Some wooden bottles I made

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I saw a thread a while ago on wooden bottles and so since then I turned and carved a few of my own because I thought it was the coolest thing. I'm not sure if this is the appropriate section for this thread and if it isn't mods feel free to move it.

I'm 15 and so my knowledge of power tools isn't very expansive but I am pretty ok with hand carving. These bottles I turned on a wood lathe, then carved if needed, I then drilled out the neck of the bottle. Finally I sanded them with 320 grit and burned in details then stained and rubbed on polyeurethane and sprayed on lacquer.
The rawleighs med was left rougher to give it more of an antiqueish look.
Normally I only carve fish so this was pretty different for me.

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close up of the front sides

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Close up of the backs

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looks like you are a pretty talented person very nice, i am a construction worker and i appreciate good craftmanship, you could make some rare bottle copies for gifts to sell etc, totally cool!!!1
 

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I think you got a wonderful idea there. You need access to some rare pieces and make those. I think you found a way to supplement the hobby! [;)]

Create some inventory and make a website, contact some clubs and direct them there. Custom orders for awards, special occasions, etc.

Man I miss the wood lathe. It is so much fun. Lucky you have access to one.
 

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Nice! You did a great job Erik. Thank you for sharing the pics with us. Paul
 

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Thanks for the suggestions! I probably wont start selling these (if I did) untill I do a fair amount of them. I was thinking of making the rare bottles or even some ginger beer stoneware bottles. I could do this without the bottle but I would need a full size picture and measurements of certain parts so it would be a bit more difficult. I will update this with a few more bottles. Thanks!

Any suggestions on what bottle I should do next?
 

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I say Eric, you are a VERY talented kid!!! Let's see a Hemingray 45...
 

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