Plastic
6" x 3" x 1"
Lohja, FINLAND

I need a flask, why not? I like having a sip of some booze when it is cold and I am out and about, city or country. Plastic suits me as it is light and non-precious, it looks a bit snob to take out shinny metal gear and obvious too. In this flask I could have a mixed fruit juice! The design has an interesting past and is made by an interesting company. In 1952 Plastex was the first company in Finland to make plastics via blow molding using an injection-molding machine they made themselves. The flask was modeled, as many of their first products were, on existing metal and glass products on the market. Many Finnish people have a story about the flask, some say they used it in the military, others talk about being teenagers and filling it with mixed drinks, some say their kids take it to school with them or on picnics. One story I heard several times was the flask was filled with a soda and alcohol mixture. When it came to drink time, getting it out of the pocket was impossible as it was shaken on the way and because it is plastic it expanded. This is one slight drawback. Getting a drink suddenly meant having to take off ones pants, oh dear, sexy you.