Brewer's pitch, flasks, bottles & jacks

Found this cool stuff at the Williamsburg Marketplace and thought it would be neat to try my hand at making them. Anybody else tried to make stuff like this? Any experience with brewer's pitch? I assume you'd have to use vegetable or brain tanned hides and avoid chrome tanned leather. I'm just curious if the pitch taints whatever is in the container. I've been using a bota bag for carrying water and would like to make a leather flask to try.
http://www.williamsburgmarketplace...ange=&langId=-1&sortBy=featured&storeId=10001

 

[tg]

Huberds Shoe Grease will likely work as well as brewers pitch, I have it on good account that it is not toxic and made from bees wax and pine resin plus a couple of other safe goodies, the original maker sold the while works and it was moves to another state I would suspect that the same name was kept, it is also a very good leather treatment and does darken leather a bit.

 

[LRB]

I used it in a leather canteen I made. Works fine and I don't taste it. That said, mine came from Townsend & Son.

 

Sounds good, I'm glad you can't taste it. I might give it a try in the next week or two. Probably try and do an elk hide rifle case first though. Thanks!

 

[Black Hand]

Found this cool stuff at the Williamsburg Marketplace and thought it would be neat to try my hand at making them. Anybody else tried to make stuff like this? Any experience with brewer's pitch? I assume you'd have to use vegetable or brain tanned hides and avoid chrome tanned leather. I'm just curious if the pitch taints whatever is in the container. I've been using a bota bag for carrying water and would like to make a leather flask to try.
http://www.williamsburgmarketplace...ngId=-1&sortBy=featured&storeId=10001[/quote]

Work with Vegetable tan, Brain-tan is too soft. For waterproofing I use beeswax. Done properly, the leather darkens and hardens but doesn't get "cooked". The canteens I make/carry are of 6-7oz veg tan and sewn with linen thread.

 

[Woods Dweller]

I used brewers pitch on my wood canine & wood bucket and I have no problem with it.
brewers pitch looks and smells like pine resin.
http://jas-townsend.com/product_in...d=373&osCsid=65b99653f2d0d5c0190a663e73f2d1e4

 

[DNICK]

Black Hand any chance of a picture and discription on how you made your canteen? thanks Duane

 

[Black Hand]

PM your e-mail and I'll send pictures...

 

Thanks again, guys!