Last one for a while

[user 922]

I wanted to try applying a leather covering to a wood canteen. This one turned out much more elegant than I intended but it would be representative of something an 18th century officer would have purchased for himself if he were passing through New York and stopped at Gucci (or their predecessor).

It's turned from two Cherry shells, identical except for a lap joint detail. I turned a groove on the faces so that the leather could be wrapped and held by the turned rings. It all went together very nicely. I also turned a groove around the periphery and added a leather band after gluing the shells. The leather is a piece of deerskin that I've had for 40 years or so. The bung is made from cherry and maple and the stopper is turned from maple with a silver inlay.

I need to start some other projects but have some more canteen ideas I'll pursue in the near future.

 

[SpottedBull]

WOW!

I'd love to have something like that! or the talent to produce one! Very nice indeed!!

 

[Rifleman1776]

You make some real purty stuff on that spinny machine of yers. :applause:

 

[smo]

They just keep getting better and better :thumbsup:

 

[Wes/Tex]

So help me, if you do something as great as the music box top, I'm going to go over in the corner and bang my head on the wall! Of course, you'll take that challenge so...thump-thump-thump-thump!!! :thumbsup: You're going to be a rich man the minute you get a pile of those canteens and offer them for sale...no kidding!!

 

[DOUBLEDEUCE 1]

Beautiful!!! :thumbsup: :thumbsup: :thumbsup:

 

[MSW]

ok - that's just downright intimidating, it's so good ...

I've got one of those spinnie thingie machines, and my stuff isn't a tenth that nice...

:thumbsup: :hatsoff: