Wine Cooler/Carrier

[Handstitched]

My latest creation.  It took forever to make , in between this thing called 'life'. But finally got it finished today . 

The leather is 3mm VT with 5mm on the  cap & bottom .  Carved design, dyed with ' brandy antique'  sealed with ' Seal 'n'  Shine' , fitted with brass hardware.  Theres also neoprene foam rubber insulation inside.  It takes a  standard 750ml bottle ( Aust.)  

Theres a few things I would do different next time , like  the stitching on the spine.   Herringbone or ' X' stitching would have been better.   I put the foam rubber a bit too high inside, near the inside  ' lip'  causing it to  " bulge" a little bit where the cap goes on,  that makes it just a wee bit tight  getting the bottle out, that may stretch in time.  The most fiddly bits were with the hinge and the mounts for the ' D' rings.  I may also consider making a detachable strap  and include a  short carry handle. Undecided atm.  This may also be utilised  for a telescope or camera lens, It is padded inside after all. 

I do have more pieces cut out for another,  but it will just be plain, or with a simple stamped pattern , and with air brushing.

Otherwise I am quite happy with the result  

HS

Edited May 4, 2023 by Handstitched

[Northmount]

Wow.  Love this design and concept!

[chuck123wapati]

wow man that is really nice work. It go well with some of my Chokecherry wine lol. 

[TanneryNYC]

This is awesome!! 

Worth taking the time. Did you do the tooling yourself?

[PastorBob]

Very nice.  what is the black strip running vertically in the 2nd picture?

[Handstitched]

11 hours ago, TanneryNYC said:

Did you do the tooling yourself?

Thank you  for all your comments 

I did all the tooling myself, its not an AS pattern .

9 hours ago, PastorBob said:

what is the black strip running vertically in the 2nd picture?

Thats the spine , where its all joined .. I decided to run a little dark dye over where the edges meet. Perhaps its a little too dark . 

 

11 hours ago, chuck123wapati said:

It go well with some of my Chokecherry wine lol.

It would be perfect  

[PastorBob]

9 hours ago, Handstitched said:

Thats the spine , where its all joined .. I decided to run a little dark dye over where the edges meet. Perhaps its a little too dark . 

Not too dark at all.  I rather like it.  Just curious what it was.  Hard to tell from the pic.  That looks awesome.

[Handstitched]

I got a bit further on the second one today . It won't be quite as fancy as the first, but still nice. 

HS 

[fredk]

That looks very nice indeedy

One for the connoisseurs, not the ones who buy bots by the doz

[Bert03241]

I'd be very proud to have made that, fine work indeed

[bladegrinder]

That looks great! I don't drink but that could be used for all kinds of things.

[Handstitched]

11 hours ago, fredk said:

One for the connoisseurs, not the ones who buy bots by the doz

I'm quite partial to a nice Shiraz,  or Cab-Sav , or a nice Merlot, when I'm feeling brave. Merlot has a kick like a mule.  ( btw we don't have corks any more, , except champers,  mostly all screw tops. Kinda spoils the fun, and the flavour.  ) 

5 hours ago, Bert03241 said:

I'd be very proud to have made that, fine work indeed

Apart from a few things I would do a bit different, I am quite proud of it , thank you  

3 hours ago, bladegrinder said:

I don't drink but that could be used for all kinds of things

Basically anything that is round, and it fits,   and needs to be looked after, other than wine  

Thank you y'all 

 18 years ago when I first started leather, this never would  have entered my head  to even attempt it...but now  . Nice to see I've progressed quite a bit , but still learning 

HS

[toxo]

Very very nice, well done. I can see where the work went.