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  • CFM
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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

 

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Singer 66, Chi Chi Patcher, Rex 26-188, singer 29k62 , 2-needles

D.C.F.M

 

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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!  :lol:

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;

Mary Rose flask, 04LWs.jpg

And someone else's reproduction of it;

Mary Rose flask, 01LWs.jpg

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

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Al speling misteaks aer all mi own werk..

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

 

Singer 66, Chi Chi Patcher, Rex 26-188, singer 29k62 , 2-needles

D.C.F.M

 

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

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Hoka Hey! Today, tomorrow, next week, what does it matter?

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

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Hoka Hey! Today, tomorrow, next week, what does it matter?

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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?

Al speling misteaks aer all mi own werk..

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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'.  

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

Worked in a prison for 30 years if I aint shiny every time I comment its no big deal, I just don't wave pompoms.

“I won’t be wronged, I won’t be insulted, and I won’t be laid a hand on. I don’t do these things to other people, and I require the same from them.” THE DUKE!

  • CFM
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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.

Hoka Hey! Today, tomorrow, next week, what does it matter?

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