Medieval Style Leather Bottle

[MMArmoury]

Hi MM

I'm looking at getting into leatherworking as a hobby. I'm interested in having a go at doing the whole lot from the pattern through to tooling and dying etc. I'm interested in the in the fantasy theme stuff so things like water bottles, pouches, armour are all interestng to do. I have found an tutorial on the instuctable site (link below) on making the bottles and was wondering if this is the normal way of making them or if you have any other way or help.

http://www.instructa.../Leather-flask/

Many thanks.

It is a good place to start, though if you choose to use a drill you should use a 1/16 bit instead of the 3/32 listed. I also mix in brewers pitch in the formula, it raises the melting temp a bit and adds some shock absorbsion to the wax making it less likely try dry out and flake.

Edited March 13, 2013 by MMArmoury

[RandallFlagg]

Cool! Did you use barley or sand? I did this with barley because I was affraid of not getting the sand out lol. Very well done, and I love the shape!

I made one a week ago using BBs.

After much hard work & inspiration from others on here. I decided to give it a go.

Here's the result.

Celtic dogs in a circle.

Next one, I think I'll use a different leather & bolder carving.

Dave

What thickness leather did you use? And why the future switch?