Finished my leather water bottle .

[Gill]

I started this before christmas and did,nt get back to it till yesterday where i shaped it using pearl barley ,i dryed it out overnight on the radiator ,and dyed and waxed it today.This is the first costrel i have done ,i made this for myself after lusting after one when i saw Groovski,s .it holds around 3 1/4 pint.

 

[SCOMAN]

That's very nice mate, I've been meaning to do one myself but have to decide which pan will be lost to bees wax.

 

[Sniper]

I bought a couple of these last year from Eric and have been chuffed to bits with them, love them.

 

[JAG009]

Gill that looks the dogs ! pm on its way

Jason

 

[Stuart69]

That turned out great bud, well done

 

[PaulSanderson]

thats stunning...thanks for sharing the pics! i love seeing this kind of "olde worlde" stuff...

 

[Zingmo]

That is a lovely thing to look on. Thanks for posting.

Z

 

[jojo]

Very nice looking bottle. It's really satisfying when you make one of those and the water stays in it as intended! Much nicer than plastic!

 

[gsfgaz]

Gill , thats a brilliant bit of work bud .... is that for ur tennents mate ....

 

[Bardster]

Thats most excellent, very well done indeed Made a few of those in my time Must finish that five gallon one I have on the go!

 

[Trunks]

Great work, well done

 

[Barn Owl]

That's a smashing piece neebs.

 

[Grooveski]

Great stuff Gill. Looks just the job.

Made a few of those in my time

...and the one I got is still going strong. Goes everywhere with me. Cheers again!

 

[luckylee]

amazing mate, what thickness of leather do you use for one of these, would love to see a tutorial on how to make one of these, very nice mate.

 

[DaveBromley]

Very nice!!!

One quick question what did you use to stretch the leather over? and how long did you have to leave it for so that it took on the shape that you wanted?

Dave

 

[filcon]

Fantastic Gill, great stuff pal looks a stoater.That looks a great bit of kit, we,ll need to wet its heid.

phil

 

[Toddy]

Looks excellent Gill
Fair sized one too

cheers,
M

 

[Bardster]

amazing mate, what thickness of leather do you use for one of these, would love to see a tutorial on how to make one of these, very nice mate.

Very nice!!!

One quick question what did you use to stretch the leather over? and how long did you have to leave it for so that it took on the shape that you wanted?

Dave

If you do a search on the forum here there are a couple of tutorials on how to make water bottles. I have done one as has Eric

 

[Gill]

Thats the ones i followed Bardster ,thank you.

 

[You Bleed Jam]

Impressive.