Hand Turned Medieval Beer Tankards

[Lockthegrain]

Dear one and all,

News for all you beer and cider lovers. I am a turner and furniture maker from Northamptonshire. I hand turn medieval style beer tankards, from locally sourced timbers, such and sycamore, cherry, apple, Elm, Oak and even Yew. My Tankards are finish with a food safe finish which last many years. As far as I am aware I am the only one in the country that makes this style of tankard. If you are interested then Please visit my website for further details.

Regards
http://www.lockthegrain.co.uk
James Lock

[Dave B]

They are very nice, but I'm not sure there was any such thing in the medieval period was there?

[acecat999]

Dear one and all,

News for all you beer and cider lovers. I am a turner and furniture maker from Northamptonshire. I hand turn medieval style beer tankards, from locally sourced timbers, such and sycamore, cherry, apple, Elm, Oak and even Yew. My Tankards are finish with a food safe finish which last many years. As far as I am aware I am the only one in the country that makes this style of tankard. If you are interested then Please visit my website for further details.

Regards
http://www.lockthegrain.co.uk
James Lock

isn't Yew toxic?

[Lockthegrain]

Yes Yew is poisonious, the sap and the needles and the husk of the berry... the tankards are sealed.

[Mark Griffin]

Glad to hear they are sealed but apart from coopered mugs (tigg/tygg etc) then i haven't seen anything similar. Unless its in pewter danging from an SK members belt of course.....

But they are nice, good work.

[Mark Griffin]

What there isn't enough of to drink from in the medieval world is nice maple wood mazers....

[Jorge]

What there isn't enough of to drink from in the medieval world is nice maple wood mazers....

Like this? http://www.metmuseum.org/Collections/search-the-collections/70012099?rpp=20&pg=1&rndkey=20121230&ft=*&deptids=17|7&where=United+Kingdom&what=Drinking+vessels&pos=5

[Mark Griffin]

Yes please, I'll have two.

I know Gareth has made some earlier ones with nice silver rims.

They don't have to have fancy rims and decorations, but the right profile and maple ones seem to be v popular.

[Jorge]

Yes please, I'll have two.

I know Gareth has made some earlier ones with nice silver rims.

They don't have to have fancy rims and decorations, but the right profile and maple ones seem to be v popular.

So would I for sure...

I agree with you Mark. Right profile and dimensions, proper wood and I believe a lot of people would have their purse quite ready.

James here, Robin Wood and other wood workers would be perfectly able to make them mazers... Straight, simple ones and, even, fancy silver rimmed ones for the well-off with exquisite tastes...

[Mark Griffin]

You have me going!

Not gallavanting about in a certain kitchen then?

[Jorge]

You have me going!

Not gallavanting about in a certain kitchen then?

Absolutely not... Just advertising the advantages and joys of medieval technology...

[gregory23b]

Mark, he is not who you think he is, unless of course you know Jorge.

[Mark Griffin]

Hic!

[Jorge]

Mark, he is not who you think he is, unless of course you know Jorge.

How many people here, apart from you and me, are called Jorge? You everybody knows. Me, almost all don't. Unless there's somebody here who used to go the annual medieval reenactment meetings in the castle of Terena, in Portugal, some years ago. I run the event along with other OCSP staff.

People from Y Cantreff, Medieval Combat Society, Woodville Household and others, from the UK and other countries alike, attended once, twice or all of the meetings until the event ended.

I've been retired regarding reenactment, but I'm planning to get back to it. I'm particularly interested in the second half of the 15th century, circa 1475.

[gregory23b]

Griff was in his 'copos' and thought you were me. He should have known better.

[Mark Griffin]

hic!

[Jorge]

Griff was in his 'copos' and thought you were me. He should have known better.

Well, it proves he enjoys some of the pleasures of life... That's what's this thread, in a way, is all about... Tankards, or mazers, what are they for?

Cheers, Mark! No problem at all regarding myself. I thought you were just talking to a fellow re-enactor, not to a well known friend of yours. As far as I know the only time we met before was via this selfsame forum, when I PMed you a document regarding King Joao I's jupon.

[Mark Griffin]

A meeting i still cherish!. Sorry, I'm onto the sweet sherry, its that time of the evening....

I'm having to research 1680's dragoons, celtic spears and bronze age axes all at the same time and my head hurts.

[Jorge]

A meeting i still cherish!. Sorry, I'm onto the sweet sherry, its that time of the evening....

I'm having to research 1680's dragoons, celtic spears and bronze age axes all at the same time and my head hurts.

Sherry... Whetting your appetite for dinner, eh?

Good luck with that huge task of yours... That's quite a span of time, indeed!

[Mark Griffin]

doing it round the wrong way, its a post-repast aperitif......

[Colin Middleton]

Yes please, I'll have two.

I know Gareth has made some earlier ones with nice silver rims.

They don't have to have fancy rims and decorations, but the right profile and maple ones seem to be v popular.

I know that Robin Wood does some like the Met example, but they're horrifyingly expensive (it's all that hand-worked silver). I've got one of his un-rimmed ones and it's a little delight to use. Track me down at Kelmarsh and I'll show you (and probably be drinking from it).

Best wishes.