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kleinpm:
I use a plains style quiver, and the stone heads get dull fairly quick even though they don't move around much. As most of you know, the scary sharp edge of a head isn't the most durable edge.

One season back East I just touched them up as necessary, but I wasn't moving around much so they didn't need to be touched up much.
Now that I am out west and chasing elk, my stone heads are bound to get banged up.
I have resorted to making little leather pouches that slide on the head, and that keeps them sharp, but its not exactly a great solution for hunting.

How do you keep stone heads sharp in a quiver?

Patrick

Pat B:
Try a little pouch for each head with a string to attach it to the quiver. Have a loose fit that the head will slip right out of.
   Dried moss in the bottom of the quiver so the points don't touch each other.

bowtarist:
Like Pat said, and you said too, make sheaths for the points, I use rawhide squirrel skins w/ the hair on the inside.  Tie them all together with a thong and as you pull an arrow out, the rest of the arrows hold the sheaths until the last arrow.  I use a side quiver too.  Good luck and happy hunting them elk, dp

kleinpm:
Thanks for the replys. I guess leather sheaths it is.

Patrick

Ryan_Gill_HuntPrimitive:
i know how aggravating it is! I make my quivers pretty soft and thin on the tip side in hopes it will hold them tight, then I stuff some braintain the bottom and when I slide the arrows in I try to arrange them (by feel) to slide in between the braintan and the leather walls of the quiver....if that makes sense to you.  Then I am just super careful.  Seems to work pretty well until I get tired and careless. If I know I am going to be moving a bunch, I just carry them by hand and lay them down next to me.   Makes for interesting, yet aggravating hunting don't it?!

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