Skully

I've received many, many (3 1/2) emails, telegrams, communiques and threats scrawled in blood/ketchup about our logo. That's the skull we use a bunch. Lester named it Skully. No, it is not named after the character from the X Files, so quit asking.

Here is it's story:

As every nautical-minded lad (not naughty-minded, that's different. And also sorta similar.) knows, Skulls = Pirates. While skulls are fun and filled with 100% pirately goodness, they do tend to look sorta similar. So, any pirate worth his salt (salt was very expensive in the days of yore (your what? (Editor: Stop putting perinthetical thoughts inside perinthetical thoughts (Okay.)))) needs a skull logo, that's different from all the other skull logos. Most famous pirate's flags have a unique skull, or Jolly Rodrigo (am I pronouncing that correctly?) Look, there's a whole wikipedia entry on it.

(Red Rackhams Jolly Rodrigo)

Our Skull logo is based on the unique visage of Juthnika Cwobbey, First Mate to my great great great pretty good grandfather, ScurvyBeard The First. (I'm ScurvyBeard XIIth of course. ) Juthnika had a curious affliction that affects some sailors, known as Cartographers Skwintance, which causes some sailor-types to develop huge chins and squint.Or possibly it's just a really cool doodle I did in 8th grade math class. I'll take the secret to the grave! (Not my grave of course. I'm planning on being eaten to death by sharks. No, It's just that sometimes, on rainy days, when I'm forlorn, I like to take my collection of secrets to the graveyard for an airing. There's nothing so odd about that! PegLeg Pete takes his spoon collection to the movies! Stop laughing, or I'll have you keelhauled! (What does that entail, exactly? (Oh my.)))