canteen

[Hank12]

When they were digging up Market st. in San Francisco for the tunnel that goes under the bay and over to Oakland, they dug up a ship that had been sunk in place about 1840 and on it was found a leather covered glass canteen. I liked the looks of it so made one for myself. Since then I've made several more for friends. Thanks for looking. Hank

[Hawken50]

Wow it never ceases to amaze me ,the amount of talent on this site. That some fine looking work there Hank.

[Otter]

Very nice indeed. What kind of bottle did you use??

[texasranger]

right pretty, wouldn't mind having one myself.

[beowulf]

did a nice job on that ! been using one for the last twenty years that I made .  think stitching the leather while it was wet was one of the roughest jobs of that type I`ve done !  fingers were sore for a week ! they are pc ! and once you figure out how to go about it , not to hard a job ! how much does yours hold , mines about a quart !

[Hank12]

Thanks, guys for your comments. I though I posted this about a week ago but I don't see it.
Otter, this one is a heart shaped wine bottle, holds a 1/5 of liquid but sometime I've used flat whiskey bottles. Rondys always have a lot of old bottles for sale. I have a perfectly round and flat bottle with a cork stopper that should make a nice one when I get around to it. Hank

[Otter]

Thanks, guys for your comments. I though I posted this about a week ago but I don't see it.
Otter, this one is a heart shaped wine bottle, holds a 1/5 of liquid but sometime I've used flat whiskey bottles. Rondys always have a lot of old bottles for sale. I have a perfectly round and flat bottle with a cork stopper that should make a nice one when I get around to it. Hank

If you can post some step by step photos I'd appreciate it.

[Don]

Very nice piece of work guys. 

[mtnmike]

 [hmm]me jealous!

[BruceB]

Mr Hank12 that is a very nice canteen! I wish I could sew like that! Thanks for showing us!

[CampbellClan]

I REALLY like that!.. What would ya charge for one?
thanks for sharing!