Pirate Clothing, Jewelry and Tattoos

We have a very vivid vision of what a pirate looks like. He wears a headscarf and a tricornered hat. An eyepatch, earrings, a coat, a brace of pistols with a sword and a pair of cuffed boots. His fingers are bejewelled, his arms inked with mermaids, anchors and skulls. But how accurate is this popular image?
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Sources:
Pirate: The Golden Age - Angus Konstam
The Buccaneer's Realm - Benerson Little
The Sea Rover's Practice - Benerson Little
The Truth Behind Pirate Myths - Benerson Little
Piratical Schemes and Contracts - E.T Fox
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A General History of the Pyrates - Charles Johnson
Two Voyages to Campechy - William Dampier
0:00 Introduction
1:14 The Sailor's Wardrobe
4:29 Jackets and Coats
5:51 Headwear
10:18 Hairstyles, Jewellry and Tattoos
13:15 What Pirates Looked Like
15:00 Clothes as Plunder
17:36 Outro
#pirate #tattoos #history #clothing

[@GoldandGunpowder]

Note on the gunpowder spots: they weren't burned into your skin, rather the crushed gunpowder was just rubbed into the pricking in your skin to form a motif. Gunpowder itself leaves permanent markings in skin.

[@trangho5317]

That interesting by pirate tattoo

[@vladimirspoutine1264]

Damn, I should have read the comments BEFORE that last experiment...

[@martyemerson8159]

Kinda like more modern jail how tattoos when they used a needle to put cigarette ashes under skin.

[@cameronsweirdnaturechannel]

​@@martyemerson8159sut works better. burn something in a box and collect and scrape the sut on top, mix with some baby shampoo, put in a toothpaste bottle top and stir. ready 2 go

[@restitvtororbis5330]

I have no idea why but every time you mention the earings not being part of the pirate 'dress code' I just imagine a pirate captain getting increasingly vexed by a new sailor refusing to comply with the dress code by not getting an earing. Like the guy is a good sailor, follows orders, gets along with the crew, and the captain really values his contribution but just gets hung up on this one thing. I imagine the captain letting it slide when they are just sailing around but me makes him go below deck whenever they go to raid a ship because he would make his crew look unprofessional. It's so ridiculous but i think about it every time you shoot down the idea of pirates actually having a dress code 😂

[@peterholst8875]

Yes clearly embarrassed by the sailors appearance, and treating the sailor accordingly (hiding him when others are around). But never letting the sailor know why the special treatment, so the confused sailor tries to do his best on every task, but never succeeds in getting the captains appreciation 😂

[@Vicus_of_Utrecht]

I didn't think of it that way, that's hilarious

[@beansavacado8134]

10:23 “angsty twinks w scruffy beards” A twink WITH a BEARD?? impossible

[@GoldandGunpowder]

you haven't seen what i have seen...

[@kirbyculp3449]

Called 'bears'.

[@danniandersen5858]

"Somewhere to keep your iphone" lol had to rewind that to make sure I wasent losing my mind :p

[@visionplant]

I love the way he delivers jokes. Other KZbinrs would've drawn attention to the joke and maybe say "nah just kidding they didn't have phones" treating the audience like dumbasses

[@TheOfficalGypsy]

Almost sounded like "somewhere to keep your rifle" 😳

[@VarangianGuard13]

Well, let's not rule anything out.. You might well be losing your mind, but, at least it isn't your hearing?

[@Vicus_of_Utrecht]

​@@VarangianGuard13😮😂

[@SeaDog337]

Sailors absolutely wore underwear, you can find "drawers" (a term still used in the military to denote underpants) in lists of clothing available in the slops contracts. Now did some people gird their shirts in lieu of underwear? Almost certainly, but this pervasive misconception that underwear just up and disappears between the end of the renaissance and the modern era is patently untrue.

[@GoldandGunpowder]

interesting, i double-checked this and found reference to drawers in some contracts, so it seems true, though not very much discussed in the literature

[@SeaDog337]

@@GoldandGunpowder Indeed, underwear - with the exception of anything that might be visible - is seldom mentioned in the historical record. I'm not sure if there are any surviving examples of sailor's drawers specifically, although we do know from other surviving male undergarments that they were usually similar in construction to whatever was worn over them. Some could be as complicated as drop front breeches, complete with buttons and draw strings, but I suspect that those available in slops contracts would've been more like a scaled down version of the petticoat breaches. Either way, thanks for another great video ;)

[@manuelkong10]

not sure the slops contract has a lot to do with pirates?

[@amandahugankiss4110]

Wasn't expecting you to say junk and it got a good result from me. Also, good to know pirates looked like golfers from the 70's.

[@antonbrakhage490]

The detail about wearing tricorn hats backward to improve upward visibility on a ship is such a wonderful detail. The description of Bonny and Read is one of my favorite period accounts of piracy.

[@GoldandGunpowder]

should've included the description of their clothing in the eyewitness section tbh but i didnt think of it at the time

[@antonbrakhage490]

@@GoldandGunpowder Unfortunately I can't find the whole quote, but from the Wikipedia article on Mary Read: "A victim of the pirates, Dorothy Thomas, left a description of Read and Bonny: They "wore men's jackets, and long trousers, and handkerchiefs tied about their heads: and ... each of them had a machete and pistol in their hands and they cursed and swore at the men to murder her [Dorothy Thomas]." Thomas also recorded that she knew they were women, "from the largeness of their breasts.""

[@spirospagiatis4731]

Here's my pirate meme : Anne Bonney after Calico Jack forgets that today is their wedding anniversary : I DEFY YOU , HEART MAN!!!!!!!😡😡💔💔💥💥

[@piraticvs]

13:28 the ammunition box, the 18th century fanny pack

[@GoldandGunpowder]

modern military forces still wear similar packs

[@kalavi-knightlygaming]

Interesting video as always, another small peek into a age gone by. The pop-culture did have few things right and wrong about what pirates wore back in the days, as a artist its diffcult to find proper references of what privateers/seamen wore so this sort of video is very much helpful and appreciated.

[@GoldandGunpowder]

glad you get some use from it!

[@redbeardsbirds3747]

I’m curious to know what the pirate sense of humor was like during the golden age…..I’m sure it was “colorful” with possibly a lot of bantering amongst mates to break the boredom and monotony of being out to sea from long periods of time …I wonder if there were codes on discrimination or perhaps your gonna catch hell of your a young greenhorn! Love this channel …subscribed! ☠️🤔

[@nikevisor54]

The little jokes sprinkled in with the high quality info are what keep me coming back :) Thanks for another great video, man

[@mrmashed5104]

“Angsty twinks” lmfao that got me good I had to rewind that

[@deansch6089]

Have you ever considered a video on how pirates interacted with the Carib, Arawak, and Taino tribes? Were they any different than any other Europeans?

[@GoldandGunpowder]

I will cover pirate relations with Indians next year, the most prominent tribes they interacted with were the Moskitos and Kuna

[@deansch6089]

@@GoldandGunpowder Looking forward to it

[@whiskeythunder2348]

Weren't they all extinct by then?

[@specializededucation]

as a stoner i really want that bucket hat beanie that the sailor had 7:24

[@mukhumor]

So basically they wore what was comfortable and practical. Same old same old.

[@GoldandGunpowder]

that can mean anything without providing the visuals explained in the video

[@mukhumor]

@@GoldandGunpowder Well obviously not a cat suit. What was available at the time and in context to work at sea.🙄

[@nagamalaya4232]

Wow so their are almost similar to the Malay Sailors and Malay Pirates clothing. Malay Sailors back in 16th century would wear a pants that the length is right below the knee or at calves level and they would be bare footed when they're on the ship, but on land they would wear a traditional Flip flops/Sandals called Capal Melayu and wear the Malay traditional pants called Seluar Pesak which is a baggy pants that stop at above ankles. They would wear "Kain Samping" that look like a kilts or skirts for men and women, mostly have checkers pattern made from cotton. Usually they would wear a malay traditional round neck shirts called Baju Teluk Belanga, sometimes a sleeveless versions of it, but during a hot day they would go shirtless. They would use a rectangular cloth to make many types of traditional Malay headwears, some would wrap it around their head to make a Malay turbans called "Semutar" in many styles, some fold it into triangular shape and wear it similarly like the pirate head wraps, and some would wear a Malay traditional headwear called Tanjak. They would wear a belt sash and wear a brass metal that shaped like an eye called Pending Tembaga on their belts. And some, instead of a handkerchief, they would wear a shoulder sash that thay can use to climb poles faster or use it to defend themselves from a sharp weapons. They would brought with them a Keris, a sword or two, pistols called "Terakol", a rifle called "Istinggar", a spear, and much more. For jewelry, Malay peoples love rings.

[@steveneltringham1478]

Pirates wore clothes? Phew! I thought they leaped around the rigging, sabre clenched between their teeth and with nothing on but a hard, and possibly a hat. I'm not so afraid of them now.

[@GoldandGunpowder]

they weren't actually clothes, they were sprayed on

[@steveneltringham1478]

@@GoldandGunpowder No! Now I'm afraid again

[@JCOwens-zq6fd]

Fun Fact: if you take a regular flop hat & some hat pins one can not only turn it into a tri corn but pretty much every other hat of the era. Its the foundation of just about all of them.

[@Ravishrex1]

Wont miss a Gold and Gunpowder upload.

[@Katja-pi1wm]

''Angsty twinks with scruffy beards''. Too rad.

[@undead9999]

I love the amount of research that goes in your videos.

[@unknowntrooper_2791]

Good content. I myself like many themes of early modern 1500-1800s history and pirates are one of my favourite subjects. A couple of comments: The hat you said was made out of straw is actually probably, as far as i have understood, a tan coloured knitted woollen cap or a Monmouth cap with a brim. This is a part of the sailor clothes of Peter the Great that he brought from holland and should be in the Hermitage museum. The tricorn is a modern term for a “cocked hat, a brimmed hat folded three sides. Such hats came in many forms since around 1660s and by the early years of 1700s three sided cocked hat was the most fashionable. Various earlier brim hats with brims turned upwards, some in one side or several, can be seen e.g. in the images of French buccaneers you mentioned. Tricorns were just one of many forms of these hats, one that became a 18th century fashion. Yet, the neat clear tricorn hats were not indeed really common among ordinary sailors yet in the golden age of piracy. They were, however, used by sea officers, naval officers at least, if not some of the pirate officers as well. (Royal Navy Lt. Maynard wears a tricorn in a modern reconstruction illustration of Pirate: The Golden Age by Angus Konstam, David Rickman in page 47.) As a small example of a nice period image of a tricorn hat on a sea officer, French circa 1700 commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Officier_de_marine_francais_dessin_allegorique_vers_1700.jpg Some references to check out, if you do not already know: A good reference book for living history details, even while it may be for younger audience as well. www.amazon.com/DK-findout-Pirates/dp/1465457526 Article of hats in here with good notes and research, in 4 pages: www.piratesurgeon.com/pages/other_pages/patrick_hand_hat1.html

[@GoldandGunpowder]

I chose not to discuss the tricorn because I didnt have time to talk about officers/captain's headwear in this video. The hat worn by Peter the Great was worn by the Dutch in general. It shows up in a lot of Dutch illustrations, not so much in English. It was also popular across the Dutch naval sphere(Scandinavia for example). The book you recommended looks good, I don't think I'll use it myself, but it looks good for people getting into history .)

[@Journeyman107]

Thank u ur the authority on pirates on KZbin

[@annabellethepitty]

Sailors wore grease in their hair to keep out lice and make it easier to keep out of their faces. The neckerchief served multiple functions. It kept the back of the neck out of the sun, it could be used to wipe away sweat. It also kept the grease from one's hair off of a uniform (in the case of military sailors in later years)

[@AlexMig]

A video of reviewing pirates in popular culture and pointing out what they got right and wrong would be interesting to see

[@NeoVoodooTech]

I've heard that because of the condition of the ships deck and rigging on some of these ships combined with occasional inebriation caused more than a few pirates to fall into the water. The bright colors adornments aided in spotting you especially when worn on the head neck and shoulders as you treaded water. They also help identify you visually quick glance from a distant or when pillaging, in the rigging etc. The various very colorful vivid fabrics and unique patterns could be picked up from other ships taken as souvenirs for trade with shipmates or purchased at port.

[@_p3t3r_34]

how could you not mention g o a t s k i n s . *angry alexander selkirk and madagascar pirates noises

[@GoldandGunpowder]

i know ur trolling but im still fighting the urge to make a serious response

[@waynemcauliffe2362]

Cheers.I like the old pirate look

[@Ravishrex1]

Excited for yee presentation!

[@danniandersen5858]

Hold up, they would tuck in the shirts to keep their junk in place and protected? Did I understand that correct? :)

[@GoldandGunpowder]

yes because they didn't use underpants they tucked in their shirts to keep their penis and testicles protected or from swinging around and being a nuisance

[@mageillus]

00:46 hold up, wasn’t that image of Blackbeard in the first edition of A General History of the Pyrates?

[@GoldandGunpowder]

no its from the 50s or 80s, the original depictions show him wearing a fur cap(too hot for the caribbean)

[@mageillus]

@@GoldandGunpowder oh yeah I’ve seen furcap Blackbeard, Project Gutenberg has lied to me!

[@dd11111]

I've been binge watching this channel for the last couple of days and it's been Fantastic! Informative, interesting and well presented. Great job dude! I look forward to learning more from you.

[@merafirewing6591]

I do look forward to the day that you look into the Continental Navy and the privateers that were a part of it.

[@AdamMichalMarkowski]

7:34 so Smee from Peter Pan was historically accurate

[@dixieboy5689]

When I grow up I want to dress like a pirate !! I think it would be fun.

[@AlexMig]

I recommend this channel to a lot of people

[@robertmcgivern6585]

Did you know "arrh matey" means "I'm eighty"! Most of them were thrown overboard.

[@Himhimhimhimhimhimhim]

You should partner with the pirate's port

[@GoldandGunpowder]

I tried contacting him in early '21 but he kept ignoring me

[@-.-George-.-]

Thanks, I'm making a pirate costume and this was so helpful!

[@26snoopy82]

I would like to go to a cosplay based on a pirate. The video was great for what they looked like. Where can you get some of the costs and hats online?

[@AngryTheGnome]

I own a few tricorn hats and not once had I had a problem with upward visibility, even if I really push 'em down all I can see just is a bit of the tip. I'm not discrediting the fact that they might have been wearing them backwards mind you, just that I find it a bit odd, also because when I tried to wear them backwards and looking up, I saw 2 tips on the side instead of a small dip in the centre.

[@sapeurmaboul4046]

very interesting vidéo thanks you ! with your help i have artistic advantage with his historical pirates

[@CinderGrey]

What were your sources for the gunpowder motifs? Google has been giving me nothing But Sea of Thieves Wiki pages and stuff about the Gunpowder plot lmao

[@GoldandGunpowder]

gunpowder spots aren't used anymore(hm i wonder why) so I just googled "jerusalem cross tattoo" and found one, idk what an OG GP would have looked like

[@johnbeauvais3159]

On the wearing of sashes, is there any veracity to the idea that such additional cloth could have been used to barter for goods in town, or tied tight against the abdomen at sea to act as hernia protection?

[@GoldandGunpowder]

1. Haven't heard about it specifically but it's not impossible in an improvised scenario where anything can happen. 2. Haven't heard about this either. If you'd want to do this effectively you'd have to do it naked and then wear your other clothes above it, but sashes seem to have been an outer layer. Wearing tight fittings around your waist is also quite uncomfortable when sailing or fighting. It makes it harder to move around and bend down.

[@KhanGarth]

If they happened to own a sash that was exquisitely detailed especially with the color purple which was harder to come by, they’d likely keep it stashed away safely in their personal strongbox, but might’ve used it for haggling at port

[@jackrice2770]

@@GoldandGunpowder I always try to approach these questions from the view of practicality. So, as for belt vs sash, one has to consider that a leather belt stretches when wet and shrinks when dry, so not all that great for a sailor. Having sailed on small boats, I can tell you this: you're always at least damp. A long cloth wrapped two or three times around the top of loose trousers would serve to hold them up and have the 'give' necessary for all the bending, stretching, climbing, lifting, etc. I imagine they also used a length of rope, being very common aboard ship. A leather belt would most likely be added when going into combat or ashore, holding sword, pistol(s), ammo box, etc. Obviously, contemporary portraits of a formal nature would show someone wearing their 'Sunday best', not their work clothes. One assumes pirates, having far more access to good clothing than any other seaman, would wear nice stuff when ashore. The average law-abiding sailor would never have the money for these luxuries, so any sailor (you can tell an old salt water sailor in those days by his scars and weather-ravaged skin) who sported such wealth was more or less proclaiming himself to be a pirate, and in many places, this was not a problem. It told the world you weren't just a pirate, but a -successful- pirate, you'd taken a prize and got some posh duds!

[@slidecatch]

Great video! Appreciate the truth about pirates.

[@brookingsbeachcomber]

very interesting, keep these coming

[@GoldandGunpowder]

cheers lad

[@brookingsbeachcomber]

@@GoldandGunpowder Aye, Skipper

[@michaelmccoy1794]

7:48 HEY! Look, it's Luffy's hat! Captian of the Straw Hat Pirate crew

[@Magnus_VII]

Thank you

[@nathankable4507]

Around 2:20 Im not sure what you were trying to say but it sounded like 'to Keep thier Iphone' what were you saying? or was it a joke that went over my head?

[@Zanderguard]

Hi, I love your channel! I have a question. The part about shaving reminded me of it. Do you have any idea how nail care was done on board ship or in the 1700s in general? Did they just bite them?

[@sirBrouwer]

with out looking in to it. the constant working with the rigging and all the other physical labour will just wear and tear the nails short before they can even grow much.

[@pemo2676]

9:30 anyone with long hair knows that in windy, hot, or wet weather, removing the hair from the face is preferable! tying it back didn't always work either, especially if you had some sort of fringe or shorter hair near the face. simply covering it with a cloth is a lot of relief, it makes practical sense

[@nickeyfynn3270]

great video

[@kaurtoomemae4787]

ur vids are mazing

[@sergireig]

Thanks for that barretina at 12:18. Which is the source of that image?

[@GoldandGunpowder]

google/pinterest, i dont remember where or how i found it

[@jacksnyder7318]

As a (modern day pirate;) i can assure, that efficiency, effectiveness and economy are, and have been the stalwarts of decision making for (men of character;) in their choice of clothes. One must absolutely (gird up the loin's) before battle or hard labor, that's a necessity since time immemorial for Men. Even the savages used breechcloth to protect their (priva-teers;)

[@jeffreyrobinson3555]

Later trouser breeches and slops were gusuted in the back in last halve of eighteenth century, Belts at this time didn’t hold up pants. Was gusets not a thing during age of piracy?

[@GoldandGunpowder]

This isn't anything I've encountered in written material at least

[@kurtbrayford6491]

with trycorns I do wear one in bad weather and found it a good hat to wear in storms hevie rain and when working in bad weather and i do work out side and have to work in storms

[@balazsvarga1823]

Ah so pirates having 2-3 guns on them is actually accurate. I imagine the pistoks and gun were hard to reload, and drawing a second pistol if needed was faster than reloading.

[@kaotikord]

Always wanted to dress accurately, also, how the hell have I never heard of this channel before?

[@pentegarn1]

The mental image of a ship full of people wearing star hats attacking...just blows my image of pirates out of the water. lol

[@lynnodonnell4764]

I have read pirates and sailors wore gold earring because it was believed to improve eyesight. Anyone else under same impression from historical readings ?

[@bilis2866]

what were the feathers for

[@PortgasDLane]

pirates actually wore straw hats?

[@GoldandGunpowder]

yeah

[@Felix-os5hf]

isn't a tricorn just a slouch hat that's been folded into thirds? which would be easier than folding into four and more effective that folding into two, so surely it could have been a thing that any pirate wore?

[@GoldandGunpowder]

not so simple

[@StephenHutchison]

Wait, you didn't point out that Tsar Peter Romanov used to cosplay as a Dutch shipwright? But you showed the picture of it?

[@lynnodonnell4764]

What is Osnaburg?

[@lynnodonnell4764]

Ive also read sailors were called TARS because they applied tar to their trousers to waterproof them. Any truth to that?

[@dfkas30]

Panama mentioned

[@nograves456]

Keep ya powder dry bro... Cheers

[@paulsteele8614]

Doing my small part for the algorithm

[@janpostma5381]

Ear rings were used to pay for a funeral in case of drowning in the netherlands amongst fishermen and sailors. Hell alot of villages had their own knitting pattern for id'ng a drowned sailor.

[@sirBrouwer]

a lot of fisherman (or family from) still do keep the tradition of wearing 1 earring. two is seen as excessive.

[@janpostma5381]

@@sirBrouwer i am a sailor and i have 2 earings. 1 i inhereted and the other one i got as a present from my mother as tradition here. 2 isnt to many as i know sailors and fisherman with 3 or 4 of them. Its still done to this day

[@sirBrouwer]

@@janpostma5381 maybe it's more of a regional thing.

[@stehfreejesseah7893]

Lionel Wafer had a nose ring.

[@clairedecaire6598]

Im sorry....what?! "Angsty twinks?" 10:23-10: 26

[@jayku138]

But why did they wear stripes. So flamboyant.

[@christiangreen2324]

So pirates did wear strawhats

[@pirategamer9127]

Next video india pirates

[@GoldandGunpowder]

lol

[@Spike-qt7tx]

tattoos were your resume in maritime industry

[@GoldandGunpowder]

thats a later tradition and not something from the 1600s

[@manuelkong10]

I've never thought the naval slops contract clothing had Anything to do with pyrates. Pyrates often seem to have been hard up for clothing? In their line of work, with lots of sun and salt water, I would think their clothing would look pretty bad pretty quickly ann reed and mary bonny....with scarves on their heads....but we're told they were pretending to be men? so maybe that's male sailor clothing? You mention various situations and the clothing worn for those situations...."at sea" "on land" , maybe that's a way to approach pyrate clothing?.... by the job being done and where they are at what time of year(off the coast of N America in winter is a far cry from the Caribbean in summer)....at sea, in combat at sea, on land for recreation, on land for combat....? I think it's safe to lose shoes, socks, big belts and buckles, tri corner hats (most of the time) scarves seem to be ok if they're not these HUGE things you see depicted. (some of those caps have to be knitted but Anybody can cut a piece of cloth and tie it around their head....a headscarf Has to be the easiest most low tech way of keeping your hair and sweat out of your face and it won't blow off easily) I love how Johnson's book is unreliable even when archeology backs it up lol It's interesting in the case of the pyrate captains taking coats and the Quartermasters stopping them....that show's the Quartermasters unusual authority of their office....even over the captain at times I'm sure glad pop culture changed the look of the pyrates because they are some of the ugliest dressed people at any time Ever lol. LOVE the video.

[@GoldandGunpowder]

Anne Bonny and Mary Read never pretended to be men

[@roeo5626]

Wait are you Swedish?

[@GoldandGunpowder]

yes

[@sunandshadow6593]

Here is a pirate themed joke of mine: A single pirate has captured a sloop and two navy sailors see him sail away. Sailor 1: That's got to be by far the worst pirate I have ever seen. The other sailor as they row ever closer to the near still sloop: So it would seem.

[@KhanGarth]

I highly doubt many sailors voluntarily went around on a wooden ship barefoot. Good way to destroy your feet with splinters and whatnot. If they were in between a pair of shoes, they’d no doubt try to haggle for some or request some from the captain or quartermaster the next time they raided a ship. If nothing else they’d probably at least wrap some cloth around their feet

[@GoldandGunpowder]

speculation speculation, barefoot seems to have been the norm

[@KhanGarth]

@@GoldandGunpowder wood giving you splinters isn’t speculation, perhaps some chose to tough it out though

[@GoldandGunpowder]

it mustn't have been a problem if so many chose to go barefoot. going barefoot gave them better grip when moving around the ship and especially climbing the rigging. if you keep the ship well-maintained, splinters shouldn't be an issue. even if there were some splinters, these were the guys who were recorded as marching through thick jungles and attacking cities entirely barefoot - they probably had pretty thick feet

[@highlorddarkstar]

@@KhanGarth ship decks were regularly holystoned to preserve them and control rot, I suspect you were as likely to get a splinter as you are on a modern patio deck, if not less so as they were better maintained.

[@ashleysmith3106]

I remember reading in my youth (60+ years ago) that until the late 1700s many ordinary seamen wore linen Kilts/Kirtles or Cotehardies. (illustration 17.IV, Swords & Blades of the American Revolution by George C. Neumann). Apparently the British term "Tar" for a Sailor came from their tarred cue/queue/ braid/plait/pigtail. Where is your evidence that seamen did NOT wear earrings? Absence of evidence is not evidence of absence ! Certainly from portraiture, men wearing earrings were popular in France and England in the 1600s.

[@GoldandGunpowder]

earrings were popular among certain upper class gentlemen - are these gentlemen the same low-caste sailors who formed the bulk of pirate ranks?

[@JaMeshuggah]

Swag

[@random11111e]

being a sailor seems like code for gay

[@GoldandGunpowder]

takes one to know one

[@Spindrift]

I mean, there weren't typically many women aboard a ship back then...

[@smcphee8499]

They definitely were

[@bioemiliano]

Funny how you say Veracruth cause you can't pronounce Z and I can't for the of me pronounce the th properly

[@hominemsinenominea_man_has6067]

I like the content... but this accent n pronunciation really puts one off

[@internetkurator9256]

The headwear looks horrible... lets stick to fantasy :-)

[@captainscarlett1]

Let's face it, pirates were totally gay. A flamboyant group of men living with flamboyant men. Yo ho ho! A bit like lumberjacks.

[@wiwysova]

EVERYONE ALWAYS WORE UNDERWEAR EVERYONE ALWAYS WORE UNDERWEAR EVERYONE ALWAYS WORE UNDERWEAR EVERYONE ALWAYS WORE UNDERWEAR

[@ElliotSpencer-fz8ov]

Ok are you saying tis a myth, they had earrings for a funeral ? Actually ur right,into the sea,&his mate would get all of his stuff,unless,specified.