get the issue on the record, and take the position. But, be prepared to take your newly upgraded resume elswhere. Of course, a lot of corporate strategy is dependent upon your field.

boy, i've have most anything on that menu - nowif i could just find the treasure to afford it!

...or the bandwidth to let their site download!

I guess my membership the The Pipe Guys Yahoo! group, as well as Pipes.org lumps me into this thread.

I just luvs it when a sweet young thing tells me my pipe smoke reminds her of her grandfather's (well, you just come and sit on grandpa's knee... )

Better still when they wants to try a pull on me pipe!

Never had nuthin' but compliments on the sweet smoke of me pipe-weed!

Is this a plug? I live on the west coast, but found the 411 pdq via Google.

Pyrate!

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