All items sold by Pirates Cove Arms are the unique creations of Stan Pietrucki, the skilled craftsman and owner of Pirates Cove Arms. The care and attention to historic detail Stan brings to his work comes from over 40 years of woodworking and muzzleloading experience.

Stan's professional woodworking began in the 60s, but even as a small boy he had a love for wood: whittling pine animals, and eventually building his first lemon-wood long bow, complete with arrows, leather quivers, finger tabs, and arm guards. He eventually moved on to furniture, jewelry chests, and more advanced wood carvings.

In the 60s, many hours of alert duty in the US Air Force (SAC) led to advanced, professional wood carvings which he started selling to the general public. Also in the 60s a love of sail boat building began, with the construction of his first sailing vessel.

Post Air Force years were spent working at two boat yards as a builder and opening a self-operated boat yard, The Schooner, which held a marine chandlery and his custom cabinet shop, Woodcraft Unlimited.

In the early 70s Stan opened a muzzleloading supply shop, The Arms Room, and started building Kentucky rifles, pistols, war bags, and powder horns. In 1974 Stan founded the local muzzleloading club, the Solano Muzzleloaders.

In the late 70s the true pirate emerged. Along with the boat yard, marine chandlery, custom cabinet shop, and most importantly the muzzleloading shop, Stan started building an 18th century, two masted, 60' Pirate Schooner. Not only is the "Witch of Wood" sea-faring (to date 35,000 sea miles logged), it even carries eight bronze, fully-functional black powder deck cannons.

"Pirate treasure" entered the picture soon after the "Witch of Wood" made its maiden voyage. Diamonds, all precious and semi-precious stones, gold, silver, and sunken treasure coins lead to the closing of the cabinet shop and the boat yard, but the opening of a custom jewelry shop, Pirates Cove.

Since then, Stan's "Pirates Cove" has been the source of works of art in the form of custom jewelry and muzzleloading weapons. Years of dedication to detail and passion for his craft has allowed Stan Pietrucki to provide the world with quality "antique" treasures, built to last generations.