BILLY BONES

I trust I won't be overstepping the bounds of propriety when I say "HUBBA HUBBA" Bill

I watched Pirates of Dark Water about a week ago with my grandson. I think it was on the Cartoon Network.

I had once dealt with many original Civil War cavalry sabers, and I never found any originals sharpened for use. The cavalry saber was for breaking collar bones etc., or stabbing with the point, so that it could be pulled out as the rider passed his victim, HOWEVER, Gen. N.B. Forrest, for one, had his men sharpen the saber's edge, so there's about a thousand sharpened sabers right there. I'm not sure there's anyway one could prove one way or the other as far as pyrate cutlasses. Seems to me pyrates were pretty independant cusses, and would do what he liked with his cutlass.

LADY BARBOSSA, If you don't find anything out about who manufactured these pistols by February, I'll be in L.A. hitting the prophouses about then. Maybe I can find out something. Also,I'll check out who the propmaster or armorer was for the film on the DVD. Maybe I know him. If so, I'll give him a call and see what I can find out there. Hope this will help in your quest. BB

I'M ALWAYS YELLIN CUZ I CAN ONLY TYPE WITH ONE HAND. I'D RATHER HAVE IT ALL CAPITALIZED THAN ALL LOWER CASE. PLUG YER EARS!

BARBOSSA'S PISTOL WAS OF MIDDLE-EASTERN MANUFACTURE, JUDGING FROM THE INLAY WORK AND STYLE-PROBABLY AFGHANI OR ARABIAN. IT'S A HIGH QUALITY PISTOL FOR USE, AS OPPOSED TO A WALL-HANGER. I'M SURE EVERY PISTOL WAS REAL IN THE FILM, IF YOU MEAN THAT THEY COULD FIRE A ROUNDBALL IF IT WAS LOADED. I HAVE BEEN A PROPERTY MASTER IN FILMS FOR 25 YEARS, AND EVERY GUN I'VE EVER USED IN A FILM WAS A FULLY FUNCTIONAL WEAPON. IT APPEARS TO ME THAT EVERY PISTOL USED IN POTC WAS AN ORIGINAL, OR AT LEAST THOSE USED BY FEATURED PERFORMERS.