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Another easy way to make an authentic looking bottle is to leather wrap a durable camping canteen. It may or may not be accurate to the middle ages, but it looks the part
I LOVE this series so much. Just as a tip for any LARP alchemists or healers... if you LARP with people who frequently neglect their electrolyte intake (looking at you, shield wall...), get some vials and pour a couple flavors of those sport drink concentrates into them. Now you can plop a splash into some water to rehydrate your patients and it looks cool while you're doing it. I used these to create healing potions that fighters could bring out on the field with them.
Even more extra! Add a pinch (really, a little goes a very long way) of edible food glitter (the same stuff used in cakes and bakery) and they'll give the impression of swirly magical potions! Totally edible and absolutely cool. You can also use water, food coloring and edible glitter to make a simple potion of staying hydrated that doesn't look like simple water
Another option is the powder kind, and maybe throw the glitter in with the powder so you don’t even see it glitter until it’s in the water, it’ll look even more magical
i literally have bandoliers of "Rejuve potions" when i do LARP, just a sports mix in a vial with a little water prepped each day. literally just hand one to whoever needs it (I always get the vials back, really good group), to just drop into their water bottles, or slam back for a quick top up.
I recommend either Tailwind or if sugar is not good for you Ultima Replinish. Both are balanced electrolyte replacements. Pedialyte is great two but it is premixed not a little vial you can add to water.
I got some seeds for bottle gourds. I'm growing mine to make an Ipu for my Hula class. Thanks for helping me figure out how to get the gunk out of the bottle.
The flat leather is liable to conform to the bottle's rounded bottom over time. To alleviate this, cut out a majority of the center of the leather, leaving a ring for the bottle to sit on. This will act like an infinite number of adjustable feet to keep it stable.
A good to remember: these kind are historical accurate for pilgrims and travelers across all Europe from the XIIIth to XVIth century (were I stopped my research), there are a lot of visual sources for it :D
This is crazy, but I was just looking up gourd history. In addition to this video, I found a paper talking about gourd were traded WORLD-wide, 10,000 years ago. The ones in the New World are related actually to the African ones, which they thing floated across the Atlantic. (Paper author is Logan Kistler) Any way, thanks again!
if you have the chance to do a project that would take a bit longer for planning and time waiting on the process, it would be really cool to see you make mead
This is so cool!! I want to make one of these. But I wonder how it could work with hot liquids. I mean, a warm drink in the Winter would be nice. But hey, I should be happy that I can drink water now
Awesome video I've always wanted to make one of these and now I know how. Super stoked!! Heading out Friday to get the stuff and will post on the discord! Thanks guys!
Did you mix your bee's wax with anything? Last time I melted pure bee wax it hardened as soon as it touched another non-hot surface, so couldn't mix it around like you did.
I didn't. I think the walls of the bottle were thin enough and my wax was hot enough that the bottle heated up to the point the wax stayed liquid. It actuallu got to the point where I wasn't sure each leayer was leaving any wax behind or was just melting the previous layer off lol. In time everything did start to cool tho and the seal is super solid
The big gourd looks a little similar to fancy copper stills, so i got wondering if the gourd could be roasted, maybe cured with natural resins and the bottom lined with copper to help it withstand boiling water on low heat.
I LOVE it! But... I can see only one problem with this design. If you have in your belt... You can not drink!! Because you need put off your belt (sorry about muy english 😅)
Word of warning, those gourds are invasive to grow and they can climb trees. Just plant them with plenty of room so they won’t, say, jump the fence and start climbing the neighbor’s tree. I’m not speaking from experience or anything.
Кто знает, как это растение на латыни называется? фляга годная вышла) а как у неё с прочностью? Grate work! Nice bottle! What about durability? Can you tell me latin name of this plant? Or snth))) Can't find it in Russia))
A great price hack, especially since it's fall now, is going to a local orchard. Many of the ones that sell their own gourds, will dry out the ones that aren't pretty and sell them for super cheap.
Great bottle! I know you were looking for a non Emerson breaking way to have hot liquids too, you should look into making a kuksa. Its a fully wooden cup usually used for tea or coffee. Sealed with a hardening oil like tung oil. Really can get creative with the designs too!
You might try making a traditional porron to go with it. It's a kind of drinking vessel with a very long, skinny, bent tube at the top so that when liquid comes out, it pours in a stream. This allowed multiple people to drink from the porron without touching it with their lips. Traditionally it's used to carry wine, but you can really put anything in it.
@@s7121n9s It's usually hand-made from blown glass, but it ought to be possible using a gourd by making a curved spout at the top the same way smoking pipe carvers do the stems for churchwardens (the type Gandalf smokes in the LoTR films), gluing together long, thin strips of wood and then steaming the curve into it.
Love this project! This reminds me of the gourd bottles in old Hong Kong martial arts movies where characters would be carrying wine in them, usually by characters that used Drunken Fist
I know I am late to the party but I am going to comment anyway. Yes, I would use wood tools to work with a gourd, likewise, I would have used wood stain on the outside. On the inside, I would have cheated and used food-grade silicon like they use on wooden chopping boards. after all, you ( and 109K viewers) are the only one who knows what is on the inside.
Next time you worried about cracking something you're drilling into get a step drill bit it will allow you to work up to the size hole you need easily. Harbor freight has a cheap set that works great
I’ve always wanted one of thease since seeing How To Make Anything’s video on it. Tried growing some gourds myself, sadly due to unexpected weather patterns with me being a newbie in gardening it didn’t work out. RIP lil calabash. Anyways, good thing to note Calabash is poisionous so don’t eat the gourds once you’ve got them growing XD. Lots of things over all time have been made with them so plenty of crafts to do!
calabash is eaten some places! just be careful about growing conditions (over ripening) or improper storage conditions (temperature swings / high temperatures) which can increase cucurbitaicins, and maybe avoid drinking the juice specifically. Some cultures even cook with the leaves and seeds (Burma for example uses the young leaves and stems, Korea uses the flesh in baksok and bak-goji).
also! growing tip, though specifically for the blight known as powdery mildew… I've been using potassium bicarbonate (the sodium in regular baking soda / sodium bicarbonate burned my plants and can make soil too salty for anything to grow in) to control it. It isn't necessarily preventative? but it does seem to help clean the fungus off the leaves as I spray 1 teaspoon per gallon on the plants every 2-3 days. of course this is just one (of many) option(s) if you aren't keen on using an "inorganic" fungicide (scare-quotes because i took chemistry and understand that the term organic refers to carbon based compounds, perhaps it would be better to say food safe / less potential environmental effects?)
Ha! I’m literally smoking a Calabash Gourd Meerschaum pipe while watching this. Didn’t plan it. This just popped on my feed. Good luck. It’s no easy feat making an ebonite stem for it even if you get a meerschaum bowl already made. You’ll need a cork lining fitment and a mortise/tenon area for the stem. Most use a lathe to get a stem like that made. Love to see it though. The rocks is a cool idea for cleaning out the insides.
Recycling Hack: Use a 'POM' bottle, bulk it up and add texture with paper towel & wood glue (like paper machet, but better!), then paint! Screw on lid, easily cleanable, looks decent, all readily available materials!
Great video. Love seeing all your practical and usable builds. Learning about the bees wax seal makes so mutch sence but I never knew that's how it was done
It's more a center of gravity thing. With the whole column of water leaning to one side and the actusl bottom of the gourd that touches the table so small, the possibility of it tipping over was high😁
Hello! I like to rinse it out with water when done and then keep it open to completely dry out. If you want, you can also rinse with Vodka to help make sure the inside is clean. Come to think of it, vinegar would probably work as well.
growing more gourds and the pipe project sounds really cool. Back in college my friends and I would use pomegranate juice bottles lol. I don't know if we knew what the gourds were or just couldn't get them but a good spray paint and some spackle to bulk it out and give a little better finish. Was a good way to make something passable when we all had no money and only a dorm to work in lol
I covered an empty plastic water bottle with scraps of leather (using E6000). The leather acts as an insulator - I fill the bottle with water and put it in the freezer the night before, and take it out before I leave. It slowly melts all day, and keeps the water nice and cold. If I drink all the water and there's still ice I just fill it up again. I made a holster from other leather scraps, with a belt loop, and a leather tie to keep the top of the bottle in place. But now I want to try making a gourd bottle.
If you make a pipe next year from homegrown gourds, you could do more than just the Sherlock style one. The Lord of the Rings movies would give tons of different styles: hobbit, good wizard, bad wizard, dwarf, men... I can't remember if the orcs smoked or not, though if they did, I imagine you could just find and use a rock with a hole through it! Also, I have that same heat gun.
Try using a butterfly/spade bit to get a large hole in one shot without damage to the gourd... The seeds are also edible (and TASTY)... You can also use nuts (as in nuts and bolts) to remove the inner material...
Remember, if you don't use wax, always wash with boiling water, I use this type of bottle often and boy, I had some heavy infeccions from not cleaning this the right way
I was reading Paraffin wax lasts longer and doesn't leave a possible beeswax aftertaste! That said, this all is the perfect eco-friendly solution, especially if you leave out the leather. I've also heard of ostrich eggs being used! Though I'm unsure of the longevity or weight. Can't believe I've been sleepin on this possibility. More than half a decade and the best eco-friendly solutions I could find were stainless steel waterbottles with a slight hint of unfavorable silicone. This uses none of that, the leather can be left out, and looks so much cooler. I love it. Glad I stumbled upon this
Hey hey! Want to level up my sleight of hands, since it's actually 0. Can you do a video about party tricks? Juggle stuff, a card that disappears... Y'know, the kind of thing that a rogue guild member should be able to do.
