CHALLENGE !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[Frodo]

Lets have some fun,  I challenge you to make a leather canteen.

You have to make your own pattern,  Or free hand it with out a pattern

and it has to hold water with out leaking

post your end results. and lets have fun with this

just to get this kicked off, I will post my pattern i drew up this morning

 

 

 

[fredk]

A leather bottle? yes?

Over here a 'canteen' can mean many things, such as all the things needed to eat a dinner, eg cutlery, glasses, plates . . . . 

Ok. so I'm only teasing ya!  

But a leather water/wine flask type thingy.

As long as you don't want to see it too soon I'll try making one. I've been wanting to make a sort-of copy of one from the ship Mary Rose

The original;

And someone else's reproduction of it;

It involves some wet moulding, so I'll have to set to to make the buck but I'll not be doing it exactly as that other person did it

 

 

[Frodo]

No time limit. I have 4 or 5 projects ahead of mine also

[tsunkasapa]

You mean like these? These sell like hotcakes at the Rendezvous.

[tsunkasapa]

Here's another one. This one holds a quart, the other holds 24oz.

[fredk]

Most excellent

1. US quart? a UK quart is more; 32 fld oz to 40 fld oz

2. What do you seal the insides with?

[YinTx]

4 hours ago, tsunkasapa said:

You mean like these? These sell like hotcakes at the Rendezvous.

Is it lined with something, or just leather on water?  Nicely done, btw.

YinTx

[MikeRock]

The cordwainer out at our rendezvous used hot melted wax, pour in, soak a bit, pour out.  It didn't crack when the leather flexed 'a bit'.  

[chuck123wapati]

Woot! I'm in But it wont be fer water lol.

[tsunkasapa]

14 hours ago, fredk said:

Most excellent

1. US quart? a UK quart is more; 32 fld oz to 40 fld oz

2. What do you seal the insides with?

Thanks. I should clarify, it holds 4 cups. I stretch them out with un-popped popcorn. I ASSUME that it holds 32oz of liquid as well.

After they are dry I saturate them with a blend of beeswax and paraffin. After that they get a final "lining" of brewers pitch.

10 hours ago, YinTx said:

Is it lined with something, or just leather on water?  Nicely done, btw.

YinTx

Thanks.