After seeing pics of Bardsters excellent work I thought I'd give a leather bottle a go. It turned out quite well, although it is a little smaller than I'd anticipated at only 50ml - I'll just have to make sure it's full of the strong stuff!
Thanks to Bard for his inspiration here:
http://www.bushcraftuk.com/community/showthread.php?t=9790
and thanks to Grooveski for the beeswax - have a rep point each!
I was most worried about the waxing, but it went pretty well. The leather is fairly thin - about 2mm, I melted the wax in the oven at about 110 to 130 deg C then spooned it over the bottle which I had also warmed up for a minute or two in the oven.
I poured some wax inside and swilled it around before pouring it out and putting the whole lot back in the oven for another 5 mins or so. I propped the bottle up neck down so that the excess wax could run out, but did it a bit too much as it leaked like a sieve first time!
I had to re-melt the wax and pour some more inside to coat it, now it's fine - and quite strong as well.
Thanks to Bard for his inspiration here:
http://www.bushcraftuk.com/community/showthread.php?t=9790
and thanks to Grooveski for the beeswax - have a rep point each!
I was most worried about the waxing, but it went pretty well. The leather is fairly thin - about 2mm, I melted the wax in the oven at about 110 to 130 deg C then spooned it over the bottle which I had also warmed up for a minute or two in the oven.
I poured some wax inside and swilled it around before pouring it out and putting the whole lot back in the oven for another 5 mins or so. I propped the bottle up neck down so that the excess wax could run out, but did it a bit too much as it leaked like a sieve first time!
I had to re-melt the wax and pour some more inside to coat it, now it's fine - and quite strong as well.