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About Commodore Swab
- Birthday 06/30/1980
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azevedo26@hotmail.com
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TN
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Flintlocks, Cannons, Ships, Sailing, antique cars
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Down in FL right now
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While I happen to be at sea (away from the home port) I have some access to that glowing box that emits sounds and lights and found that Netflix just released black sails on demand. Entertainment
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Welcome back, how's that little mortar doing?
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I got mine last night when I went and saw a friend. Beautiful box with a nice quill and homemade ink that I should be using at Alafia Rendezvous here in a week. Years ago Ivan Henry had a batch of those flasks but the tips were shorter. The top would unscrew, veteran arms sells a new one that size but they are all brass. It looks like yours has a new tip probably to make priming easier.
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Looks like an ornament or is functional?
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I'll see if I can wrestle it from his hands at some point.
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Anything coming to me is no rush, I'm away from home and won't be back for months. I shall put in a pirate appearance at the rendezvous here in FL.
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Haven't received anything and will be on the road tomorrow so maybe when I get back in Feb or March
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Just what's involved in building a blunderbuss
Commodore Swab replied to Commodore Swab's topic in Armory
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The "pirate" blunderbuss pistol suited for a captain
Commodore Swab replied to Commodore Swab's topic in Armory
Well it's pretty much together. I could drill it at this time and fire it although I do want to go over the steel first. -
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I wonder with panther closing their doors how that will effect the used tent sales. Ill be heading to alafia rendezvous next month. Last year very few tents for sale, the year before tons at great prices.
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The "pirate" blunderbuss pistol suited for a captain
Commodore Swab replied to Commodore Swab's topic in Armory
At this point i decided to weigh it 4.5 pounds .85 caliber a beast -
I starte work on this new piece and as you can see it is still a work in progress but I thought you would like to see regardless. It is a Spanish circa early 1700 when Spain began adopting the french style lock (the unbridled frizen and miquelet style cock date it as an early version of what would become common) this would have been built for a wealthy nobleman, someone travelling to the new world or returning overseeing the shipment of his property. Such a weapon if seized by pirates would have been selected by someone of high rank upon division of the prize. It is very well proportioned and does not show its size (.85 caliber 4.5 lbs!) a true beast that could fend off most any attack yet still worn on a belt.