Whisky Dog® </br><h6>(Whisky vs Whiskey - see below)</h6>
The Whisky Dog® is a unique drinking flask made from copper and brass. According to the Scots: "Originally used by distillery workers in the early 1900s to pilfer drams of whisky from ageing barrels, the dog was fashioned from sheets of steel or copper with a coin welded at one end and a cork in the other." "The thieves would dip the cylinder into the barrel, filling it with whisky, before replacing the stopper. They would then hang the long, cylindrical device down the inside of their trouser leg from a rope tied to their belt to avoid being caught – a crime that carried a sentence of immediate dismissal." "As such the device was named ‘a dog’, because 'it never leaves your side, and is a whisky man’s best friend'." These are hand machined on manual equipment, a patina is applied and they are then finished with vintage brass chain secured in place with copper rivets. The brass belt ring on the chain is also hand machined from 360 brass and is then aged to match. At over 1 pound, th