The Pirate Trading Co.
This here website be the property and presentation of the MacKays. Pirate Artisans and Re-enactors.
Jeff MacKay is the Master Hatter of Captain Jack's Pirate Hats. Since 2003 Jeff has been making the finest, high quality, handcrafted Pirate Hats in Wool felt: Untreated, Acrylic treated and foul weather Oil/wax treated, Cashmere Felt, Straw, and Seagrass. Over 2000 variations. Using old world methods and the finest materials, these hats truly are pieces of Living History. You can purchase yourself one at www.captjackspiratehats.com
Jeff also is the Screenwriter of "The Buccaneer". A Pirate adventure of epic scale, and is pitching the screenplay through Social Media. Visit www.facebook.com/buccaneerthemovie and www.buccaneerthemovie.com
Rebecca MacKay writes and illustrates a series of childrens' Little Pirate Books. You can purchase them at www.littlepiratebooks.com Additionally, Rebecca is the web master of all the MacKay Pirate Family's websites.
Together the MacKays make handcrafted rugged, sturdy, furniture with a good bit of Pirattitude. Visit our online store. The MacKays make stools, tables, coffee tables, treasure chests, Surgeon's chests, Jewelry boxes, chairs, cabinets, pub benches and a complete line for the little skallwaggs in your crew.
The MacKays own and operate The Pirate Trading Co. LLC since 2006 where they vend all types of Piratical goods,from their hats, furniture and books to Authentic functional Flintlocks, swords, knives and axes. www.thepiratetradingco.com
Jeff and Rebecca enjoy attending Pirate Gatherings, Ren Fairs, and Pirate Re-enactment events, with their own baby Buccaneer, Wilde MacKay. Jeff also Impersonates the memorable Captain Jack Sparrow at Special events, Charity events, POTC Movie openings and interactive screenings of Pirates of the Caribbean. Captain Jack's Pirate Hats was the official Hat Maker for the Pirate Comedy "Pirates of the Great Salt Lake" and he can briefly be seen in the movie.
A Deeper Look
We GIVE rather than take, we ENLIGHTEN & educate rather than deceive, and we CREATE rather than destroy!
We know that not all treasure is Silver and Gold and we to do our part to help those both in and outside of our pirate community. As Pirates we give in many ways. We participate in numerous charity events throughout the year. Currently we are raising money for "East Portland Chapter of Relay For Life". If you would like to join the fight and make a donation you can visit http://main.acsevents.org/goto/mackaypiratefamily and contribute. We can make a difference one pirate, one crew at a time.
We enlighten and educate the public and give them a historical representation of Golden Age Pirates. We do this at piratical events, festivals and fairs, book readings, community gatherings, and special events. In addition, we introduce them to the tools of the sweet trade: knives, swords, axes, flintlocks, and cannons. We show them the authentic attire of the time and answer their questions about pirates and history. A great deal of education is done simply, by separating fact from fiction. For example; No one walked the plank, most pirates did not bury their treasure, and very few pirates had an eye patch, peg leg, hook, and parrot, and yet this is the very image that is conjured up when people hear the word PIRATE. Or they think of Somalia, and WE DO NOT want to be associated with that.
We create through entertainment, reenactment and with our several online pirate related businesses. I handcraft authentic pirate hats from the 1700’s, and have made over four-thousand pirate hats, each one an original. Having been dubbed the “Ralph Lauren of pirate hats.”
My wife Rebecca writes an illustrates a series of books called “Little Pirate.” Kids love the Little Pirate Character and the little lessons and colorful illustrations that fill the pages.
We also create a lifestyle for many pirates, outfitting them with authentic attire and tools of the sweet trade from our online pirate store The Pirate Trading Co. LLC. This lifestyle provides freedom, excitement, comradery and FUN!
We live a pirate’s life, not because we are real pirates, but because we are Pirate reenactors, historians and entertainers who Give, Enlighten, and Create – living a Pirate lifestyle.