Abrams

If the shirt had no pattern.... you would not be think'n you looked like something out of *Deadwood*

The outfit is great, just try a plain shirt.

Aye, but maybe the problem is that there's not enough of his enemies blood on his shirt!

In seriousness, though, that's making me doubt if I should make my check shirt or not...

Have there been any macaroni art frigates, or finger-painted Jolly Rogers in the past?

I'll go out and buy some stamps early so I can promptly deliver what I'm sending when the time comes.

Well...

Do stuff. Do stuff that a sailor (or someone from the period) might do. Hang around the beach, do woodwork, fire some guns! Do something with tar.

Find out how / if period sailors washed their clothes, and try and simulate that. The real stains will stay in, probably.

Try not to bleed on it, but it'd look alright. Don't fray your hems pn purpose -- a sailor wouldn't want to ruin his clothes...

Patrick, this makes me wonder if you'll be playing some D&D at Pirates in Paradise!

I suppose if I partake someone'll be my Secret Chanukah-Fairy?

Well, it may not be PC, but I'm sure as hell getting that! Thank ye for the find!

My next will definitely be from a blank.

Where might one find that aforementioned $25 blank...? Most I see are a bit higher than that...

Jas Townsend has it... http://jas-townsend.com/product_info.php?c...products_id=249

Michael, you're amazing. It's great to see a departure from the all-to displayed wide and frayed slops!

I'd try and find some cheap thrift store shoes to mod first, just to get the right feel of what you want to do.

Looks great, Silkie! What was the old one?

Michael, those are of your making? They look great!

Now let's see you in em!

But it looks so great, Casketchris!

If I recall correctly, lead poisoning was an all-too-common thing...I recall hearing about how there were remnants of lead in drinking glasses and other household items!

Hmm, that is interesting. Note there's a four on both of the english examples above. Very cool. I wonder where that tradition came from? I'll have to look further in to it.

I heard that the 4 comes from the term "Sign of Four," which in turn came from a Christian symbol of the Greek letters Chi and Ro...not sure what those mean though.

The second page is done...

http://www.gentlemenoffortune.com/sailorskit.htm

GoF

I must admit, when first seeing the new look, I was skeptical.

However, after getting used to it (and seeing the Sailors Kit page), I must say... it is a complete improvement!

Keep it up!

This might interest you:

Apparently companies assigned these "Sign of Fours" so as to protect from pyracy, the Devil, and other unfortunate events. Courtesy of Wikipedia.

Aye, Mister Foxe...those guns are looking a little... phallic, would you agree?

This is indeed, a great thread.

For a small event coming up on the 29th, I'm putting together a simple, "building-blocks" type of kit:

Slops from Reconstructing History

A Shirt from Jas Townsend that at least looks authentic

A pair of Gurkee's Rope Sandals - although I'm not sure which style to get.

I'll probably also include some sort of head scarf. Thoughts?

Now, I'm not gonna be there (it is a shame), but will I be able to see boarding axes in pictures of these skirmishes?

Y'know, really diversify up the weapons and whatnot...

Hi, all.

I'm finally getting my garb together, and I've found most of the things I want from various vendors (slops, shirt, and -- rope sandals!), but I'm still looking for a defining part, a sleeveless waistcoat.

I mean, they just look so great! Hard to find, as well, so I ask for your help looking for them.

The only one I could find that might be period is this, and not only am I unsure about the accuracy of it, they don't have it in brown.

Well, thanks in advance.

-Abrams

Oh, and anyone know where I could get some sort of period belt?

Aye, I'd like to see some of that...sounds enticing...

Well then I would highly advise all intresteded to download Fighting Instructions, 1530-1816 by Julian S. Corbett http://www.gutenberg.org/etext/16695 Although not laying out pirate tactics they are the rules of the road for British Naval Commanders until Trafalger.

That is indeed a good book. I'm in the process of looking for a more aesthetically pleasing one, though.

If ye ask me, I think "Abrams" would be a fine name for this vessel.

Err, if you don't wanna name something after me, that's fine too. I wish I could be there to restore / use it.

BluePuppy, that looks phenomenal! What'd you make it out of and how large is it?

Percussion - Drum kits, shakers (maracas and the like), djembe, etc. I'm working on getting a bodhran.

I also wank around on guitar quite often.

That's fine for a good player who knows what a D sounds like as opposed to a slightly sharp D or flat D. You still have to have a good ear to play an instrument without modern frets. This is particularly true if you're attempting any chording where the finger placement is essential to a resonant, harmonic sound. Put two people who don't have "perfect pitch" together with this and you twice as much crap.

Any competent musician on a stringed instrument knows this and I don't want to lead amateurs astray, particularly since I'll be in ear shot of the attempted music.

-- Sir Henry

Sir, methinks you're talking about relative pitch. Relative pitch is the ability to tell if something is sharp or flat or good.

Perfect pitch is the ability to identify a note just by hearing it (if someone plays a random note on a piano, you'd be able to identify it.)

I, for one, thank the powers that I have at least relative pitch.