So as many of you may remember, I had a good friend pass away a year ago. He was the person who taught me the art of leather. He and I were working on making leather flask when he died. We had it cut out and stitched together, but that was as far as we had gotten. I ended up throwing it away the day that he died, which I have regretted ever since. So with the anniversary of his death coming up, I started to think that maybe I should take a stab at making a leather flask all on my own. I did, and this is what I came up with:



He used to take the whole bottle and dip it in the wax, let it fill completely, let it coat completely on the outside, and then poor the wax out. I tried to do the same. Mine didn't come out as nice as his used to, but for a first attempt, I have to say that I'm rather pleased! I know my next one will be much nicer. And I know now why he never carved images into his bottles... They just don't come out very well!

So- I did do a little research before I started this project and found a tutorial to help guide me. It's here,

http://woodtrekker.blogspot.com/2011...er-bottle.html

if anyone is interested.