Most reenactors follow outdated “campaigner” advice to use a “smoothside” canteen with jeans cover and cloth strap with the usual reproduction stopper tied on with twine. Unfortunately, this type of canteen that has become so common never existed as such during the war,  and only replicates different aspects of numerous canteen contracts.
 
If you've got a "smoothside" canteen with a pewter spout AND a hole punched into one of the sling loops, you have a copy of the type of canteen being contracted for in New York.  We can help you fix it up to match what the most common style of canteen issued in all theaters throughout the war looked like.  Here's what you get:
 
-A blue jeans cover to match the specific material used to cover many of these canteens, with the machine sewing already complete, along with thread and instructions to finish the rest by hand as the covers on original New York canteens were.
-A custom made cork stopper with a rounded brass nut topped with a domed tin washer rather than a cap, with a proper jack chain, as used on New York canteens made from 1861 through 1864.
-A folded and sewn cotton drill strap as used on New York canteens throughout the war.
 
Price includes shipping.  Make sure to include your address with payment.