More excellent pirate supplies! Last night I came home to a large box from Quicksilver’s Pirate Pots, which filled me with glee until I saw that the box was very badly banged up - one whole side of it was crushed (with a deep dent straight through the FRAGILE label, of course). But I needn’t have worried, because when I fearfully opened it up I found my super tankard and warning shots nestled safely in vast cocoons of bubble wrap and newspaper. And they’re even nicer than you might suspect from the photos at those links. I chose black for everything, of course, but there’s a really lovely gunmetal sheen to this black that I hadn’t expected. The tankard has a pleasing heft to it - it’s the perfect size and weight. The shot glasses are, as described on the product page, somewhat larger than traditional shot glasses, but they’re equally satisfying. The fact that they’re nearly but not perfectly identical makes it even more obvious that they’re handmade, with a surprising level of care and craftsmanship. Now I just have to find a place in the apartment where Chris and I can admire them, but the cat cannot.