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leather water bottle

#1 Post by gazza » Sun Nov 30, 2014 4:59 pm

after seeing the leather bottles made by perry Jackson and viewing the "how to "perry sent me I decided to have a crack,i stitched it up last night then soaked it and stuffed it with barley to dry .I must say I,m happy with the way it has turned out so far. I think it will hold 2 lts :biggrin: gazza
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Re: leather water bottle

#2 Post by bigbob » Sun Nov 30, 2014 6:19 pm

Looks great Gazz, should hold a fair bit of Chateau Cardboard too :lol: :lol: :lol:
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Re: leather water bottle

#3 Post by perry » Sun Nov 30, 2014 6:41 pm

Ya done Good Gary, looks excellent. Now comes the Fun bit with the Bee's Wax ! Amazing Process. I'd punch the Holes for the Strap before you Impregnate it with Bees Wax unless you are going to drill them

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Re: leather water bottle

#4 Post by rodlonq » Mon Dec 01, 2014 7:10 pm

Nice work gazza.
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Re: leather water bottle

#5 Post by Gringa Bows » Mon Dec 01, 2014 8:04 pm

How does the water taste out of it Gaz?.......
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Re: leather water bottle

#6 Post by gazza » Tue Dec 02, 2014 5:13 pm

yummy rod just like leather lol :lol:
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