I was thinking about doing a costrel somewhat like the ones I have been working on for Ceadmon...
(yes I am STILL working on them, though I am almost done with the third and final piece. Sorry brother it has been just about a year now and I will get it finished before thanksgiving if it is the last thing I do!!!)
Anyway the costrl project has taught me some valuable skills and given me some cool ideas, one of which was this mug project.
The mug is kind of just a leather costrel with one end you dont have to sew on, and I have been thinking how cool it would be to make them look like little barrels so I did the mug this way to experiment with the technique and this is how it came out.
I used the same 7-8 oz leather and made it the same diameter around the coffee can end caps as I did with the costrels but I made the mouth slightly smaller to give a more tapered "Tankard" look to it. Then to make it resound the Thrown weapons theme, I made the handle look like one of my bearded throwing axes.
The axe handle is wood and the axe head is leather. it is sewn on the top like it bit into the wood and it is screwed in on a flattened face at the bottom of the haft.
I made it the perfect size to contain a solo cup but purchased the "Pour-On" food grade epoxy sealant to seal it with.
I stopped short of this part of the project both because I was not completely certain if the stuff was food grade since the box I picked up did not specifically say so, and because I ended up winning the damn thing myself anyway, so the pressure was off.
I will do some more research before I coat it, but it is supposed to be great for this type of application because you can then use both hot liquids and alchoholic beverages in it as well.
So here you go!
You have heard of the Oscar and the Tony...this is the "Ringulf" (what they named it in the Kingdom. hee hee)
