Leather Drinking-Vessels

A procedure for making a costrel, based on images of medieval costrels as well as other modern re-creations.

Some history and step-by-step instructions to make a Blackjack by Modar Neznanich

Includes sections on finds from excavations; leathergoods manufacture; knife sheaths; shoes; parchment; books, boxes, & book boxes; and saddlery.

A blog post with photos of leather items found on the Mary Rose (which sank in 1545), including bracers, a mitten, an arrow-spac er, leather bottles and buckets, shoes and boots, scabbards, and pouches.

An in-persona description of the construction of a leather bottle.

A series of articles on medieval leather artifacts, and how to make related items.