Pirate Clothing and Collectibles - What are they?

Unofrtunately, there is not really a form of weapon, clothing or personal item that can associated specifically with pirates due to them acquiring their personal belongings by stealing from the various ships they conquered. Their belongings were typical of the era in which they lived, and of the nationality of the ships that the pirates seized. However, there is a pirate ‘look’ that many people like to emulate. The odd shaped hat, heavy coat, neck scarf and eye patch are typical pirate apparel, and these look quite impressive at pirate themed party or outside barbecue.

The Historical Weapons Store allows everyday collectors to experience pirate collectibles with high quality and reasonably priced items. A replica pirate cutlass, collectible pirate costumes and much more can be found at Historical Weapons Store. Also learn more about the history of pirates within our Articles Directory.

Pirate's Sword, Scabbard and Flintlock

Which weapons were most used by pirates?

Other than swords and scabbards, a pirate would typically use a gun called a flintlock. A flintlock is a wide mouthed ‘blunderbus’ design, though the design changed according to the country of origination. Most 18th century pirates were Spanish, Indian, French and English, though there were pirates of every nationality, including Portuguese, and North African. The Corsairs were French and the Barbary Corsairs were Turks.

They tracked ships for days deciding whether to attack them or not, but rarely used shots since that would damage the vessel that they wished to capture, not to destroy. They used more skilled tactics to capture ships. They would fly a friendly flag as they approached a ship, then strike it and raise the pirate flag, the skull and crossbones. They would then fire one shot to persuade the captain of the competing vessel to strike colors and surrender. In that way they took the ship complete and none of the treasure on board was damaged.

A typical pirate cutlass had a thick, slightly curved blade just over two feet in length. There were many variants to this basic design, and many of these are available as replicas.

A replica pirate cutlass, scabbard, or collectible pirate costume can be found at Historical Weapons Store. Also learn more about the history of pirates within our Articles Directory.

Pirate Clothing and Replica Weapons

Can you name those Pirates?



Famous pirates include Henry Morgan, known to have shackled a woman to a stove and roasted her for refusing to reveal the whereabouts of her jewelry, and L’Ollonaise, whose favorite pastime was tying a cord around a someones head across the eyes, and tightening it until their eyes popped out. Pirates were not like Johnny Depp, the swashbuckling hero of ‘Pirates of the Caribbean’. One punishment that is myth is ‘walking the plank’. This practice was invented by novelists and there are no actual records of these activities ever happening. You will most likely never find planks among the pirate collectibles available online or in any store.





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