I'm wanting to ask an opinion here to my comrades in arms. I stopped by a local thrift store this morning and found something interesting for a couple of $$$. It's an old Italian leather wine...bottle, bladder maybe? It's well made, appears to have a plastic or rubber liner in it, is med to dark brown leather with a plastic spout, and is shaped sort of like an oversized "bota" canteen. It wouldn't take much work to remove the spout and insert a wooden plug. I could wrap a leather thong around the throat at the spout. It held about 2 litres and hasn't leaked as of yet after about 1 1/2 hours. Does this sound like a suitable water bottle or bladder to use? Or would I be better off lettting my son use it as a modern canteen. There were no responses to my original post, so if none to this, I'm going to assume you're all laughing your fool heads off after reading this. 

Daniel

Thanks, Steve. I think I'll try to "git r dun" this weekend. While I'm at it, I'll see if I can get the software downloaded for my new $20 digital camera. Hey, it's cheap, but that leaves me money to spend on stuff I really need. Like reenacting gear! Besides I've got a few things I'd like to show the group and get opinions on.

Daniel

In "Highland Clansman 1689-1746" also by Reid there is an interesting supply list of the early highland independent companies. Might be something there?

Cheers,
Henrik

The bag that you found is called a boda bag. A quick Google search may help you find the origin of it...Eric