Speaking of, slightly OT, but whats up with their website?
It's basically empty.
And no reply to e-mails.
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Parafin wax is just for me not so natural.
While you can argue the whole Leather tanning thing is also not so good I hope with the process of waxing I use that I seal off the leather.
Also when soaking the leather before stretching I change the water until it runs clear.
That also gets rid of a lot of what the leather has had applied.
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(aka. Steve Thompson)
"What? this old Loculus? had it years dear."
"Vescere bracis meis" (eat my shorts)
Beeswax is a little more flexible than paraffin usually is. It will crack less, and therefore leak less. Still, a leather canteen lined with wax ought not to be treated roughly, or it may begin to seep water through the cracks.
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I found this photo online. Appears to be in the Antalya Archaeological Museum in Turkey. Has anyone seen this canteen before?
A few months ago I bought a flask from AL-HAMDD TRADING POST. Please note that this is a decoration canteen ..
It turns out that it is unfit for use! There was no any anti corrosion coating from inside! I had to open it (to cut it).
I give it to our blacksmith for tinning. From inside with tin so can be used. I dismantled the bracket and made it with a strap for shoulder using. We installed and a cylinder below (as a basis ) to resembling the original from Mainz. So after much work, frustration ( money spend unnecessarily) we already have two decent canteens.
Here in Bulgaria summer is very hot and the wax will be heat up a lot from the metal surface and the wax will be melt from inside. Maybe this version (with waxy coating from the inside) would be more appropriate for cool northern Europe as Mainz Germany (from were is the find actually).