I purchased this to complete my Militia kit. I used it at the ceremony commemorating the Battle of Blue Lick. It didn’t leak!!
Very nice canteen, the wood is very light in colour so had a go at staining just very lightly, but the glue used to put them together would not allow stain to take, had to sand hard to remove the glue, not a perfect job but acceptable. I like the wooden bands, I took mine off and tightned slightly, also replaced the black leather strap keepers with light brown veg. strips, just a personal thing. Finished with an application of olive oil. Looks great now.
It is somewhat smaller than other wood canteens, which I considered a plus. The wood takes priming and painting very well and without extra preparation.