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"Bringing History and Fantasy to life!"

Leather Lore, Inc.

Coopersville MI

(269) 548-7160

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"Anything hand crafted is far more valuable than anything made by a machine. A hand crafted item contains not only the base ingredients but a part of someone's life, their psyche and their dreams."

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Everything here is made to order, but in-stock items are ready for immediate shipping at my Etsy store!

 

      Master Index

      Leather Lore

    Contents

        "Loads of goods for

         Men and Women!"

 

      Renaissance and

      Medieval Goods

       - Armor (men & women),

         Belts, Pouches, Mugs,

         Games, Jerkins, Bottells,

         Cinchers; lots More!

      Pirate Stuff

       - Belts, Baldrics, Bags,

         Gun stuff, much More!

      Studded Items

      Miscellaneous Stuff

      Contact Information

      Ordering

 

        Scroll Down for Master Index!

 

          

    Index

        About Leather Lore

        Aida

        Album, Photo

        Amazon Wear

        Armbands

        Armor, men's

        Armor, women's

        Art, custom

        Awards & Honors

        Bags & Pouches

        Bags, Messenger

        Baldrics

        Bandoliers

        Barbarian Headbands

        Baycrafters Fayre

        Belts

        Belts, Medieval

        Belts, Pirate

        Belt Pouches

        Belt, Santa Claus

        Belts, Studded

        Bertha Brock

        Bikini

        Blackbeard Harness

        Black Rock Fest

        Black Roger

        Black Roger's List

          of Pirate Movies!

        Bodices

        Books & Journals

        Boot Straps

        Bottle Slings

        Bottells

        Bottell Care

        Bracelets

        Bracers

        Bracers of Gondor

        Brethren of the

          Great Lakes

        Bustier

        Buttons

 

        More index below...

How to Order

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         Index

        ...Continued

        Calendar

        Call Me

        Candle Slings

        Canteen

        Captain Jack's

        Captain Morgan

        Care of Bottells

        Care of Leather

        Care of Mugs

        Care of Pitch Items

        Castlevania

        Chain Tops

        Checkers

        Chess Box

        Chokers

        Christmas Deadline

        Cigarette Cases

        Cigar Cases

        Cinchers, Waist

        Cinema Carousel

        Cleaning Leather

        Cloaks

        Club Wear

        Collars

        Colors

        Contact

        Corsets

        Credit Card Orders

        Crowns

        Cuffs

        Custom Art

    

         More index below...

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         Index

        ...Continued

        Dagger Frogge

       Deadlines, order

        Dead Man's Chest

        Decorative Leather

        Ded Engine

        Derbyshire Faire

        Document Case

        Doublets

        Dragon Map

        Dragon Sightings

        Draughts

        Drink items

        Drinking Horns

        E-Mail Us

        Employment

        Engravings

        Entertainers

        Face Hoods

        Facts about Pirates

        Fantasy Pouches

        Fender Bibs

        Ferry, Lake Express

        Films

        Fittings

        Flags, Pirate

        Flask, Leather

        Flintlock Holster

        Flintlock Skirt Hike

        Flintlock Skirt Keeper

        Flowers

        Folder, Document

        Fonts

        FrankenFeast

        Friends

        Frogges, Dagger

        Frogges, Sword

     

        More index below...

       

How to Order

How to Order

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         Index

        ...Continued

        Games

        Game Box

        George, Sir

        Gift Certificates

        Gogo's

        Gothic, sort of

        Greaves

        GVRen

        Hair Keeps

        Halloween Deadline

        Halter Tops

        Hand Gauntlets

        Hand Made

        Hard End Bags

        Harness, Shoulder

        Harness, Sword

        Hangings

        Headbands

        Helms, Medieval

        Hike, Skirt

        Hike, Skirt w/ Gun

        History

        Holster, Flintlock

        Holster, Mini Skirt Hike

        Holster, Mini Skirt Keep

        Home

        Honors & Awards

        Hoods

        Horns, Drinking

        Horn Care

       How to Order

        Huntington Ren

        Index 2

        Insurance, shipping

        Interesting Facts

        Jacks & Mugs

        Jerkins

        Journals & Books

        Just A Few MC

     

        More index below...

          

        Index

        ...Continued

        Keeper, Skirt

        Keeper, Skirt w/ Gun

        Lake Express Ferry

        Leather Care

        Letter of Marque

        Life in the 1500's

        Lighter Cases

        Links

        List of Pirate Movies!

        Magical Amulets

        Mailing List

        Map, Dragon

        Marie Griffon

        Massacre & Feast

        Masks

        Masks, Plague

        Mayfaire Ren Faire

        Medieval

        Medieval Belts

        Medieval Plague Masks

        Medieval Sword Sling

        Messenger Bag

        Mich Ren Fest

        Miscellaneous Items

        Morgan, Captain

        Movies

        Mugs & Jacks

        Mug Care

        Mug Straps

        Musicals

        Nasty Bob

        National Treasure II

        New Jersey Ren

        Newsletter Archive

        Northwood Ren Fest

        Ordering

        Order of Red Raven

      

        More index below...

          

How to Order

How to Order

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        Index

        ...Continued

        Padding, Bracer

        Padding, Cuff

        Pauldrons

        Pentacle Top

        Pewter

        Phone me!

        Photo Album

        Pictures

        Pilgrim, What Is

        Pipe Accessories

        Pirate Baldrics

        Pirate Belts

        Pirate Facts

        Pirate Festivals

        Pirate Movies, List of

      Pirate Stuff

        Pitch Care

        Plague Masks

        Pocket Gun Skirt Hike

        Pocket Gun Skirt Keep

        Port Washington

        Pouches

        Promo Pack

        Prop Work

        Punk

        Purses

        Ravenwood Castle

        Red Raven, order of

        Refund Policy

        Return Policy

        Rings

        Roger, Black

        Roses

        Rum Rack

        Rush Orders

        Santa Claus Belt

        Satchels

        Scabbards

        Scaled Armor Skirt

        Scaled Bracers

        Schedule of Events

        Screen

        She-Ra project

        Shiabruck

        Shipping

        Shoulder Bags

        Shoulder Pauldrons

        Show Schedule

     

        More index below...

          

        Index

        ...Continued

        SilverLeaf Faire

        Sir George

        Sizing & Sizes

        Skirt, Amazon

        Skirt Hike

        Skirt Hike w/ Gun

        Skirt Keeper

        Skirt Keeper w/ Gun

        Skirt, Overskirt

        Skirt, Scaled Armor

        Skirt, Strap Armor

        Skullter top

        Smoker Accessories

        Soft Tops

        Spider chain top

        St. Valentine's Day

        Stage shows

        Strap Armor Skirt

        Stronghold Faire

        Studded Armbands

        Studded Belts

        Studded Bracelets

        Suspenders

        Sword Frogges

        Sword Harness

        Symbols

        Symbols, Medieval

        Telephone me

        Tunics

        Val Day

        Vambraces

        Vendors

        Vessel Care

        Waist Cinchers

        Wallets

        Water Bottle Sling

        Warrior Harness

        Weapon Accessories

        "What is Pilgrim?"

        Wholesale

        Wine Rack

        WMRF

        Women's Clothing

        Wristbands

        Write Me

        Zippo Cases

        Zodiac, signs of the

How to Order

How to Order

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Leather Bottells!

(Yes, that's the spelling!)

Also referred to as Canteens and Flasks

Click here for care instructions

Read the review that Bilgemunky gave the bottells!

Another Customer Daniel Syrcle writes: "What can I say except WOW!  This is by far one of the coolest items I have in my reenactor equipment and was a fantastic value.  I will shop with you again I am sure!  I may be e-mailing you after my first event with the bottle to get info about ordering more.  I love it!  Can't wait to use it!"

    

These are based on actual bottells from the mid 1500's and were in use in various forms for centuries.

Made from leather, and stopped with a wooden stopper, these were commonly used to carry dry and wet goods, such as gunpowder, round shot, and beverages.

Bottells intended for beverages were boiled in wax or lined with Pine Pitch, as are the ones I make.

No unrealistic plastic or resin linings here!

Bottells that carried dry goods were usually unlined. Inspired by relics found aboard the Mary Rose, The bottells that I make are authentic in both process and materials!

Completely hand made and assembled (even hand stitched, unlike everyone elses), these bottells will add a most unique touch to your outfit, whether you're into Renaissance, Civil War, Revolutionary, museum displays or other period reenacting!

Pitch Lined Bottells Wax Boiled Bottells

Classic style - available in different colors (antique mahogany and plain thong straps shown), lined with pitch and stopped with a hand turned wooden stopper.

New style - just as authentic, yet more durable! Boiled and sealed in pure beeswax! Colors of Brown & black only, with a hand turned wooden stopper.

 

Sizes

Bottells come in 3 sizes. Being handmade, they will never exactly match each other, but the capacities are approximately:

Small -- 10 oz. (discontinued)

Medium -- 16 oz.

Large -- 32 oz.

Colors

Wax boiled

These bottells are completely immersed in the wax, which turns the natural color into a medium to dark brown. Any color stain that I use will only turn black in this process, therefore wax boiled bottells are only available in brown and black.

Pitch lined

These bottells are available in different colors, however there are some limitations. Pitch lined bottells can be any color, for the pitch is only applied to the inside. Pictured are Antique Mahogany, Purple (with matching corset), Natural, and Red. click here for other available colors.

Mahogany colored Bottell Matching Purple Bottell and Corset
Natural colored Bottell Red colored Bottell

 

Hand Turned Stopper

I turn these myself. With retaining cord to help prevent losing the stopper!

 

Hand Carved Stopper

I carve these myself. With retaining cord to help prevent losing the stopper!

 

Thonging vs. Shoulder Straps

Bottells come standard with a thong strap. You can get the optional leather strap by adding $14 more to the base price of whatever style of bottell you select! Includes adjustable lace joint.

Prices are as follows:
  Pitch / Wax Unlined
Small ~10 oz. Discontinued
Medium ~16 oz. $69 $64
Large ~32 oz. $74 $69
Strap add $14 add $14

Order your Bottell today!

 

 

 

A small Tale of my pirate personae " Black Roger" and his wife " Moiselle" appears in the Rogue Blades first novel, and again in the third!

A long time friend of Dave the Knave, Black Roger and Moiselle assist Dave with an encounter against the treacherous Captain Stackpoole.

How does it all turn out?

Click here!

 

I listen to the music of

 

 

Miscellaneous and Legal

 

PROTESTERS take notice: Boycotting leather goods will not affect the production of raw leather!

No animals were hurt or killed for the creation of these products; most leather is a by-product of the ginormous meat industry!

If my colleagues and I didn't make stuff out of it, that leather would just get thrown away and wasted.

 

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