You have Really become quite the "expert" on Highlander living, clothing, and all things ancient Scots!!! Bravo mate!! I am SO impressed by your knowledge!!!! Thank you most graciously for sharing your knowledge!!
Thanks you from France for your interresting subjet. I apreciate. I made thanks to you my first wood stick (or whatever you call that). I'm very happy to go in Fontainebleau forest with it. I long for the end of the lockdown to go in there again. Thanks as well for the information you give to us about scottland. I long for practicing that next summer in my trecking in Vercors and le Caroux. 2 very lovely place. I'd like once comme in your country and specialy in Snowdown, Lake districk and in Scotland. Go ahead and thanks a lot.
What you need for coating the inside is brewer's pitch. It was used for sealing the inside of canteens, and shouldn't react with your whiskey. Another great video! Keep up the good work! Cheers!
I agree. Beeswax wilt melt in time because of the high alcohol. It will take some time though, but still. Also it's not a bad thing to ingest beeswax. But when high alcohol is used in leather flasks, after a time it will start leaking. Mostly the leather flasks which were coated with beeswax were used for mead or water :)
Or put an acid in it to desolve most of the stuff you don’t want in it and I personally wouldn’t coat it because im not really one for coating things with anything although it’s probably just dumb lol
I make powder Horn's from Buffalo. Really appreciate your work on a Ram's horn, very nice. Think I'll make one out of Buffalo now. Thanks for the great video, just started watching you. Love your traditional clothing and making things in the old ways
Another fascinating video. Two things I wanted to point out first thing is you are spot on with the beeswax being used to coat the inside of a drinking horn. Archaeologists have found beeswax residue in Viking drinking horn‘s and flasks. It’s also been found in other places as well. One thing I wanted to say about the way that the horn was shaped is have you ever heard of steaming an animal horn to shape it? Much the same as shipfitters steamed wood to bend it long before that they used steam from kettle boiling to shape an animal horn. Sometimes you would drop it into the boiling water for a few minutes and then bring it right out and he would take a gently tapered would Steve or wedge or peg whatever you want to call it and slowly using a mallet or other tools forced around end of the stick into the animal horn to open up the mouth a bit wider. You had to do this a little at a time and gently but it works. I’ve seen it done. As far as the glue I can tell you from experience there are two types of glue that are natural that work like a charm. One of them you already used which was pine pitch the other one is Birch tar which states all the way back to prehistoric times in its use. All that being said I think you did a fine job on your drinking horn. One thing I might add as an afterthought is sometimes a wood stopper can wear out it is always a useful thing to know how to add a very stained strip of leather or soft tanned animal hide around the stopper if it starts to leak. You can use some more of your glue to do that. Or you can just use beeswax to make it sticky and wrap it around the stopper I get a better seal when the weather conditions are changing and causes the wood to shrink or swell.
On a sidenote I would say the favorite whiskey I’ve had from Scotland so far is one called Loch Dhu and my favorite Irish whiskey is called Tyrconnell but to each their own :-)
Thanks for the info mate. Yeah I have heard of people shaping horn that way but havnt tried it yet. The seal on this flask isnt the best. I wil need to think of something better next time
The construction of horns for Whiskey or rum in the Americas was essentially the same as a horn made for gun powder. Rum horns were also made fro cattle horns too. Though there were often made from the base section of the horn with the tip removed creating a little drum like container with mainly wood plugs either finely or crudely finished the the inside waterproofed with pitch or wax.
Excellent work. My late father's uncle Tam was one of the last drovers , he used to drive the cattle down to Stirling and Falkirk , my day was born in 1919 so can only guess when uncle Tam was about.
From using many primitive canteens and other fluid containers I've front rubbing the bees wax down the entire stopper makes a tighter seal. Great video, thanks
Hey Tom, I'm hoping you'll see this. I've got a theory and some observations on the wet plaid debate. I think first of all that it will greatly depend on the conditions. here in Eastern Ontario and elsewhere in the colder climates we see a similar process. When it's really cold you'll see animals, buffalo, cattle, horse, etc, who live out of doors with a coat of ice on them. Now instinctively we would think they'd be freezing, but if you can get up to them and reach a hand under the ice you'll realize that the ice forms a windbreak on their back to prevent the wind from robbing the heat, and a insulated air pocket that will hold their body heat. I have done this experiment with myself recently: I went skiing wearing my usual plaid coat. Because the coat is a loose flannel like materiel it naturally picked up the snow in the normal course of snowfall (and a few falls on the hill). It was cold enough combined with the wind to freeze the snow and ice into a hard shell on the outside of the jacket which made it almost completely wind-proof. Because of this I was very nice and warm, until I went into the chalet. At this point the snow and ice melted and soaked into the coat and when I went back out for a few minutes to talk to a friend, I nearly froze. How I think this relates to wetting a plaid for warmth: I suspect it works the same way, the wool that they would have had would still have been full of lanolin which would have made it water resistant. So when you throw the plaid onto the puddle it will float on the surface briefly, allowing you to whip it off the puddle and wrap it around yourself, producing a film of water on the outside. In weather suitably adverse this water would freeze before it could soak into the wool forming the same shell of ice. In order to test it I would recommend starting with a spray bottle. Get someone to spritz water onto the plaid while it's on you. I expect it would work better the colder it is, it would at least have to be cold enough to freeze the water before it can soak into the fabric. I hope that this is of some use to you if you see it and try it.
Hi There! Thanks for the info! I really appreciate it. I will try out some of the things you said. Also someone recently recommended a book that mentions Highlanders doing it. I will need to read and see what detail they say :)
Thank you for sharing a bit of the history about the Drovers I'm sure those books are probably pretty interesting I did see in my book of clothing the there's an old sketch of a theatre outfit of the Highlanders in a Theatre poster and they have a ram's horn flask that's got a little string slung over the shoulder but I think that like any fashion people always improvise what is most convenient or suitable for them. Thank you for sharing your how you made it an the glue was very interesting I must say it you've made it really really well the drawings I have are not detailed. I'll share with you a story from the scriptures about the living Waters it's quite long so only if you have time if my computer and internet connection permit me : John Chapter 4 when therefore the Lord knew how the pharisees had heard that Jesus made and baptize more disciples than John (the Jesus himself baptized not but his disciples) he left Judea and departed again into Galilee and he must needs go through Samaria then he came to a city called Samaria which is called sych aar near to the parcel of ground at Jacob gave to his son Joseph . now Jacob's Well was there. Jesus therefore being where it with his journey sat thus on the well: and it was about the sixth hour there came a woman from Samaria to draw water: Jesus said to her give me something to drink( for his disciples were gone away into the city to buy meat) then the woman of Samira said unto him how is it that you being a Jew ask a drink of me which am a woman of Samaria? For the Jews have no dealings with the Samaritans. Jesus answered and said unto her if knewest was the gift of God who it is that saith unto thee give me to drink thou w o u l d e s t have asked of him and he would have given thee living water. The woman said unto him thou hast nothing to draw within and the well is deep from whenc hast thou that living water ? Are you greater than our father Jacob who gave us this well and drink there of himself and his children and his cattle ? Jesus answered and said unto her whoever drinks of this water shell thirst again : but Who ever drinks of the water that I shall give him shall never thirst ; but the water that I shall give him shall be in him a well of water springing up into everlasting life. The women said unto him sir give me this water that I thirst not neither come hither to draw. Jesus said unto Her Go call the husband and come here. the woman answered and said I have no husband: Jesus said unto her the you have well said" I have no husband": on for you have had five husbands; and he Who you now have is not the husband : in that sayeth t h o u truly. The woman said unto him sir I perceive that thou a r t a prophet. Our fathers worshiped in this mountain ; and you say that in Jerusalem is the place where men ought to worship . Jesus said unto her women believe me the hour Cometh when yee shall neither in this mountain- nor yet in Jerusalem worship the father you know not what we know what you worship for salvation is of the Jews but the hour Cometh and now is that the true worshippers shall worship the father in spirit and truth for the father's 6 seeketh such to worship him God is spirit : and they that worship him must worship him in spirit and truth. The woman says unto him I know that messiah's Cometh which is called Christ : and he when he is come he will tell us all things. Jesus said unto her I that speak into you am he. and upon this came his disciples and marvelled that he talked with the woman : yet no man said what do you seek? Or why are you talking with her ? the woman left her water pot went away into the city and said to the men come and see a man which told me all things that ever I did is not this the Christ ? then they went out of the city and came unto him in the meanwhile his disciples prayed him saying master eat but he said unto them I have meat to eat that you know not of there for said the disciples one to another has any man bought him ought to eat? Jesus said unto them my meat is to do the will of him that sent me and to finish his work. Say y e not there are four months and then Cometh harvest? Behold I say 2 you lift up your eyes and look on the fields; for they are white already to harvest. And he that reapers receivers wages and gatherers fruit unto eternal life : that both he that soweth and he that reaps May rejoice together and herein is that saying true one sows and another reapeth. I sent you to reap that were on you bestowed no labour : other men laboured and you have entered into their labours. and many of the Samaritans of that city believed on him for the saying of the woman which testified " he told me all that ever I did" so when the Samaritans were come unto to him they sought him that he would t a r r y with them: and he abode there with them two days and many more believed because of his own word; and said unto the woman now we believe not because of what you said for we have heard him ourselves and know that this is indeed is the Christ the Savior of the world. I don't know if the water of life taste like sheep :-) haha Jesus is the lamb of God that takes away the sins of the world he said unless we eat his flesh and drink his blood we can have no part in him no I'm just playing around thank you so much for sharing that often the Bushmen use ostrich eggs or calabashes to stillwater the Ostrich eggs are often buried under the sand to keep it cool. I hope you are well thank you for another excellent video for sharing all your knowledge. Oops I wrote it in the comment of the comment section but the comment above is quite interesting thank you for sharing that I suppose whiskey would have been used as an antiseptic on wounds and things like that. And maybe even to purify water or a pure source of something to drink the Apostle Paul said to Timothy drink a little wine for your frequent ailments
Love the content man. I'm not Scottish (23 and me said 2% so I don't really count it) but your videos have gotten me back in touch with my roots in nature. I haven't done any type of bushcraft since my great grandpa passed because I didn't really have anyone that I could learn from. There's plenty of teachers out there, their teaching just doesn't seem to stay in my head all that well. Your teachings do. Thank you!
Aunque no tomo whiskey debo reconocer que hiciste un gran trabajo artesanal con todos productos artesanales naturales, buen trabajo, saludos desde Uruguay 🇺🇾 gracias
You'd manage to get the flask tight by widening the spout a bit and giving the stopper a wrapping of waxed hemp thread all the way down in the same way yiu'd make the joints of drones, chanter and blowpipe airtight in a set of pipes. It takes a bit of practice and some tricks o' the trade to get this right but any piper will be able to show you how it's done. After having done this for more than 40 years on my set of Uilleann Pipes I can guarantee you that you can get a seal that moves in and out effortlessly and is airtight (no angels' share here) and will prevent the flask from dripping. Greetings from Germany Lang may yer lum reek!
Very cool video, I enjoyed it a lot. I think if I make one, I'll use a horn from a Longhorn Cattle, indigenous to Texas. The horns are about 3 feet long and should hold a gallon or so, perfect for a weekend bonfire shindig.
Rick Lambott Cattle _(Bos taurus)_ are an “Old World” species, and thus cannot be native to Texas. Longhorn cattle were the most common type of cattle in England until the shorthorn took over in the 19th century.
you also need to remember that the whiskey would have been in the flask at barrel proof (about 60-65%ABV) so if you wanted a 40% drink then you would need to add 30mls of water to it for a total of 70ml of 40%ABV in the flask. or if you wanted a more smooth tastier dram at 25% ABV you'd add 60ml of water for a total of 100ml of drink from the flask.. so not quite as bad as you think when you hear "only hold 40mls or so"
I don't drink anymore, but this would be perfect for an herbal energy elixir... I love hiking in the woods with natural travelers gear, so this would be perfect! I can even fashion a walking stick to have it displayed upon!
Good work dude! Hope you keep going with this series, there’s so much to cover! I love seeing the wilderness of Scotland it’s incredible! You should consider trekking around Scotland for a week or two filming it that would be unreal!
Brilliant channel content, very interesting and educational, i love the old Highland ways of living and your country, magnificent scenery everywhere, thank you for your efforts and keep em coming 👌
That turned out great Tom. I filed away all the useful knowledge of the various steps, especially the pine pitch glue. Never know when a character in one of my novels will need make something like that.
Great video. Love the mix of history, and craftmanship. Perhaps do one on making the leather flask you show in other videos. Thanks for sharing you research and knowledge. Perhaps publish a list of your videos with links.
Great video, it has given me some good ideas for the use of some rams horns I have... Also something that works better than bees wax is brewers pitch which is food safe and more stable than bees wax...
If you made the cap to fit the size of the opening (wider) you could use it to store or hold anything instead of just for straight whiskey. You could put fire starter, beans, herbs, treasures, oil, ect in it
Wonderful Tom, that flask was probably as close to the real thing as anyone could get. The British Museum in London may have a flask in it's vault that you could compare to yours. It would be an interesting video if they had one. Cheers from another Tom in another London.
@@FandabiDozi Depending on the price, I'd be interested. :) Loving the Highland series - huge history and bushcrafting nut here. You should think about other historical periods as well. Could make for great series: do the research, show the research, show the how-to. :)
Hi if you put a binding half way up your flask , then takit over your glued in top like round the shoulder and back down to the Binding up one side down the other then the same thing across the other side tie the bindings together it will keep your your top pulled down and less chance of the glue only holding it from coming away you will realise the binding put on wet will dry tight brilliant series , you could look to Norway perhaps also for information as some of the clan donald is thought to come from there , besides we would have traded with them , its with the addition of a rudder almost certainly where we got our Highlands galleys from am sure you will know a lot more than i but if any little bit helps then its all good .
wow! that turned out really well, and great to see a detailed description … I think I'll stick to having my whisky out a bottle though, not enough in the Ramshorn to warm my cockles... ; )
Slàinte mhath!!! Awesome video as always, and great whiskey horn. Between you and Bjorn Bull-Hansen, I can feel my heritage coming alive, and I fucking love it mate. Keep up the great work!
I am so impressed * What a wonderful/tactile thing. Stumbled across your channel & have now subscribed :-) Thank you so much for all your time , effort & skill in sharing. Sending well wishes from Scotland *
You have Really become quite the "expert" on Highlander living, clothing, and all things ancient Scots!!! Bravo mate!! I am SO impressed by your knowledge!!!! Thank you most graciously for sharing your knowledge!!
Thanks very much :) You are very welcome :)
That horn and wood went together beautifully, amazing work.
"Me whisky does taste like sheep" The most scotish thing i heard today
Thanks you from France for your interresting subjet. I apreciate. I made thanks to you my first wood stick (or whatever you call that). I'm very happy to go in Fontainebleau forest with it. I long for the end of the lockdown to go in there again. Thanks as well for the information you give to us about scottland. I long for practicing that next summer in my trecking in Vercors and le Caroux. 2 very lovely place. I'd like once comme in your country and specialy in Snowdown, Lake districk and in Scotland. Go ahead and thanks a lot.
What you need for coating the inside is brewer's pitch. It was used for sealing the inside of canteens, and shouldn't react with your whiskey. Another great video! Keep up the good work! Cheers!
I agree. Beeswax wilt melt in time because of the high alcohol.
It will take some time though, but still.
Also it's not a bad thing to ingest beeswax. But when high alcohol is used in leather flasks, after a time it will start leaking. Mostly the leather flasks which were coated with beeswax were used for mead or water :)
They can be treated with a type of alcohol. I learned that bit from the man i bought my drinking horn from. Mine is beeswax treated
Or put an acid in it to desolve most of the stuff you don’t want in it and I personally wouldn’t coat it because im not really one for coating things with anything although it’s probably just dumb lol
I make powder Horn's from Buffalo. Really appreciate your work on a Ram's horn, very nice. Think I'll make one out of Buffalo now. Thanks for the great video, just started watching you. Love your traditional clothing and making things in the old ways
You did a terrific job
Another fascinating video. Two things I wanted to point out first thing is you are spot on with the beeswax being used to coat the inside of a drinking horn. Archaeologists have found beeswax residue in Viking drinking horn‘s and flasks. It’s also been found in other places as well. One thing I wanted to say about the way that the horn was shaped is have you ever heard of steaming an animal horn to shape it? Much the same as shipfitters steamed wood to bend it long before that they used steam from kettle boiling to shape an animal horn. Sometimes you would drop it into the boiling water for a few minutes and then bring it right out and he would take a gently tapered would Steve or wedge or peg whatever you want to call it and slowly using a mallet or other tools forced around end of the stick into the animal horn to open up the mouth a bit wider. You had to do this a little at a time and gently but it works. I’ve seen it done. As far as the glue I can tell you from experience there are two types of glue that are natural that work like a charm. One of them you already used which was pine pitch the other one is Birch tar which states all the way back to prehistoric times in its use. All that being said I think you did a fine job on your drinking horn. One thing I might add as an afterthought is sometimes a wood stopper can wear out it is always a useful thing to know how to add a very stained strip of leather or soft tanned animal hide around the stopper if it starts to leak. You can use some more of your glue to do that. Or you can just use beeswax to make it sticky and wrap it around the stopper I get a better seal when the weather conditions are changing and causes the wood to shrink or swell.
On a sidenote I would say the favorite whiskey I’ve had from Scotland so far is one called Loch Dhu and my favorite Irish whiskey is called Tyrconnell but to each their own :-)
Thanks for the info mate. Yeah I have heard of people shaping horn that way but havnt tried it yet. The seal on this flask isnt the best. I wil need to think of something better next time
Use whiskey 'sparingly'?
Use 'e' sparingly too!
++@@StrathpefferJunction++ Yea, the one with an "e" is Irish.
John Smith and american
@@JohnSmith-pd1fz The E stands for excellence. ;)
It can dehydrate you if you drink too much of it.
I like that you connect historical facts with the outdoors and bushcraft lifestyle.
The construction of horns for Whiskey or rum in the Americas was essentially the same as a horn made for gun powder. Rum horns were also made fro cattle horns too. Though there were often made from the base section of the horn with the tip removed creating a little drum like container with mainly wood plugs either finely or crudely finished the the inside waterproofed with pitch or wax.
Excellent work. My late father's uncle Tam was one of the last drovers , he used to drive the cattle down to Stirling and Falkirk , my day was born in 1919 so can only guess when uncle Tam was about.
From using many primitive canteens and other fluid containers I've front rubbing the bees wax down the entire stopper makes a tighter seal.
Great video, thanks
Well, looks like I've a new project to tend to! That's a beautiful flask, and I'll have my own within the week since I've already got the supplies
Hey Tom, I'm hoping you'll see this.
I've got a theory and some observations on the wet plaid debate. I think first of all that it will greatly depend on the conditions. here in Eastern Ontario and elsewhere in the colder climates we see a similar process. When it's really cold you'll see animals, buffalo, cattle, horse, etc, who live out of doors with a coat of ice on them. Now instinctively we would think they'd be freezing, but if you can get up to them and reach a hand under the ice you'll realize that the ice forms a windbreak on their back to prevent the wind from robbing the heat, and a insulated air pocket that will hold their body heat.
I have done this experiment with myself recently: I went skiing wearing my usual plaid coat. Because the coat is a loose flannel like materiel it naturally picked up the snow in the normal course of snowfall (and a few falls on the hill). It was cold enough combined with the wind to freeze the snow and ice into a hard shell on the outside of the jacket which made it almost completely wind-proof. Because of this I was very nice and warm, until I went into the chalet. At this point the snow and ice melted and soaked into the coat and when I went back out for a few minutes to talk to a friend, I nearly froze.
How I think this relates to wetting a plaid for warmth: I suspect it works the same way, the wool that they would have had would still have been full of lanolin which would have made it water resistant. So when you throw the plaid onto the puddle it will float on the surface briefly, allowing you to whip it off the puddle and wrap it around yourself, producing a film of water on the outside. In weather suitably adverse this water would freeze before it could soak into the wool forming the same shell of ice.
In order to test it I would recommend starting with a spray bottle. Get someone to spritz water onto the plaid while it's on you. I expect it would work better the colder it is, it would at least have to be cold enough to freeze the water before it can soak into the fabric.
I hope that this is of some use to you if you see it and try it.
Hi There! Thanks for the info! I really appreciate it. I will try out some of the things you said. Also someone recently recommended a book that mentions Highlanders doing it. I will need to read and see what detail they say :)
Thank you for sharing a bit of the history about the Drovers I'm sure those books are probably pretty interesting I did see in my book of clothing the there's an old sketch of a theatre outfit of the Highlanders in a Theatre poster and they have a ram's horn flask that's got a little string slung over the shoulder but I think that like any fashion people always improvise what is most convenient or suitable for them. Thank you for sharing your how you made it an the glue was very interesting I must say it you've made it really really well the drawings I have are not detailed. I'll share with you a story from the scriptures about the living Waters it's quite long so only if you have time if my computer and internet connection permit me : John Chapter 4 when therefore the Lord knew how the pharisees had heard that Jesus made and baptize more disciples than John (the Jesus himself baptized not but his disciples) he left Judea and departed again into Galilee and he must needs go through Samaria then he came to a city called Samaria which is called sych aar near to the parcel of ground at Jacob gave to his son Joseph . now Jacob's Well was there. Jesus therefore being where it with his journey sat thus on the well: and it was about the sixth hour there came a woman from Samaria to draw water: Jesus said to her give me something to drink( for his disciples were gone away into the city to buy meat) then the woman of Samira said unto him how is it that you being a Jew ask a drink of me which am a woman of Samaria? For the Jews have no dealings with the Samaritans. Jesus answered and said unto her if knewest was the gift of God who it is that saith unto thee give me to drink thou w o u l d e s t have asked of him and he would have given thee living water. The woman said unto him thou hast nothing to draw within and the well is deep from whenc hast thou that living water ? Are you greater than our father Jacob who gave us this well and drink there of himself and his children and his cattle ? Jesus answered and said unto her whoever drinks of this water shell thirst again : but Who ever drinks of the water that I shall give him shall never thirst ; but the water that I shall give him shall be in him a well of water springing up into everlasting life. The women said unto him sir give me this water that I thirst not neither come hither to draw. Jesus said unto Her Go call the husband and come here. the woman answered and said I have no husband: Jesus said unto her the you have well said" I have no husband": on for you have had five husbands; and he Who you now have is not the husband : in that sayeth t h o u truly. The woman said unto him sir I perceive that thou a r t a prophet. Our fathers worshiped in this mountain ; and you say that in Jerusalem is the place where men ought to worship . Jesus said unto her women believe me the hour Cometh when yee shall neither in this mountain- nor yet in Jerusalem worship the father you know not what we know what you worship for salvation is of the Jews but the hour Cometh and now is that the true worshippers shall worship the father in spirit and truth for the father's 6 seeketh such to worship him God is spirit : and they that worship him must worship him in spirit and truth. The woman says unto him I know that messiah's Cometh which is called Christ : and he when he is come he will tell us all things. Jesus said unto her I that speak into you am he. and upon this came his disciples and marvelled that he talked with the woman : yet no man said what do you seek? Or why are you talking with her ? the woman left her water pot went away into the city and said to the men come and see a man which told me all things that ever I did is not this the Christ ? then they went out of the city and came unto him in the meanwhile his disciples prayed him saying master eat but he said unto them I have meat to eat that you know not of there for said the disciples one to another has any man bought him ought to eat? Jesus said unto them my meat is to do the will of him that sent me and to finish his work. Say y e not there are four months and then Cometh harvest? Behold I say 2 you lift up your eyes and look on the fields; for they are white already to harvest. And he that reapers receivers wages and gatherers fruit unto eternal life : that both he that soweth and he that reaps May rejoice together and herein is that saying true one sows and another reapeth. I sent you to reap that were on you bestowed no labour : other men laboured and you have entered into their labours. and many of the Samaritans of that city believed on him for the saying of the woman which testified " he told me all that ever I did" so when the Samaritans were come unto to him they sought him that he would t a r r y with them: and he abode there with them two days and many more believed because of his own word; and said unto the woman now we believe not because of what you said for we have heard him ourselves and know that this is indeed is the Christ the Savior of the world. I don't know if the water of life taste like sheep :-) haha Jesus is the lamb of God that takes away the sins of the world he said unless we eat his flesh and drink his blood we can have no part in him no I'm just playing around thank you so much for sharing that often the Bushmen use ostrich eggs or calabashes to stillwater the Ostrich eggs are often buried under the sand to keep it cool. I hope you are well thank you for another excellent video for sharing all your knowledge. Oops I wrote it in the comment of the comment section but the comment above is quite interesting thank you for sharing that I suppose whiskey would have been used as an antiseptic on wounds and things like that. And maybe even to purify water or a pure source of something to drink the Apostle Paul said to Timothy drink a little wine for your frequent ailments
Love the content man. I'm not Scottish (23 and me said 2% so I don't really count it) but your videos have gotten me back in touch with my roots in nature. I haven't done any type of bushcraft since my great grandpa passed because I didn't really have anyone that I could learn from. There's plenty of teachers out there, their teaching just doesn't seem to stay in my head all that well. Your teachings do. Thank you!
Hi mate! So glad to hear the videos are of use to you :) Keep practicing and you'll get back into it :)
Aunque no tomo whiskey debo reconocer que hiciste un gran trabajo artesanal con todos productos artesanales naturales, buen trabajo, saludos desde Uruguay 🇺🇾 gracias
Thank You! Can just imagine after a hard day of Droving, taking a wee sip from the horn.
You'd manage to get the flask tight by widening the spout a bit and giving the stopper a wrapping of waxed hemp thread all the way down in the same way yiu'd make the joints of drones, chanter and blowpipe airtight in a set of pipes. It takes a bit of practice and some tricks o' the trade to get this right but any piper will be able to show you how it's done. After having done this for more than 40 years on my set of Uilleann Pipes I can guarantee you that you can get a seal that moves in and out effortlessly and is airtight (no angels' share here) and will prevent the flask from dripping.
Greetings from Germany
Lang may yer lum reek!
No matter when I find one of your videos, always worth it, Fandabi. Thanks.
Now off to find a few horns for crafting.
This has to be one of the coolest ways to carry whiskey.
Great project, and very well executed!
Very cool video, I enjoyed it a lot. I think if I make one, I'll use a horn from a Longhorn Cattle, indigenous to Texas. The horns are about 3 feet long and should hold a gallon or so, perfect for a weekend bonfire shindig.
Rick Lambott
Cattle _(Bos taurus)_ are an “Old World” species, and thus cannot be native to Texas. Longhorn cattle were the most common type of cattle in England until the shorthorn took over in the 19th century.
Hello from San Antonio. In Scotland we also have what we call "muckle coos" see ua-cam.com/video/lFKLRU5cIE4/v-deo.html
might wanna have a look at 'mysk oxe' whilst you're at it :)
you also need to remember that the whiskey would have been in the flask at barrel proof (about 60-65%ABV) so if you wanted a 40% drink then you would need to add 30mls of water to it for a total of 70ml of 40%ABV in the flask. or if you wanted a more smooth tastier dram at 25% ABV you'd add 60ml of water for a total of 100ml of drink from the flask.. so not quite as bad as you think when you hear "only hold 40mls or so"
You forgot a positive: it’s freaking awesome! I really want to make one of these myself now. Thank you for the inspiration!
Very cool . Love it. Great information.
Great video, and your craftsmanship for the spout is amazing. I really appreciate how its all out of natural materials. Looks great!
How could anyone thumbs down this video . Great job on the horn . I have to give er a try . Thanks
answered my question before i asked it!! thanks tom!! epic build!!
I don't drink anymore, but this would be perfect for an herbal energy elixir... I love hiking in the woods with natural travelers gear, so this would be perfect! I can even fashion a walking stick to have it displayed upon!
The whiskey does not tastes like sheep! Best man!
Good work dude! Hope you keep going with this series, there’s so much to cover! I love seeing the wilderness of Scotland it’s incredible! You should consider trekking around Scotland for a week or two filming it that would be unreal!
Patience, ingenuity and a lot of thought. Good stuff and well worth the dram at the end!
Brilliant channel content, very interesting and educational, i love the old Highland ways of living and your country, magnificent scenery everywhere, thank you for your efforts and keep em coming 👌
Love you highlander series! I’m always looking for more videos on traditional gear.
That turned out great Tom. I filed away all the useful knowledge of the various steps, especially the pine pitch glue. Never know when a character in one of my novels will need make something like that.
Well done again, nice to see skills put together for something new
Very cool horn it looks great! Thank you for sharing.
Great video. Love the mix of history, and craftmanship. Perhaps do one on making the leather flask you show in other videos. Thanks for sharing you research and knowledge. Perhaps publish a list of your videos with links.
Beautiful whittling skills!
I’ve only recently discovered your videos and can I just say that each and everyone of them I’ve Watch so far are fantastic well done 😊
Great video, it has given me some good ideas for the use of some rams horns I have... Also something that works better than bees wax is brewers pitch which is food safe and more stable than bees wax...
I really appreciate your Highlander series, very nice job on the flask, and thanks for the awesome content!
Another great video! Thanks !! Please keep it up!
If you made the cap to fit the size of the opening (wider) you could use it to store or hold anything instead of just for straight whiskey. You could put fire starter, beans, herbs, treasures, oil, ect in it
Wicked cool, I love watching you make fabulous content
Wonderful Tom, that flask was probably as close to the real thing as anyone could get. The British Museum in London may have a flask in it's vault that you could compare to yours. It would be an interesting video if they had one. Cheers from another Tom in another London.
Oh interesting. I will try look into that! Thank you :D
Excellent video - well done on the construction of the flask it looks brilliant.
Ingenious and beautiful work! Cheers!
I make blackpowder powder flasks out of them, never thought of making a whiskey flask, great idea, thx.
Excellent little flask! Well done
That was some damn fine fitting
You had me at “whiskey”!!! Awesome video as always! Cheers all the way from Utah!
I want to be a Highlander after watching your videos great job
very well done sir , your carving skills are quite adequate . nice work
Great vids lad, keep 'em coming.
Another great video. Thanks for the info on the books. I plan to get a copy of Highland Folk Ways.
Well done Tom!
AMAZING ART WORK MY FRIEND!!
GREAT JOB!!
Wonderful and a beautiful flask! You should consider selling them! :D
If I could make them faster and easier then maybe :) Thanks for watching :D
@@FandabiDozi Depending on the price, I'd be interested. :) Loving the Highland series - huge history and bushcrafting nut here. You should think about other historical periods as well. Could make for great series: do the research, show the research, show the how-to. :)
Hi if you put a binding half way up your flask , then takit over your glued in top like round the shoulder and back down to the Binding up one side down the other then the same thing across the other side tie the bindings together it will keep your your top pulled down and less chance of the glue only holding it from coming away you will realise the binding put on wet will dry tight brilliant series , you could look to Norway perhaps also for information as some of the clan donald is thought to come from there , besides we would have traded with them , its with the addition of a rudder almost certainly where we got our Highlands galleys from am sure you will know a lot more than i but if any little bit helps then its all good .
My MacDougal ancestors likewise were thought to have descended from Norway. This looks like a fun project. Well Done!
You are such an Excellent Carver and all around fantastic/ingenious object maker!!!!!
Nice work. Looking forward to videos about Scottish cowboys now.
Another great video - thank you once again. Cheers. Nigel
yet again , a great video , very informative . thank you and keep up the good work young man
I love this series !
Beautiful and impressive! Awesome job!
This is very nicely done~!
Beautiful work !
Very, very interesting. Great video. Take care.
Brilliant! Well done 👍
wow! that turned out really well, and great to see a detailed description … I think I'll stick to having my whisky out a bottle though, not enough in the Ramshorn to warm my cockles... ; )
AWESOME VIDEO!!! Keep them coming good Sir!
I want one too! Starting to look for materials soon! Thank you mate!
Whisky galore 👍🏻😄 Great wee video!
When are you going to make a video about the ancient Scottish tradition of downing 3 bottles of buckfast tonic wine in under ten minutes?
Yaaaaas!!! DROVER VIDEOS PLEASE!!!!
This is really cool! Great work
Thank you for doing this, I enjoy watching your channel
very awesome. thanks Tom
Excellent idea!!!! Lokks SO cool!!!
That came out very good.
A beautiful end result
Awesome. Great job, man!
"And it doesn't taste like sheep, which is good." LOL! 'Interesting video. Thanks!
Excellent, that's a great little flask, Nice :) ATB.
This was another great and informative video. Loved it.
That is awesome, going to try and make one myself 👍🏼👍🏼
Slàinte mhath!!! Awesome video as always, and great whiskey horn. Between you and Bjorn Bull-Hansen, I can feel my heritage coming alive, and I fucking love it mate. Keep up the great work!
Great to hear :) Thanks buddy!
Thanks realy good... yes please on the history and medical use use of whiskey..
Beautiful job
Nicely done. Cheers!
I am so impressed * What a wonderful/tactile thing. Stumbled across your channel & have now subscribed :-) Thank you so much for all your time , effort & skill in sharing. Sending well wishes from Scotland *
Just found this channel and I seriously love the name!
looks amazing, always really interesting content! looking forward to your next vid! :)
great skills dude, nice fit on that spout
Very cool! Doc Ink sent me your way!
If you made these, people would probably buy them. I know I would!
Another great video thanks for sharing
Nicely done! Now I want to get myself a rams horn and try this. LOL