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    Ooops--Keelhauled!

    in Beyond Pyracy

    Posted

    "My grandpa went to Disney World and all I got were these lousy emergency room bills"... B)

    Hey, Disney can be a very dangerous place (reminds me of The Apple episode from the original Star Trek series) - a few years back a good friend of mine got bitten by a coral snake in the park - fortunately she's okay - and of course, Disney paid for everything...but still...there's more to 'paradise' than meets the eye sometimes...

    Glad the guy is okay - bet he felt like Gilette's little boat in POTC... B)

    das

    Drawers.....

    in Captain Twill

    Posted

    Chafing can be seriously reduced by wearing nothing. Chafing is exacerbated by the rub of cloth and elastic against the skin and the accumulation of bodily oils and sweat on that cloth. Sweat on the skin actually works as a natural lubricant and you don't chafe. :lol:

    Have you ever tried it? Because I have and I've never chafed. :lol:

    I've tried it without shorts, and have chafed so badly that I can't walk the next day. But I wear tight, cotton blend shorts, nothing that 'moves'...and I avoid 100% synthetic shorts. Now - there have been times that I've gone shortless and haven't chafed that bad, it usually depends on the weather, etc. But when I go to faires and all, I walk A LOT - not much for sitting and watching shows, so my poor thighs get a real workout, and have always found it better to wear tight, breathable shorts or underthingys. I used to wear these things that belonged to me grandma - not sure what you would call them, just light, cotton 'bloomers', or something - very thin, and VERY comfy. Not sure they're made these days, tho...

    das

    Morgan Drawing

    in Captain Twill

    Posted

    Here's a nice site for a brief overview of 17th century fashion and how it changed over the years...

    http://www.costumes.org/history/100pages/17THMEN.HTM

    Only one captain, at the bottom, c. 1700...but I think we can get a pretty fair idea of what a gentleman - sailor, pirate or otherwise - MIGHT wear about town. I say 'might' because, since we were not there, we really don't know for sure...and 'portraits' may be doctored a bit to make them more agreeable to the eye. Interestingly, it seems the boots phased out towards the end of the 17th century in favor of shoes.

    Note the LARGE, puffy sleeves in the one plate by Bosse, 1630, very much like Morgan's.

    Ah - another fine link of French fashions... http://www.costumes.org/history/100pages/leloirX1.htm

    das

    Morgan Drawing

    in Captain Twill

    Posted

    They were worn through, and into the GAoP or at least the earlier years to my knowledge. There are also documentation of sailors wearing them altough rare and few and far inbetween. Here in lies the great debate. ;)

    I guess - well...I guess if I were a sailor/pirate in the tropical heat back then, I'd be barefooting it on deck, but in towne it would be a different situation, right? I figger a pirate wanted to be as dandified as possible, if for nothing more than to attract the prettiest (or cheapest!) doxy. Looks like - from that picture - ol' Morgan gussied himself up right fine, eh? LOL - even if there is a wee bit of artistic license there, I think it's a general representation of what was worn at the time...if not slightly over exaggerated.

    On an aside, I know a young fella from Jamaica who is the great-great-something of Morgan...well-documented in his family. I should ask if his family has any juicy tidbits about the old man...if I learn anything, I'll certainly share!

    das

    Morgan Drawing

    in Captain Twill

    Posted

    Bucket boots in the 1670s is a perhaps a different issue from bucket boots in the 1700s anyway.

    Foxe, please explain this statement. Are you saying that bucket boots WERE worn in the late 17th century, but not 30 years later?? *looks at 1970's retro wardrobe and wonders if it's safe to wear around Mr. Blackwell....* Or are ye just bein' snarky?? :P

    das

    Jack Sparrow's wardrobe - a little expert help

    in Pyrate Pop

    Posted

    Thanks, mates. K - I'm not actually trying for a 'Sparrow' or POTC look - just trying to get me bearings, and figger out what is historical, and what is Hollywood.

    So - wha' would I properly refer to his coat as? And his waistcoat/vest thing? Buckle shoes instead of boots, I know that one...but what about the baldric - is that the proper term for the period?

    das

    Jack Sparrow's wardrobe - a little expert help

    in Pyrate Pop

    Posted

    Okie dokie - I wasn't sure where to put this, since I really need historical help as opposed to Hollywood fashion help - but here goes...

    Jack Sparrow's clothing - how accurate is it for the period? Also - what would the individual pieces be properly called? What would be the proper term for his outer coat, his waistcoat, his breeches, his baldric - for the period? And NO - this is NOT for fan fiction purposes!!! :huh: Actually, I need a place to start costume-wise (took last year off from faires, so I have to start from scratch), and since this character is well-known in piratical circles, I thought I'd use him as a starting point, since this way I don't have to post twenty-seven 8 x 10 colored glossy pictures with the circles and arrows and a paragraph on the back of each one, explaining what I need to know...

    So, again - how accurate for the period is his 'costume', and what would the individual pieces properly be called for the time frame in question (early, early 18th century, I'm assuming), and if his costume is NOT accurate, what would be worn in its stead.

    Thankies in advance.

    das

    Tar on the Pig Tail

    in Captain Twill

    Posted

    The link Patrick Hand gave explains it all - http://www.maritime.org/conf/conf-kaye-tar.htm

    A quick explanation from Wikipedia: "While pine tar is most widely known as the sticky substance baseball players use on their bats to improve grip, it has many, lesser-known uses. It has been used by mariners, in soaps, in roofing projects, and in the treatment of skin diseases since its discovery in the middle 1600s.

    Pine tar is produced by a process called destructive distillation of the wood from a pine. The wood is rapidly decomposed by applying heat and pressure in a closed container; among the byproducts is pine tar."

    das

    Tar on the Pig Tail

    in Captain Twill

    Posted

    Rumba...

    I've used Grandpa's Pine Tar shampoo and soap ( http://www.grandpabrands.com/main1024.html ), and Bronner Brother's Pine Tar Super Gro Conditioner ( http://www.bronnerbros.com/Products/pine_tar.html ) - that's a leave-in conditioner that I would use before washing my hair. It's really an African-American haircare product, and you're supposed to leave it in for days before washing your hair, but I would only leave it in overnight because it makes Caucasian hair look greasy...like an ol' sailor, or something... It smells wonderful, though - like smoked sausages!

    das

    Tar on the Pig Tail

    in Captain Twill

    Posted

    since lice can't cling to greasy hair

    Cool ... I ain't never washing me hair again... gotta protect meself genst lice........ :ph34r: Sorry after a "bad" night and a few tankards O' rum...... heck what do you expect.........

    I expect you to save a LOT of money on your hair care products!

    In the past people just didn't wash their hair so obsessively as they do now, and greasy or oily hair was often preferred to the squeaky clean stuff. But the reasons for not washing vary greatly - from fear of disease to just plain ol' poor hygiene. As far as using tar in the hair - heck, 'pomades' have been used for centuries, and up through the 70's they were still popular amongst menfolk until gels and mousses became popular. Perhaps pine tar was just the sailor's equivalent to Dapper Dan Pomade...I can just hear it now..."Well, I don't want 'Fop', goddamn it! I'm a Dapper Dan pine tar man!"

    okay - it was a "bad" night for me, too...so what do you expect...

    :ph34r:

    das

    Tar on the Pig Tail

    in Captain Twill

    Posted

    Well, I've used a pine tar hair treatment and I can tell you first hand the #1 reason they tarred their hair - it smells GREAT!!! The stuff I have is to nourish damaged hair, but I doubt that's why sailors used it. In reading through some information, I came across an unreliable source that suggested it was to discourage lice. Though the source is questionable, it actually does make sense that it was used to ward off lice, since lice can't cling to greasy hair (they prefer dry, clean hair), and the tar would, I think, tend to smother them. Can anyone else find a reliable reference to sailors using pine tar to control lice?

    das

    Weevils...

    in Captain Twill

    Posted

    My mother had a tin of flour that was never opened for years. When it finaly was it was infested. I kept the weevils and used them at living histories to show people what they were.

    Hey, Foxe - show me your weevils, and I'll show you mine... naughty-vi.gif

    Seriously, of all the pictures presented here - what did your tinned pets looks like? The maggoty kind, or the beetle kind...or wot??

    das

    jokes

    in Beyond Pyracy

    Posted

    Why do cavemen drag their women by the hair?

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    When they drag 'em by the feet, they fill up with dirt. :unsure:

    das

    Walking the Plank

    in Captain Twill

    Posted

    Noodlewhacker?  :lol:   Now you know where I get my saying, "whip me with a wet noodle."  :lol:

    Ah...I see you ARE feeling better...or feeling...something. :lol:

    Good to see you back in full swing, Rumba!! Now...WALK THE PLANK fer yer incorrigibility!! ARRRR!! *pokes Rumba in the bum wif da worm, nudging her down the plank...*

    Now - what WERE we talking about... :lol:

    das

    Weevils...

    in Captain Twill

    Posted

    I used to keep some in a tin...

    :lol:

    oooooo-kaaaaaay... Bet you get a LOT of free restaurant meals... :lol:

    I was reading your post in the food thread, that's why I started this one. Growing up, we used to get 'weevils' in our pasta products, but they were these tiny, thin critters that one could hardly see...perhaps a red flour beetle (as seen HERE )

    THAT'S what we always referred to as a 'weevil', though it surely isn't. When I first learned of biscuit weevils, that's what I pictured. Guess I was wrong! But in movies, they always show the maggoty-looking thing. I guess those 'black-headed maggots' as described in the bread, and perhaps on that second link in my first post...

    das

    Piratical Snow Flake

    in Pyrate Pop

    Posted

    You might be familiar with the Make a Flake site - a fun little place to waste time. Last year I made a few piratical flakes, and just found one of them again while cleaning 'house' on my office computer, so I thought I'd share!

    Flaky Captain Jack:

    flake22.jpg

    When I get home, I'll check my photo storage, I think I might have more. I KNOW I made ship flakes, and jolly roger flakes...

    das

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