On 6/19/20 12:56 PM, galoot@l... wrote:
> Quoting Ed Minch :
>
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>>> On Jun 18, 2020, at 7:04 PM, Ken Wright via OldTools
>>>  wrote:
>>>
>>> Like our beloved listmom Esther, I'm a member of the Society for
>>> Creative Anachronism, where we try to recreate the Middle Ages and
>>> Renaissance.
>>>
>>> Here is one of my humble efforts:
>>> https://aeans.aethelmearc.org/vqpt/pursers-chest/
>>> <https://aeans.aethelmearc.org/vqpt/pursers-chest/>
>>>
>>> Ken
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>> Ken
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>> veru nice.  What is the paint and what would it have been at the time
>> (13-14th c?)
The original was lost with the Mary Rose in battle in 1545, so it's more
16th Century.  I used an oil-based enamel from Sherwin-Williams; I know
enamel isn't right, but I used it because I expect the chest to get
non-gentle service.  The color came from a printable paper cutout on the
Mary Rose Trust's website, and when I compared the photos it appears I
got awfully close!
> The finish should be covered in the documentation (the PDF file) which
> I haven't read yet, too painful on smartphone.  By the mid-1500's they
> knew about boiled linseed oil (cennini) so could have been blo.  Given
> it was functional vs pretty it might not have been painted and 400+
> years on the on the ocean floor doesn't help.
I agree, but my thought was the Purser would have wanted the protection
a painted finish would give, given the salt air conditions the chest
would experience.  Of course, that's just a WAG.
> I am pleased to notice he maintained galoot time traditions, the
> project is nicely matured:-)

I literally planned this project for years, since long before we moved
here from Michigan.  That period of planning made the actual execution
go smoothly.  So yeah, nicely matured.  That's a good way to put it!

I also made a few scaled-down chests using the same joinery techniques,
but sized to make a comfortable seat and easily fit into a car.  More
convenient for the modern medieval.

Ken

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