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What sort of knife did a pirate carry? One with a point or one with a squared-off end? A modern sailor's knife has a squared-off point...

Can three take on overwhelming numbers and win? Here is a video where some fencers did just that. I've done that on a smaller scale s...

Tricorns are under attack. Some people who claim to be interested in portraying pirates as accurate as possible say that this style hat shou...

A recurring question in pirate reenacting forums is what to do with women. The hard-liners insist that there is no place for women in the ra...

There was a real Captain Blood. He wasn not a pirate but he did manage to steal the crown jewels of England in 1671. He didn't get far a...

The annual reenactment of Searle's Raid on St. Augustine was held March 1 & 2. This was the last major pirate (privateer) attack on ...

I just ran into this on e but it is all over the Internet: Unlike "the Scottish Play" and other superstitions which involve ma...