An amazing pirate collection!

M ELEY · 23rd June 2017, 08:38 AM

Manacles and restraints from Age of Sail, both a hint at the slave trade and the Pirate Round.

Note some of the goodies in front of this rack of long guns. I see a nice Chinese dau, a Kybele rifle, several eagle head Amer swords.

colin henshaw · 25th June 2017, 06:45 AM

[QUOTE=M ELEY]Manacles and restraints from Age of Sail, both a hint at the slave trade and the Pirate Round.

Hi Mark, thanks for posting this interesting thread.

The shackles with the long bar, third from the left, are the type that were often used in the West African slave trade.

Regards.

M ELEY · 25th June 2017, 08:37 AM

Thank you, Colin, for that clarification. I suppose the others still fit in with the imprisonment of said rascals when the pirates were caught!

Norman McCormick · 25th June 2017, 03:25 PM

Maybe me and my old oak coffer will take to the high seas once more.

Weapons obviously later than the above but maybe some bits have seen service at sea.

Coffer once had a lining of period written documents but mostly gone now.

Regards,
Norman.

23rd June 2017, 08:38 AM	#1
M ELEY Member Join Date: Dec 2004 Location: NC, U.S.A. Posts: 2,159	Manacles and restraints from Age of Sail, both a hint at the slave trade and the Pirate Round. Note some of the goodies in front of this rack of long guns. I see a nice Chinese dau, a Kybele rifle, several eagle head Amer swords. Attached Images

25th June 2017, 03:25 PM	#4
Norman McCormick Member Join Date: Oct 2007 Posts: 1,618	Maybe me and my old oak coffer will take to the high seas once more. Weapons obviously later than the above but maybe some bits have seen service at sea. Coffer once had a lining of period written documents but mostly gone now. Regards, Norman. Attached Images Last edited by Norman McCormick; 25th June 2017 at 03:46 PM.

25th June 2017, 06:45 AM	#2
colin henshaw Member Join Date: Jan 2008 Posts: 1,429	[QUOTE=M ELEY]Manacles and restraints from Age of Sail, both a hint at the slave trade and the Pirate Round. Hi Mark, thanks for posting this interesting thread. The shackles with the long bar, third from the left, are the type that were often used in the West African slave trade. Regards.

25th June 2017, 08:37 AM	#3
M ELEY Member Join Date: Dec 2004 Location: NC, U.S.A. Posts: 2,159	Thank you, Colin, for that clarification. I suppose the others still fit in with the imprisonment of said rascals when the pirates were caught!