New Leather Bottle
New Leather Bottle
Been meaning to post this for a while. Here are some pics of a bottle I put together back in December, but still haven't coated in Brewers Pitch. I'm rather proud of it, as I was able to actually force myself NOT to slavishly follow an extant historical model.
3/4 view
Front View
Detail
3/4 view
Front View
Detail
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Peter asked for a link to a How-To for leather bottle making. I guess here is as good a place to put it as any.
http://www.geocities.com/baldurstrand/b ... ottle.html
http://www.geocities.com/baldurstrand/b ... ottle.html
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Re: New Leather Bottle
I hate bringing up an old thread, but I found this and figured this was the best place to put it. If I'm wrong, feel free to move it. The tutorial will take you step by step for a usable leather bottle, from start to finish. And it also has a template to print out and use. One of the best tutorials I've seen to date.
http://www.bushcraftusa.com/forum/showt ... hp?t=12237
http://www.bushcraftusa.com/forum/showt ... hp?t=12237
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That is a great tutorial! Thanks for posting!
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Re: New Leather Bottle
Now that the thread has been resurrected though, I'm bummed I can't see the pics, haha.
But seriously, that's a great tutorial! I've really got to try my hand at one of those.
But seriously, that's a great tutorial! I've really got to try my hand at one of those.
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I'll post some pictures in a new thread when I get mine finished, I'm still trying to get some beeswax.
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I bought 100% pure bees wax from one of the people on the Armour Archives. You can get it in like 2lb and 1/2lb blocks.
Seaweed is the user id
http://forums.armourarchive.org/phpBB3/ ... le&u=10907
This thread is one of the ones he posted on and you can ask him about it. http://forums.armourarchive.org/phpBB3/ ... 6#p2180246
Seaweed is the user id
http://forums.armourarchive.org/phpBB3/ ... le&u=10907
This thread is one of the ones he posted on and you can ask him about it. http://forums.armourarchive.org/phpBB3/ ... 6#p2180246
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Excellent! thanks Kiriana, I was looking at the tutorial myself and thought it a great project, just didn't know where to get the bee's wax...damn now I have no excuse!
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I'll agree to that. Excellent source, thank you for it. I also found a local beekeepers association near here ... I didn't even know we had a beekeepers association. Lol.
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