Goodbye 2020

It has been one hell of a year. Of all the years I can remember, this is the one where it feels like we’re most in need of kicking back with a good drink, a cigar, and a nice target pistol to relax a bit. So I thought I’d round the year out with a blog post themed with this holy trinity (the good ATF, so good in fact the government needed to devote an entire agency just to stomping it down), and highlight a cool little commission we did.

This project was a bit of a lark. A customer came to us wanting slim non-metallic flask, but a little nicer than your typical cheap disposables. Something cool in which could carry his beverages, whatever they may be, without the issues of induced magnetic fields. Perhaps he likes to drink to calm his nerves while inside an MRI machine? Who am I to judge?

There are a couple plastic options, but somewhat by accident I stumbled across this very nice glass flask sold full of vanilla extract. We all thought the vintage style label was really cool, and better still it is made locally right here in Portland, Maine. So instead of removing the label, we clear-coated it, giving it better resistance to liquids and bonding it more permanently to the bottle. That alone not having quite enough zing, we engraved a filigree wolf’s head on the back. Silvering followed by our logo to the top of the cap rounds out the package.

And there it is. A nifty little project to round out a year when we all need (and probably deserve) a good strong drink. From all of us at STO we want to thank everyone for their patience and continued patronage. It has been a tough year between shipping disruptions, lockdowns, oh yeah and that pesky little “global pandemic” thing. Anyway, from all of us to all of you: thank you, and we wish all of you and your families health and safety in 2021!