Bottles covered with rope and leather.

I dress bottles with rope and leather.
Dressing things with rope is called "braiding". I did some braiding in the 70s but then stopped for many years. I started again when we started going to the medieval week in Visby. That's when I also started dressing bottles with leather.
The background was that as a "medieval" you might want to bring a bottle with "something" but it's not okay with a regular bottle. The solution was to have a leather flask but there are a couple of disadvantages to that. They are sealed with beeswax and often have a shape that makes it difficult to access and wash them. When it gets hot, there is also a risk that the beeswax softens or even melts and the bottle starts to leak. They also can't handle hot drinks for the same reason. The solution was to dress a regular bottle in rope or leather. I also started mixing rope and leather, which I think makes the best-looking bottles. However, it should be pointed out that leather flasks are the only ones that are truly HK (i.e. Historically Correct).

Covered bottles are very durable. It is usually no problem to drop them on the ground, but you can always be unlucky. The only Achilles heel is around the opening where there is usually some glass visible so that you can drink from the bottle and so that you don't get the rope/leather wet all the time. If the bottle lands on that glass, it will break.