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pesky quiver
nugget:
I hate quivers. I have yet to find one that suits me. I have tried most all styles. I am a tall and wide, so my quiver snags on everything when walking through brush. All that said I tend to lean towards the plains style quiver or one that is similar to that style.
Bentstick81:
When you guys use the Plains style quiver, does your feathers get matted down while laying on top of one another in the quiver? Wife has a soft leather coat that is old, and she doesn't wear any more, thought about trying to build one, myself. ;)
woodstick:
i had a back quiver and didnt like it, it r4estricted my arm movement when shooting, pat made me a nice coydog quiver the hangs on my side and luv it.
Pat B:
Put the seam on the top of the quiver and add a stiffener stick along that seam. This will allow the quiver to "purse" along the bottom allowing for more room for the arrows. A little matting of the feathers shouldn't hurt their flight if they normally fly well from the bow.
On Tim's(Woodstick) coyote quiver I put the seam on the bottom of the quiver because I wanted the hair to lay down and back(as it did on the coyote). For his I added extra leather inside over the stitching not only to make it "purse" correctly but also to protect the stitching from the sharp arrow heads.
ShinneryOak:
Bentstick81, Found the chapter on quivers by Jay Massey. Volume 2 of Traditional Bowyer's Bible, chap. 12, "Quivers and Other Gear". The pattern I used is on page 303. Like PatB said, you need a stiffener along one side which is shown in the plans. I used an arrow shaft. My fletches do get a little mangled in it but I use high banana cut feathers. Straight cut fletches would probably work better. BTW, Massey called the Plains quiver "Indian style". If you don't have the "Bible" series, get it. It's indispensable and I wouldn't be making bows if I hadn't picked it up.
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