Ahoy Matie,  The Flight Neworks which be one of the largest travel agency in Canada, wrote up an article called "Fun for the Entire Family in Tampa" where they feature some of the best places to visit.  Of course they had to mention Pirate Fashions as a unique place to visit when in the area, yarrrr!

At the Beaufort Pirate Invasion, Voodoo Temptress Dead Red n' Keeper of the Order Tiger Lee performed the Pirate Initiation Rite of the Secret Black Beard Society during this 300th year after Black Beard's death.  The rite includes blood, dirty, rum and black powder.

Here be the very first group to be initiated on Friday Night.

Here be the second group that be initiated on Saturday night.

To show that we can supply any pirate or wench from head to toe, we set up two different complete kits. Many of the items we make arrrselves, so they not be available anywhere else.  

The men's kit be the Stormy Captain's Outfit with the Double Trouble Baldricfully loaded with black powder pistols n' blades, along with Pirate Treasure Beltwith a ship load of accountrements n' weapons. It be the hard to get accessories that make the outfit real.

The women's kit be the Nassau Lady Captain Outfit which showcases a fully customized Captain's Tricorn n' Boxum Bodice. Not to be outdone, the lady packs fire power with fashion with the blunderbuss, lace parasol n fan set.

Talk be cheap, so I hope that these photos show off the wide range of products that we carry at Pirate Fashions. No other company can supply garb, leather goods, custom hats, battle ready swords, foot gear, jewelry, drink ware,  black powder n' non-firing replica guns.

The sky be falling, as we be cursed with the installation in arrr new ceiling has been coming down.  So we be forced to move our entire showroom out and redo the installation to the ceiling so that we can have a cool place amidst the summer heat.  This be be the very first time we have closed on an entire weekend since we opened 9 years ago. So remember to take a brake the last week of July n' have some rum! 

Tiger Lee and Mr Shee show up on the cover of the Miami New Times on June 11, 2018 about the Rum Renaissance Festival in Fort Lauderdale, where they be plundering samples of hundreds of rum from around the world with other rum aficionados.

Back in 2015 a construction crew, working on a new hotel in Alexandria, Virginia, uncovered the remains of a Revolutionary War era ship. It was buried in the mud of the Potomac River as part of the framework for the landfill process used to extend the waterfront.

Just recently, only one block down, another contraction crew uncover 3 more wooden ship used as land fill. The original ships were built in the 1740's and 50 years later, at the end of their usefulness, those ships were used to to create more real estate on the shoreline.

Many coastal cities, such as San Francisco, have used ships as landfill.  During the gold rush of 1849, many of the crews that brought passengers to the golden state decided to try their luck in the gold fields instead of sailing, so many ships were abandoned. Some were used as warehouses, saloons, and hotels before being sunk intentionally.  As an owner of a ship you could sink it, cover it with dirt and claim that land as yours. This sounds like something a land pirate would do, yarrr!

Pirates be the rock stars of their age, but event modern rock stars such as the Back Street Boys want to be pirates as well, arrrrgh!  So their costume designer contacted us fer their 6thBSB cruise from Miami to Grand Turk. They be a bit older than I remembered them, but they do look quiet dashing in arrr pirate garb.

Part 2 of Tiger trip to Asia. Nepal be one of the most holy places in the world.  There be a temple on every other block you walk by.  The temples can be small or huge with dozen of different gods and goddess.  The hand craft designs of each temple arr amazing. The richness of this world would make any pirate think he hit the motherload of riches.  However, Nepal is ranked as one of the poorest nations in the world.

I was told that you must be formally introduced by another Nepali to a business and slowly build a relationship to be able to do business with a Nepali company. They had traditions that must be observed. As a pirate, I don't really follow all the rules. I discovered a Women's Coop that employs 80 women who are victims of abuse, violence or poverty.  They are shunned by traditional society and must deal with dirty foreigners fer their livelihood.  Sounds perfect to me.  

They be dyeing beatufitully colored threads from Swiss-made dyes (because the Europeans they sell to have sensitive skin).  They had a number of hand loom in production.  I met a French girl who be apprenticing there to learn the secrets of the olde world, as everything is done by automatic machine in the new world. They were having a ceremony of peace and prosperity when I arrive, so they invited me into it. We discussed arrr first project together.

Walking about the streets of Kathmandu, I stumbled across a Fair Trade Store that represents 65 different tribes making local handy crafts. I made an appointment to meet with their productions staff.  They showed me their fabric stock, and production area of sewers, knitter, and felter. We discussed the design and production of pirate sashes woven of silk and nettle, a local fiber stronger than hemp. It will be a few months to get the sample for approval.

I have created a super short version of the talk I gave at the Treasure Seeker Exhibit a few days ago.  This video show how to wear a lot of weapons comfortably under one cloak.

Tampa Bay History Center just open the new Treasure Seekers Exhibit. They asked me to give a talk about Pirates and their Weapons for their Sangria and Stories series. 

Here be Tiger with some of the guest at the 1 hour talk about pirate weapons. Tiger dressed up and talked about blunderbuss, plug bayonets, flintlock pistols, boarding axes, and daggers. He covered how they were used and carried, as well as some of the myths.

They got to hold and examine each weapon and compare them to the antiques in the museum. If ye have been there, it be worth visiting, arrrrgh!