DeSotoSky
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Hello and welcome to the Sunday Picture Show. Share your Buck knives with others by posting pictures of them here. New or old, plain or custom, user or safe queen, one or a collection, we love to see them all. This weekly tradition was started in 2010 by ItsTooEarly (Armand Hernandez) and Oregon (Steve Dunn). Help keep the tradition alive. Feel free to click that 'LIKE' but lets not let it replace discussing and complimenting each others knives. DeSotoSky (Roger Yost)
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Mayflower-II built 1957
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On this Day, December 21st, 1620, The Pilgrims aboard the Mayflower land at Plymouth Rock. (maybe +/-)
The Mayflower left England on August 15th, 1620 along with a second ship, the Speedwell. The Speedwell was not seaworthy and leaked badly and both ships returned to England. Some of the passengers transferred to the Mayflower and the badly overcrowded Mayflower left England for a second time on September 16th. The destination was Virginia (Jamestown Colony)
About the Mayflower. The Mayflower was a coastal freighter primarily serving back and forth across the English channel and up down the Western European coast. She was not designed for passengers. About 90-100' long and 25' wide. A crew of 30. The Ships Master Christoper Jones was partial owner. The ship was in poor condition, leaky, past her prime, and not designed for a harsh Atlantic crossing. She suffered a major structural crack during the voyage. The Mayflower was probably scrapped about 3 years later in 1624.
About the Passengers. Originally carrying 82 passengers, 20 additional joined the Mayflower from the Speedwell for the 2nd departure bringing the total to 102. 50 men 19 women, and 33 children/young adults, mostly boys. With crew it was 130+ people crammed into a 90' freighter. The crossing was horrendous, no bathroom (chamber pots), not heat, not bathing, no privacy, no space to move. You wore all your clothes trying to keep warm. 2 people died and 1 baby was born during the voyage. They were trying to escape religious persecution under King James I, seeking to separate themselves from the Church of England. It is estimated there are 35 million descendents of the Mayflower globally.
Landing in the New World. The crossing was rough, slow and stormy pushing them off course. First landfall was about November 21st off the tip of Cape Cod, a miserable 66 days at sea. Off course, dwindling supplies, sickness, late arrival with the onset of winter it was utimately decided to give up trying to make it to Virginia and stay put. They were unprepared for how severe the winter was and continued to live on the ship thru the winter and only going ashore during the day. During that time half of the settlers and members of the ships crew died due to disease, malnutrition, and exposure. Come Spring shelter could be built for the survivors to finally leave the ship. The Mayflower left returning to England in April 1621.
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192 Vanguard in Blue Orc Burl and Gold plated Eagle cutout.
2013 Legacy. 0192BWSLE1 #7368
This is my most favorite Burl handle.
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