Hard Kit is all other accoutrements that are not clothing, weapons or armour. This includes pots and tents, and flint & steel, and other things like that.
Very nice I have a large ceramic or earthenware I guess you could call it and it has the wire and ceramic "Pop Top" I know those tops are not particularly period, but I allow my dwarf a few liberties as long as the materials are period, owing to dwarven inovation. I had to replace the rubber gasket with a leather one but the rest is pretty cool.
I am Ringulf the Dwarven Woodsman, I craft leather, wood, metal, and clay,
I throw axes, seaxes, and pointy sticks, And I fire my bow through the day.
Come be my ally, lift up your mead! We'll search out our foes and the Eagles we'll feed!
Love this! I've been considering doing something similar myself for quite some time, but I've been having difficulty knowing where to begin. May I ask how you judged the size and shape of the leather so as to make it fit so snugly? And then how you went about actually stitching it onto the bottle?
Maerondir Perianseron, also called “Mickel,” Halfling Friend - Ranger of the Misty Mountains
I used oversized pieces and started stitching in the middle. I stitched both sides at the same time keeping it tight the whole time. The bottom piece was done last. Then I trimmed off all of the excess.
No wetting involved. Simply make a couple stitches on one side and place it over the bottle. Holding it tight, make a couple stitches on the other side. Continue this process alternating on each side to maintain an even tautness.
Well done Grimble, looking good. I have been thinking of attempting the same thing. In every society & age, bottles have always been reused. This is certainly a worthwhile project.
Regards, Keith.
Two roads diverged in a wood, and I,
I took the one less travelled by,
And that has made all the difference.
Robert Frost.
Here is something related I found in the last few days, an early medieval water bottle dug out of a bog in Ireland. I'm not sure if there is a frame or anything on the inside, the flat shape of one side seems a bit odd for the sand filled method, but then again it's been buried in a bog since maybe the 12th century.
Great find! I wish I could see how the spout was assembled. One thing I've noticed, time after time, is that surviving artifacts seem to be highly decorated. Our ancestors took a lot of pride in their work!
“Courage is found in unlikely places.†-J.R.R. Tolkien
deadextra wrote:I'm not sure if there is a frame or anything on the inside, the flat shape of one side seems a bit odd for the sand filled method, but then again it's been buried in a bog since maybe the 12th century.
Other than the bog explanation, the only other thing I can think of is that some bottles were stuffed while inside a wood mould/frame for consistency. Could've been shaped that way.
deadextra wrote:I'm not sure if there is a frame or anything on the inside, the flat shape of one side seems a bit odd for the sand filled method, but then again it's been buried in a bog since maybe the 12th century.
Other than the bog explanation, the only other thing I can think of is that some bottles were stuffed while inside a wood mould/frame for consistency. Could've been shaped that way.
Looks like it falls under the category of "flacket."
deadextra wrote:I'm not sure if there is a frame or anything on the inside, the flat shape of one side seems a bit odd for the sand filled method, but then again it's been buried in a bog since maybe the 12th century.
Other than the bog explanation, the only other thing I can think of is that some bottles were stuffed while inside a wood mould/frame for consistency. Could've been shaped that way.
Looks like it falls under the category of "flacket."