Pyrate Projects

[Patrick Hand]

I finished making my 1706 slops contract jacket ....

Made a pair of period drawers ....

and knitted a monmouth cap... This was my second knitting project... the first monmouth cap came out with a lot of mistakes.... this one only has a few.... the next one will be wool, and hopefully no mistakes....

Right now I'm hand sewing the armhole and all 18 buttonholes on a waistcoat......

Next I think I will start making a cartridgebox......

[Syera]

I wondered what was making men turn to knitting these days!

[Barbados Sam]

I designed a new entrance into the Stranglehold encampment, and me mates and I are going to start building it this weekend. It will debut at Escondido Faire. I had a much more ambitious project lined up, but it would require a trailer to mount it on, and those puppies aren't cheap! So, that project will have to wait a while. Maybe the October Escondido Faire??

[Diego Santana de la Vega]

Workin on tents, walls, poles, chairs, rugs, ropes and the like. you know just another encampment for faires.....

[Pirate Petee]

Aye, me too mate.

[hurricane]

Working on our new promotional DVD for corporate... here's a snippet of me in my finished hero shot.

Hurricane Shot

[FilmPirate]

Gar I be working on a stop motion film about pirates! Any idea of any tales to base the film on?

[Pirate Petee]

I am beginning the design and costing phase of a project that will eventually have its own thread: the Battle Station. I plan to build a full scale below-deck gun station on a trailer and equip it with a British six-pounder. Eventually, it will have a fold-down section of deck to do double duty as a stage (and enclose the station when up), and an upper deck with railing and at least one rail gun, two would be better. It will probably start out like this:

But will eventually end up like this:

Add folding stages that cover the open side and both ends, and move the solid upper deck to the railing and you get the idea of what I'm after. And only one cannon below deck. One will be enough to pay for.

The idea behind the project is to provide the people ashore a similar or better experience as those who were able to go out on the tall ships for the sea battles at pyrate fests. I envision cannon demonstrations with stop-action instruction followed by full speed cannon drills against those offshore boats. For those of you who were in Key West, think about this set up on the parade ground or on Mallory Dock! And, since it will be equipped with front and side stages, it can do double duty as an entertainment stage. What better background, Eh?

And yeah, I would like feedback on whether anyone thinks that this is a good idea and whether this creature would be desired by fest organizers enough to hire it for demonstrations and stage setups.

Hey Captain Jim, something like this. I found it while surfin the net and thought you'd might want ta see it for research and such.

Wow, thats kinda big should have resized it, sorry.

[Zephaniah W Nash]

The only projects hereabouts aren't all that terribly exciting, or even constructive.

Something of a holding pattern going on right now, can't make any serious long-term plans until we find out how a few things completely out of our control go, so it's the shorter-term stuff on the table.

Trying to get back into the practice of swordplay. Until recently, it's been a long stretch of working and pretty much nothing else, so I was having trouble remembering which end of the sword to hold.

And in the sitting-down time, trying to pull together several scripts worth of material. The brainstorming sessions (usually over multiple pitchers of beer at Hooters or some such) really have to be hammered out - over slightly fewer pitchers of beer, most likely.

[Captain Jim]

Hey Captain Jim, something like this. I found it while surfin the net and thought you'd might want ta see it for research and such.

Wow, thats kinda big should have resized it, sorry.

Petee, where did you get that Picture? I'd like ot find out more about their project, and maybe suggest that they not have so much open flame about their black powder.

[Pirate Petee]

On some guys myspace web site. I'll see if I can find the page for you.

[Bloody_Mary_Bonney]

I'm keelhalling my whole character and wardrobe currently...

[Tempest Fitzgerald]

I am currently tailoring a pair of ankle legnth leather pants for the up and coming season at Scarborough. The hide is 3 oz. wieght garment / apolstery grade in a steel blue / teal tint. When completed, the will cross lace up the outside seams. I am still trying to decide whether to finish them with a French Fly or to go with cross lacing there, as well. No purchased pattern, I am using an old pair of dungerees as a templet to ensure proper fit. Six weeks to D-Day, not time to panic yet.

[Patrick Hand]

you know that you have to post pictures when you are done........

kinda th' law.... rule ...... whatever........................

[Tempest Fitzgerald]

Rules?! The practice of following dictates has never been my forte'.

Never the less, I promise to do so as soon as I can get this bird off the ground, so to speak. This project is the precusor to a long list that shall be handled once the season is over. I fear that my Singer shall grow to loath me.

Monsieur Hand, I thank you for your interest.