non combat gear

[Iraklitos]

Gourd canteens--good notion--any supporting contemporary evidence?

This is something (along with the other non-combat items) that first came up in a previous thread.

While I've only done the lightest of checking, it really comes down to a 'why not?' type of thing.
#1 there had to be something other than a pottery type. #2 they did have a suitable gourd in ancient Greece that could have been used for this purpose. #3 With just about any culture that had suitable veggies, a hollowed out something was used to transport fluid in. #4 If you can get past the taste of the water, it makes a $uitable alternate to the pottery model offered (a good $20.00 less) and unless you look real close at the Crazy Cow one you'd never know it was made from a gourd as it's shaped just like a normal canteen.

Not the most scientific of reasoning I know.