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Appropriate Hat for 1660-1688 pirates?


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My Connundrum began when I decided that I would portray a buccaneer active from the 1660s to roughly the end of the 1680s in the Caribbean and the Indian Ocean. He is a gentleman pirate so naturally he needs to be at the hight of fashion for this time frame. I will probably get a hat from Jeff MacKay as I have talked to him before. But I need to know my options and what is most accurate. a bicorn with the front turned up is ideal, but would make me slightly resemble Captain Teague, which I don't want. A bicorn with the side turned up looks good on me and gets away from this problem but I'm pretty sure it was more common to earlier decades of the 1600s. A tricorn is definatly out because as far as I know, they only came around in the 1690s. I wouldn't mind wear something like Barbossa's flat hat. and I am also a huge fan of any and all of the hats from "The Man in the Iron Mask"

If anyone can give me some advise on the proper hat a gentleman would wear in the 1660s-1680s, I would appreciate it.

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And let the Devil sort out the mess afterwards.

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-- Hurricane

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  • Captain of The Pyrates of the Coast
  • Author of "Memoirs of a Buccaneer: 30 Year Before the Mast" (Published in Fall 2011)
  • Scurrilous Rogue
  • Stirrer of Pots
  • Fomenter of Mutiny
  • Bon Vivant & Roustabout
  • Part-time Carnival Barker
  • Certified Ex-Wife Collector
  • Experienced Drinking Companion

"I was screwed. I readied my confession and the sobbing pleas not to tell my wife. But as I turned, no one was in the bed. The room was empty. The naked girl was gone, like magic."

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I really like the layout of the thumbs on your page there, IH.

Mycroft: "My brother has the brain of a scientist or a philosopher, yet he elects to be a detective. What might we deduce about his heart?"

John: "I don't know."

Mycroft: "Neither do I. But initially he wanted to be a pirate."

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Wow...

A lot of time, effort and energy went into making this graphic... a shame to take the site's name off.

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Until you decide... get a Monmouth cap. Good for 1500-1800

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-- Hurricane

______________________________________________________________________

http://piratesofthecoast.com/images/pyracy-logo1.jpg

  • Captain of The Pyrates of the Coast
  • Author of "Memoirs of a Buccaneer: 30 Year Before the Mast" (Published in Fall 2011)
  • Scurrilous Rogue
  • Stirrer of Pots
  • Fomenter of Mutiny
  • Bon Vivant & Roustabout
  • Part-time Carnival Barker
  • Certified Ex-Wife Collector
  • Experienced Drinking Companion

"I was screwed. I readied my confession and the sobbing pleas not to tell my wife. But as I turned, no one was in the bed. The room was empty. The naked girl was gone, like magic."

"Memoirs of a Buccaneer: 30 Years Before the Mast" - Amazon.com

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