Wow, I have an ugly mug!

[Nighthawk]

My first mug! The crest is the Polish eagle.









My dad asked me to make this for a friend of his in Poland, who happens to love hand made gifts. Never done one of these before since they are technicly not period for me. I'm really pretty pleased with how it came out!

[thoth51]

Wow, I've never heard of leather mugs til now. Do you actually drink from them?

[artificer]

You HAVE been a busy little beaver!

Very nice carving. I'm sure your pop's friend will be most pleased with the very thoughtful and well crafted gift.

Wow, I've never heard of leather mugs til now. Do you actually drink from them?

You can, but, as they age, you have to drink progressively higher proof beverages to sterilize the interior

I know some re-enactors that do, but I personally prefer leaded crystal for my drink.

[Nighthawk]

Wow, I've never heard of leather mugs til now. Do you actually drink from them?

They need to be lined with pitch or bees wax. I have a chunk of pitch in the mail as we speak. Should be here in a matter of days. These are probably the nicest I've ever seen:

http://www.leathermugs.com/

[Dale Seago]

Wow, I've never heard of leather mugs til now. Do you actually drink from them?

I see. . .You don't know jack.

[Nighthawk]

I see. . .You don't know jack.

Wow! Thanks for that! And as a funny side note, the smiley you use is coded like this:

: hide : Hide. No pun intended, I assume?

Sorry about that, Hawk.

No problem, Ted. It gave me an excuse to use the Commander Sisco facepalm!

[Bugbear]

whoa, freaky... I guess it's like a bota bag mug.

[Bugbear]

Probably a lot better than drinking from your boot.

[Nighthawk]

Probably a lot better than drinking from your boot.

Yeah, I've never tried that! It can't be pleasant!

[macshorty]

The mug looks great!!