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Beef hide and quivers/and other items made from it

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BowEd:
Around here people will still do their own butchering,but they don't care to tan....Guess you can't eat the hide they figure so I get some freebees once in a while.Frame is made of 2" by 6" with inside dimensions 6.5 by 5.5 feet.For thicker hides such as beef hides it's wise to use 2" by 6".2" by 4" will get bowed while drying fairly bad.Suppose it's around 30 square feet.Basically the green hide is laced into a frame/fleshed or fleshed on a beam then laced into a frame/left to dry and then dry scraped dehaired.You can flesh then dehair it with lye & rinse too then lace it into a frame to dry for a final nice flat piece of rawhide to do with what you want.I've made 3 rawhide side or cat quivers out of his beef so far.Here's a couple.FG shooters at 3D shoots ask me to make them for them.The same preperation process is done for deer rawhide too and 2" by 4" can be used for those thinner skinned animals.

chamookman:
Cool ! Bob

mullet:
I like that.

BowEd:
Thanks fellas.I think once someone uses rawhide a few times they usually like it.This stuff from beef is too thick for backing bows.Excellent for handle wraps,quivers,etc.I'm sure there's other things too.
The quivers I heat soaked parrafin in to saturation.It'll hold up to pesky little showers and early morning fogs and stuff.If it rains hard enough it fills up with water for a tastey slucky of water to drink.
Many other things cam be made.Some back pocket and belt quivers too.'

Rawhide boxes.

Parafleches from buffalo rawhide.Their like rawhide suit cases or large rawhide envelopes.Usually always made in pairs.

When making holes through rawhide this thick an awl is the tool to use opposed to using a leather punch.I used to use an ice pick for years but finally made myself  one out of antler and a hard nail.Beadwork on sheath is the in line wrap method of ponytrader blues/brick white hearts/greasy yellows.Some crow beads and tin cones.

Danzn Bar:
Wow very nice......
DBar

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