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lebhuntfish:
For quite some time I've been wanting to make a bamboo quiver. Yesterday my good friend sleek came by on his way home from his family vacation. On his trip he got permission to cut some big bamboo. He gifted me 2 pieces long enough for a quiver.

The bamboo is green/fresh cut. So the first thing I need to do is get it dried out. I researched the best ways to do this without it cracking or checking. I found that the Japanese flute makers use fire to activate the natural resin in the boo. They heat it over a fire slowly until the resin is brought to the surface. Then it is quickly wiped off. Thus creating a natural sealer, just like putting shalack or glue on a stave. What I read stated that, it wasn't a full proof way of keeping it from cracking but it was the most proven way to minimize the possibility of a crack. Then once your done let dry like a stave for at least 2 weeks.

This is what I did, lol.
I first knocked out the center nodes with a stick. Then I dropped an arrow in to see how the "bottom"  node was going to react. Well it punched a small hole, so I went ahead and knocked it out as well. It wasn't going to serve as a solid bottom anyways.



I then began the heating process by starting a very primitive fire. I kept the boo moving to make sure it was heated evenly. With my set up I was able to heat half of the bamboo at a time.  You want to make sure that it doesn't get so hot you can't handle it bare handed. Heat it until it is uniformly wet on the outside. Then heat it until the resin just barely starts to bubble. If you remove it from the heat and the bubbles stop instantly it's ready to wipe on quickly.







Here is both of my future Quivers that are now ready to dry for a few weeks.

Pat B:
You could carve some designs into the boo without affecting the integrity of the boo. Once it gets sunlight the color will fade to light tan. Are you going to put a wood plug in the bottom or is there a node there.

lebhuntfish:
A few things I noticed was,  while heating you can tell when it is getting evenly heated by looking at the cut end of the boo. You can see the depth of the "water" in the thickness of the end of the boo.
Also it is almost ready to wipe the resin off once there is a steady amount of lite steam coming out the heated end.

I should say that I  have never worked with boo in this manner before. I've never made a boo quiver either so any help, thoughts or advice is appreciated.

I will keep this updated as I go along in the build. I'll do my best to post pictures as much as I can. Sorry about the limited pic's so far, it's was hard to take them during that process.
The main quiver I'm using in this build is for a good friend. The second one is mine!

More to come!
Patrick

lebhuntfish:

--- Quote from: Pat B on January 05, 2016, 11:45:54 pm ---You could carve some designs into the boo without affecting the integrity of the boo. Once it gets sunlight the color will fade to light tan. Are you going to put a wood plug in the bottom or is there a node there.

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Pat,  your always right on with an early reply.
One of the quivers will have an inlay in it. I'm not much of a carver but didn't think about that. I may give it a go on the one I make for myself.
Haven't decided on the plug yet, I'm hoping to make it for a hunting quiver, so I want to make it as quiet as possible.  Thanks.
Patrick

Aaron H:
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