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A Bail and Handle

for the Stainless Steel Guyot Bottle

By John D. McCann

I wanted to be able to hang my Guyot bottle over a fire in order to boil water, one of the advantages of having a stainless steel bottle.  The bottle obviously gets hot, and I wanted a way, not only to hang it, but lift it if I set the bottle in the coals of a fire.  So, I modified my bottle for use with a bail, and made a lifting handle.

First the bail. I wanted to drill holes in each side of the lip for a bail... but... because of the way the seal on the cap works, I was afraid it would leak. So... I drilled holes in the larger lip, below the threads, which sticks out further than the threads. I figured I could always use snare wire to fashion a bail, but went ahead and put small split rings through the holes. They can stay on the bottle and do not get in the way of the lid (I use an old plastic Nalgene lid as opposed to the lid that comes with the Guyot bottle, which I feel is too large).

Because the rings lay sideways to the bottle I just fashioned a bail with hooks that go through the split rings. It can be taken off easily and stored in your pack or kit.

Here is a close-up of the split ring through the drilled hole with bail.
 

This shows the split-rings with the cap on.

Here is the Bottle being held by the bail.

Next, I fashioned some 3/32 gauge wire into a shape that would allow me to squeeze the handle so it would open, then close around the neck of the bottle, between the bottle and the larger lip I spoke of previously.

This the holder closed.

This is the holder opened when squeezing the handle.

Handle shown opened around neck of bottle.

Handle shown lifting bottle.

Anyway, pretty simple, but the modifications give a lot more versatility to my stainless steel Guyot bottle.  Hope you enjoyed it and, as always, Be Prepared To Survive!

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