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Hey all I'm looking for a material to line my leather tankards and bottles with. I currently use beeswax, but ive found that a couple of friends who ive made tankards for have managed to dissolve some of the wax with things such as coke, and the tankards have developed slight leaks. I had a...

Just got back from a fantastic evening paddling across Derwent testing my newest paddle. I made this paddle mainly so that I could create a tutorial for this site, which should be available shortly... My hope is it may give that kick and nudge to any paddlers wanting to give it a go, but have...

Hey All, Just thought i'd display the new paddle ive been working on. Im currently finishing off the varnishing, ready for its first paddle on Derwent on wednesday. before varnishing During varnishing

I recently a piece of light brown leather sueded split roughly 1-1.6mm thick. When it arrived turns out there is 16 square foot of it. Can anyone help me out with ideas on what to make from it? Any suggestion will be greatly appreciated! S

Hey All Recently I've been experimenting by making a variety of leather drinking vessels after getting a request to make a leather goblet someone for a family friend. His goblet had a wooden base and stem, but it got me thinking, how viable would it be to make one completely out of leather...

First of all, another big thank you to Eric, for providing a template for the leather tankard I created this evening. Was quite the learning process, using slightly different stitching techniques. Just needs dying and waxing now!

Hey all, Just thought i'd post some pictures of the flask i made this afternoon, having never done one before I found Erics posts to be very useful.. so thankyou Eric! I'm currently at the drying stage. Not having any barley to hand I decided to pack the flask with carrier bags, which I'm...

Hello All... Just thought I'd show you my newly arrived Granfors Froe. I havent used it as yet.. so will have to report its effectiveness tomorrow! The only problem I had is that it doesnt come with a sheath, so i thought i'd make one; Sorry if its a bit pic heavy! What...

After seeing this 'whittlers puzzle' in a woodcarving wood, I decided to give it a go; basically a simple set of pliers carved (very roughly) of a single piece of birch; I have future plans to make a set of salad style tongs in a similar style, but I was just wondering if anyone else has a...

Hey All. This is my first forum post, but i've been browsing the vast amount of info on here for quite some time! Yesterday I carved this Kuska from a freshly felled birch tree, whilst I was making charcoal. I was just wondering what are peoples' opinions on the best method for letting this...