Gourds as Water Vessels

[Hibernicus]

Been playing about with gourds as water bottles.

Easy enough to work and prep for use. Easier than leather!

We have an electric crock-pot full of beeswax and powdered charcoal for use in making wax tablets. Decided to use this to seal the inside of a gourd. WOW! The water doesn't tast like beeswax, which is a minor problem when using beeswax to seal the Deepeeka "canteen", for example..

The charcoal acts like a sort of filter!

[PhilusEstilius]

I was wondering if you had been looking at the film "THE LIFE of BRIAN," some one wanted to sell a one there it was realy going cheap as well.

[Magnus]

Why gourds? What evidence do you have that the Roman army used gourds for canteens?

See this thread:
http://www.romanarmy.com/rat/viewtopic. ... sc&start=0