Davey Dog Crusher

I have no actual "documentation" on the gourds. Mostly I used them because they were a nice size and shape, AND fun, although I have read that stink bombs were in common use. I "use" the gourds for that purpose. I can see that filled with "brimstone", that they would make some god-awful smoke and stink.

In chapter XVIII of the "Sea-Gunner" (www.shipbrook.com/jeff/seagunner/chapter18.html) there are directions "to make hand-grandoes to be hove by hand".

Cap'n, Thanks for the compliment. The Octant is 11" high x 9" wide. The body is unstained cherry and the arm is pine stained with red mahogany. It's actually little late for the GAOP era. They started showing up in 1730's which is pretty close and Isaac Newton is said to have developed one in 1699.

Right now I'm making navigation equipment for myself and shipmates, but I have been considering making a few more pieces to sell, barter, or trade. To date I have made a Traverse Board, Astrolabe, Noctrolabe (nocturnal), Cross Staff, and Mariner's Quadrant. I'm in the process of making a Back Staff and after that I have a couple more Traverse Boards laid out and ready to get started.

If any of ye pyrat bretheren be interested, find yerselfs a copy of Dennis Fisher's "Latitude Hooks and Azimuth Rings" ISBN0-07-021120-5.