Here is a canteen that I made

[Stickman]

Over the past few years I have been learning tinsmithing. Here is a rev war style canteen that I have learned to make.

 

[Stickman]

I hit the button too soon. I took a class at the Campbell Folk School from Harry Krupenbacher and Clinton Pitts to learn tin knocking.

If anyone is interested in tinsmithing I would enjoy talking more about it.

 

[Claude Mathis]

I hit the button too soon.

You have 15 minutes to edit a post. :wink:

 

[BillinOregon]

Stick, nice work, and a nice avocation to learn. Wish there were tin knocking classes way out West here.

 

[Silky921]

Very nice. Everyone could use one out in the woods!

 

[coloradoclyde]

Nice canteen. Where does one get the tin plate and the specialized tools needed.

 

[tenngun]

:thumbsup: :hatsoff: looks great.

 

[satx78247]

VERY NICE.
(I have a 19th Century Welsh miner's "lunch box" with a very similar shape & construction.)

yours, satx

 

[Stickman]

Paul Barnhart, Barnhart Studios, carries a good selection of tinplate, and a lot of other needed supplies.

As for the tools, good luck. I got a few of mine on Ebay before the prices went through the roof. They do not show up in the flea markets around here, but there are some guys online that sell used metalworking machinery. They are not cheap, but better than fighting it out on ebay usually.

The thing that I am learning from books, advise and experience is that a lot of tinsmithing can be done over pieces of pipe, wooden blocks and various found objects. The stakes are great, but not absolutely necessary to get started.

 

[Stickman]

Saxt, boy would I like to see some pictures of that!

 

[satx78247]

I'll see what I can do about getting that chore done. = I don't even own a camera anymore.
(My daughter will likely do it the next time that she visits me.)

Fyi, I paid the princely sum of 5 bucks for it at an estate sale. = The company, that was running the estate sale, was about to trash-can it!
(I wasn't sure what it was & took it to the WITTE MUSEUM & asked the curator of metal objects for an identification.)

yours, satx

 

[pargent]

:applause: :thumbsup:

 

[Alden]

Neat work! Phil always has pineapple juice in his -- I tell him that is subject to spoilage and maybe dissolving the solder!