Christopher-

Good (handmade) reproductions of 18th and 19th firebuckets can be gotten from
The Buzzard's Nest in Barhamsville, VA.  A fellow named Bill Rupert makes
them.  The number I have for him is 804-566-2259.  They are made of heavy
harness leather and are sewn together per original examples.  They usually
have a leather-covered rope handle suspended from two brass rings, again per
many original examples.  He then coats the interior with brewer's pitch.  The
brewer's pitch is a little thicker than pine pitch, but it isn't toxic like
the latter.  Tell him Mark Clark sent you.  This will assure that you are
probably charged twice the going rate.  Also, he does, or can have them
painted based on existing buckets, etc.

Mark

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