Scupper Posted September 18, 2003 Share Posted September 18, 2003 Ahoy mates. i be wondering if any of ye collect piratical items. I collect pirate/nautical beer or liquier items, labels, bottles and such. I also collect models and or figures that i make or paint. I also have started collecting items with a piratical connection. Lighters, tins, decals and so on. What be you collecting? I'd be willing to help and trade with anyone interested. Scupper "That's the navy for you. Rum in the scuppers today. Blood in the scuppers tomorrow."Thrist is a shameless disease. So here's to a shameful cure!"Loyalty, honesty and directness are traits I admire. Insecurity, snipes and disrespect I will not tolerate in the least." Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
captweaver65 Posted September 18, 2003 Share Posted September 18, 2003 I have been collecting pirate and nautical action figures and small children's action figures. I also collect old tools as well as make nautical tools. I've made quite a few seam rubbers and wood/bone marlin spikes. am working on a wood mallet right now.I got some heavy,old oak for it. a caulking mallet is next. I have a simple old draw knife that is one of my favorite working tools. also have a nice collection of pirate and nautical prints, a couple of flintlock avon bottles, and a variety of tins with ships on em. Capt Weaver "No man will be a sailor who has contrivance enough to get himself into a jail; for being in a ship is being in a jail, with the chance of being drowned. A man in jail has more room, better food, and commonly better company. " Dr. Samuel Johnson Capt Weaver's Pirate Perversions Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TalesOfTheSevenSeas Posted September 18, 2003 Share Posted September 18, 2003 My nautical collection consists of things to be used in our pirate encampment- lanterns, candle sconces, rum jugs *hic!*, barrels, a jail cage, repro non-functional and functional flintlocks, a compass, tankards, cutlasses, lots of costuming, nautical bottles and of course my two favorites... "Jeff" our decaying skeleton in a barrel clutching a treasure chest and the infamous "Land Shark" our soon-to-be parade float -Claire "Poison Quill" Warren Pyrate Mum of Tales of the Seven Seas www.talesofthesevenseas.com Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Reginald McCrumb Posted September 18, 2003 Share Posted September 18, 2003 The extent of my pirate collection seems to be centered around garb... "Red Rum" "How do you expect His Majesty's Empire to reap the wealth of the Carribean?" "Ye STEAL it o' course!" Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rosalinda Posted September 18, 2003 Share Posted September 18, 2003 I collect compasses and gimballed candlestick holders and a few other items more nautical than piratical. I have about 15 old compasses, but now they're getting too expensive for me to collect. Most of them I inherited from my Dad... along with some of his lanterns. My collection of gimballed candle holders is approaching about 38, most of them in pairs. Pewter, brass, silver. Mostly brass. Some have hallmarks, and the best pair I have was made in London in the early 1800s from what I can tell. Made of pewter. The other really cool treasure in the family (one of my brothers has it, also inherited from Dad's collection) is a real divers helmet. It's one of the neatest things.... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mad Maudlin McCrumb Posted September 18, 2003 Share Posted September 18, 2003 The extent of my pirate collection seems to be centered around garb..."Red Rum" Yeah, and yer wife's collection of anything and everything with a Jolly Roger on it... the apartment looks like a plundered pirate ship. heehee "You have a woman's skin, m'lord! I'll wager that hides never been rubbed with salt and flayed off to make stockin's for a pirates best cabin boy!" Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Capt Donovan Bledsoe Posted September 18, 2003 Share Posted September 18, 2003 I collect Pyrate bar para... paraphe... paraphen... STUFF. Beer signs, glasses, shots, boozes, old magazine ads to be framed, an' the like. Havin' a pyrate bar in the house, it makes sense to collect this swag. I also collect things that go well in the bar: figurines, models, that sort. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lucky Penny Hawkings Posted September 18, 2003 Share Posted September 18, 2003 I collect Pyrate bar para... paraphe... paraphen...STUFF. "parle...parsnip.....parcheez...par...kay..." "BUTTER!" *blink!" Sorry. You had to be there I think But it was the first thing that came t' me mind when I saw that... "Don't hate me because I'm beautiful. Hate me because I am robbing you, tossing you overboard, and stealing your ship!" -the only thing more dangerous than her.. is her needle- Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Scupper Posted September 18, 2003 Author Share Posted September 18, 2003 LOL Lucky Penny. I'd be intereseted in your wood/bone marlin spike capt weaver. I be collecting simular plunder capt Donovon. maybe we could trade sometimes. Well mates, if you be needing anything I can find in the northeast, i'd be more than happy to help. Scupper "That's the navy for you. Rum in the scuppers today. Blood in the scuppers tomorrow."Thrist is a shameless disease. So here's to a shameful cure!"Loyalty, honesty and directness are traits I admire. Insecurity, snipes and disrespect I will not tolerate in the least." Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Redd Oktober Posted September 22, 2003 Share Posted September 22, 2003 Arrr! I try to collect anything that a true scallywag would use (i.e. firing pistols, battle ready cutlass, me medal named "The Finger"). They just add to the flavor of me attire. I also tend to collect rather strange objects (a ghost bottle, preserved scorpions, etc.)...although I'd better get a nice seachest fer it all...it's kind of invading me sleeping quarters. -Redd YARRR! The Oktober be silent now! Just call me "REDD!" Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
El Pirata Posted September 22, 2003 Share Posted September 22, 2003 Hmmm, pottery (a great deal has been broken over the centuries), bottles, cannon balls, reales, cannon (still have to figure how to get it to the US), mortar rounds, pieces of swords, etc. Most of my stuff was found scuba diving and humping through the jungles of Central and South America. Pushing the limits means getting out of my comfort zone and giving more when I don't think I have any left. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
endkaos Posted September 22, 2003 Share Posted September 22, 2003 Me plunder crosses many genres, but I concentrate on the mythical ghostly aspects of me pyrate theme. ~Tori Like any unmanned ship, a novice sailor will eventually steer into the wind and then in circles. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
capnwilliam Posted September 24, 2003 Share Posted September 24, 2003 I should never have read these postings; makes me want to go and spend more money that I don't have. :) But seriously; it sounds as though many of you collect some fascinating items. Is anyone interest in old knives, especially sailor's knives? I'm having someone forge a sailor's sheath knife with a squared-off point for me. Now THAT might be an interesting area to collect! I've seen an ad for "American Primitive Knives' 1750 - 1870", or some such title, in Smoke and Fire... Capt. William "The fight's not over while there's a shot in the locker!" Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Artemis Pepper Posted September 24, 2003 Share Posted September 24, 2003 Ahoy- Well, in me collection me has: firing and non-firing flintlocks powder horns some armor and garb from the movie The 13th Warrior viking swords runes cutlasses hrm lemmesee...oh yeah, i collect dragons too just started me hunt for pieces o eight... and me collect different types of absinth (the real stuff) Purveyor of fyne plundar since 1605! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
the Royaliste Posted September 24, 2003 Share Posted September 24, 2003 Hmmm...Colonial wars stuff,dug or undug, mostly naval, buttons, beltbuckles,swords,knives dirks,axes. All things brass,bronze or nautical. Orcids, guitars,old tools,...jeesh, it's a cluttered up ship......... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cap'n Coyote Posted September 25, 2003 Share Posted September 25, 2003 hrm lemmesee...oh yeah, i collect dragons too Artemis, I love dragons! I have about 25 so far (no two of the same material). My favorite is a dragon that serves as an oil lamp. He holds the wick in one hand, and has his head in the other. When the lamp is lit, he is staring into the flame. I also have one made out of folded leaves. I try not to light that one. I saw a picture of one in a Thai restaurant that was comprised of butterfly wings. I am on the lookout for one similar. I also collect Wile E. Coyote stuff (hence the name), and have a large shrine to him at my office. Rumors of my death were right on the money. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
seaskull Posted September 25, 2003 Share Posted September 25, 2003 AARRGH !!! (habbit?) Lumpsa wood I collect, tis me trade see, wood butchery, aye lumpsa wood large, small, hard `n soft `n tools, got lots o` them too, old `n new, gob loads a chisels, axes too n` a beatiful old adze (with a broken handle, as of last time I used it ! ) Me favorite being me ole Dads(another salty sea dog, RIP) Lovely round wooden mallet, never used it, it just sits on me shelf an reminds me o`stuff... Boat stuff I love, tis in me blood, I have of course me boat (see picture) and I collect, signal flags, lanturns, nautical books, brass things, bronze things, port holes, you know ..? And knowlegde, I try to collect a bit of that too. Ne jamais essayer d'enseigner un cochon pour chanter. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lucky Penny Hawkings Posted September 25, 2003 Share Posted September 25, 2003 Boat stuff I love, tis in me blood, I have of course me boat (see picture) and I collect, signal flags, lanturns, nautical books, brass things, bronze things, port holes, you know ..? And knowlegde, I try to collect a bit of that too. And she's very nice. :) Alas, th' only thing piratical I collect right now is clothes, but that's not countin' much since I be makin' most of it. Today, however, I found m'self fishin' through a button bucket at th' fabric store, an' I came home with a slew of 'em. I think that be part o' my tradition...collectin' buttons as part o' me plunder. Shiny ones, o' course. Pewter, bronze...something that woulda been easily yanked from some scallywag's coat. :) "Don't hate me because I'm beautiful. Hate me because I am robbing you, tossing you overboard, and stealing your ship!" -the only thing more dangerous than her.. is her needle- Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hawkyns Posted September 25, 2003 Share Posted September 25, 2003 Arr, it's weapons for me. 2 matchlocks, 3 blunderbusses, wheelock dragon, wheelock pistol, tower pistol, Tulle D, 3 cutlasses, lostsa knives and some blunt swords for combat. All working weapons. Oh, and books, yeah- lots and lots of books...... Hawkyns Cannon add dignity to what otherwise would be merely an ugly brawl I do what I do for my own reasons. I do not require anyone to follow me. I do not require society's approval for my actions or beliefs. if I am to be judged, let me be judged in the pure light of history, not the harsh glare of modern trends. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
captweaver65 Posted September 26, 2003 Share Posted September 26, 2003 You Scum bag You maggot you cheap lousy faggot, happy Christmas ya ass, I pray god tis our last !!Shane MacGowan. and it looks like ya collect a bit o pogues music. they were a deliciously angry group. :angry: Capt Weaver "No man will be a sailor who has contrivance enough to get himself into a jail; for being in a ship is being in a jail, with the chance of being drowned. A man in jail has more room, better food, and commonly better company. " Dr. Samuel Johnson Capt Weaver's Pirate Perversions Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
captweaver65 Posted September 26, 2003 Share Posted September 26, 2003 Today, however, I found m'self fishin' through a button bucket at th' fabric store, an' I came home with a slew of 'em. I think that be part o' my tradition...collectin' buttons as part o' me plunder.Shiny ones, o' course. Pewter, bronze...something that woulda been easily yanked from some scallywag's coat. :) buttons can be a lovely treasure. I can remember my grandmother letting me play with the buttons in her button box.I always looked forward to that as a child and have collected buttons ever since. I like the shiny metal ones with coats of arms or military symbols and all glass buttons I have several tins dedicated to the various types. :angry: Capt Weaver "No man will be a sailor who has contrivance enough to get himself into a jail; for being in a ship is being in a jail, with the chance of being drowned. A man in jail has more room, better food, and commonly better company. " Dr. Samuel Johnson Capt Weaver's Pirate Perversions Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
captweaver65 Posted September 26, 2003 Share Posted September 26, 2003 wheelock dragon, wheelock pistol, tower pistol, Hawkyns :angry: I love the grace and beauty of wheelock guns. have a wheelock project I've been working on with my dad,but it is presently stalled while we try to find proper springs. Capt Weaver "No man will be a sailor who has contrivance enough to get himself into a jail; for being in a ship is being in a jail, with the chance of being drowned. A man in jail has more room, better food, and commonly better company. " Dr. Samuel Johnson Capt Weaver's Pirate Perversions Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lucky Penny Hawkings Posted September 26, 2003 Share Posted September 26, 2003 buttons can be a lovely treasure.I can remember my grandmother letting me play with the buttons in her button box.I always looked forward to that as a child and have collected buttons ever since. I like the shiny metal ones with coats of arms or military symbols and all glass buttons I have several tins dedicated to the various types. Yep! That's about what I was looking for. That, and just really "old" looking ones that look like they've been around a while. They're quite multi-purpose, I have to admit... :angry: "Don't hate me because I'm beautiful. Hate me because I am robbing you, tossing you overboard, and stealing your ship!" -the only thing more dangerous than her.. is her needle- Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
seaskull Posted September 26, 2003 Share Posted September 26, 2003 Buttons, I TOO remember my gran havin a wooden box that opened out like a metal tool box with a huge aray of buttons, shiny buttons all shapes n` sizes, metal, plastic, bakerlite `n wood a myriad of `em, like a treasure chest it was . Funny remembering a forgotten memory ? She had a glass full of little cutlass shaped plastic cocktail swizzle sticks too ? Christ, begining to feel like I`ve been regressed !! I bet you did that thing at school where you`d thread a length of string through a large button, doubled, returned back through button and tied off, hooked over a finger on each hand and wizzed furiously ? That reminds me of a length of plastic that came free in a cerial box `n you had to make a hole each side of the... never mind !! :angry: Ne jamais essayer d'enseigner un cochon pour chanter. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
capnwilliam Posted September 28, 2003 Share Posted September 28, 2003 How about MAPS: anyone collect original or reproduction nautical maps? Or treasure maps; real or purportedly so, or reproductions? Capt. William "The fight's not over while there's a shot in the locker!" Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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