leather bottel

[Peter Ellis]

This is my first attempt at a leather bottel. Sealed inside and out with beeswax and then buffed by hand, with a little help from the blowdryer. I haven't measured it's capacity yet.

[Luke Hatley]

Peter , I like the look of you Leather Bottell

what type of stopper are you going to use .

[Beaverslayer]

Very nicely done Peter. What did you use to shape the Bottel?

Ken

[Peter Ellis]

Very nicely done Peter. What did you use to shape the Bottel?

Ken

I stuffed it full of plastic bags from the grocery store No worries about trying to get every last grain of sand out.

[Peter Ellis]

Peter , I like the look of you Leather Bottell

what type of stopper are you going to use .

I haven't decided between rolling one in leather and waxing it or carving a wooden one.

[Luke Hatley]

Peter did the Wet leather expand just as easy with the plastic

bags as it would with sand? I have been useing sand, but it is another day for it to

dry after washing the sand out

[SteveJ]

Kudos Peter. Still haven't got around to trying one of these yet. May I ask

what weight leather you used?

I also would not of thought of stuffing with plastic, pretty creative. Well done, and maybe this will inspire me to give it a whirl.

[Peter Ellis]

Steve, the leather was in the 8-10 oz range. I don't think I would want to go lighter, I would be concerned about it holding shape and not crushing.

Luke, it stretched out pretty easily. I can't say how it compares to sand since I've not tried it with sand.

[Brandon]

Here are some I did using sand. I used 1.2mm ( 3 oz.)

They were fun projects not for holding any liquid.

Now that you mentioned plastic, maybe the next time round

I'll put in a few plastic bags then fill in the sand?

[Angster]

For the leather bottles that I've made, instead of using sand, I use good ol' fashioned popcorn kernels. After the bottle is dry and will hold shape, you can lightly tap the sides and convince all the kernels to flee. I also have a friend that used tiny ball bearings... He says that the extra weight of the bearings helps shape the bottle, so you're not spending a lot of time trying to stuff more in. Just a couple of ideas for ya!