Leather/Glass water container.

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Leather/Glass water container.

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I made this canteen last summer. It consists of a glass tequila bottle with cork that i covered tightly in tanned deerhide.

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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. :mrgreen:
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Haha, I use a similar excuse for my use of titanium tent stakes and pot, Ringulf. I consider it of elven or Numenorean work.
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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?
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Great looking canteen.
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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.
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Interesting... So how did you hold the leather in place while you were sewing it on? And did you wet the leather first?
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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.
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Awesome! Thanks for the tips! Totally going to try this!
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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.
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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.

http://photo.qip.ru/users/vlasta/2133981/

Information is a bit sparse, but it seems to be about 40 centimeters in diameter.
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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!
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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.
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Greg wrote:
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."

http://leatherworkingreverend.wordpress ... er-bottle/
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Odigan wrote:
Greg wrote:
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."

http://leatherworkingreverend.wordpress ... er-bottle/
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