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The Increasing Popularity Of Pirate Collectibles And Pirate Replicas
Copyright (c) 2007-2022 Tiffani Lott
The increasing popularity of pirate collectibles is largely due to 'Pirates of the Caribbean', and Johnny Depp's character, Captain Jack Sparrow has sparked a demand for pirate replicas of all kinds.
Pirates have always been represented as dashing figures; buccaneers that roam the seas seeking adventure. Little was said of the cruelty they showed to those that they captured and were of little use for ransom, or of the treatment they meted out to their female captives. They are glorified in the same way as the Wild West gunslingers; as knights paladin rather than the murderers that they were.
A pirate's whole objective was to steal what was not theirs. They were killers who let their captives live only if there was a purpose for doing so that would benefit them, and who killed those who could not provide them with profit in the cruelest possible ways. Henry Morgan roasted a woman over a cooking stove for refusing to provide the whereabouts of her jewels and money.
Tales of marooning their enemies on sandbanks with a day's water supply are not fable, but fact. The only thing that is fiction is the practice of 'walking the plank' that was invented by novelists. Such a fate was too easy for their victims, and planks do not feature among the pirate artifacts available for purchase. There is little doubt that many pirates were forced to be so, frequently through the harsh life and punishments of the navies of their respective countries, but their activities cannot be glorified since there was no glory in what they did.
However, the popular view rules, and most movies have portrayed pirates as dashing figures, and we love them and cheer them on. Captain Jack is our hero, and shame on the authorities for trying to catch and punish him. This is shown in tangible ways by the way we purchase pirate collectibles from online and offline stores for our pirate barbecues that we hope will impress the neighbors and all the carefully selected guests.
Among these collectibles is pirate apparel, carefully crafted to replicate as accurately as possible what pirates are known to have worn. Pirate hats and vests; the voluminous coats that could hide a wealth of weapons. Apart from the cutlasses, pirates favored flintlock pistols that frequently had the wide mouth look of blunderbusses. These came in single and double barreled varieties, both of which are available in accurately crafted replica forms. The genuine articles are museum pieces and beyond the pockets of most collectors.
If you buy a replica cutlass, you will also need the hanger. Cutlasses were not held in scabbards in the 18th and 19th centuries, but in hangers. These were belts, with a loop that held the sword or cutlass which hung otherwise unprotected from the belt. Replica hangers are widely available, and the pistols are not expensive. Replica pistols can be purchased for under $50, though there are others that are more expensive.
There is not really any form of weapon, clothing or personal item that can associated specifically with pirates due to them acquiring their personal belongings by stealing from the ships they boarded. Their belongings were typical of the era in which they lived, and of the nationality of the ships that they took. However, there is a pirate 'look' that many people like to emulate. The hat, heavy coat, neck scarf and eye patch are typical pirate apparel, and look quite impressive at pirate themed beach party or barbecue.
Real pirates were of all nationalities, though the most common were Spanish, Portuguese and English. The Corsairs came from France, and the Barbary pirates were generally Turkish. The North African coast also provided their fair share. They are popularly associated more with the Caribbean that anywhere else, though there were no boundaries.
They tended not to fire on ships with cannon for two reasons. One was that balls were not easy to come by for a pirate, and they used them sparingly. The other, and most important, is that they did not want to damage the ships they were attacking. They wanted to take them undamaged so that they could either re-use them or sell them. They would follow a ship until they decided to attack, and then approach it with a friendly flag. A pirate ship would have a stock of flags of all nationalities. Once they were close enough they would drop the flag and raise their own pirate flag – not always a skull and crossbones! They would fire a shot across the bows of their victim, force them to cede and then board them.
They could fight if forced to, and a pirate's life was not a long one. It was common for them to punish their own that failed to fight properly, disobeyed their captain or even played bad music!
Pirates fascinate people for some reason, and the increasing popularity of pirate collectibles indicates that popularity. The current surge in the popularity of pirate replicas is due to Johnny Depp's film, but it is nothing new. It was always there, and will continue to be so.
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