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Stitchless quiver build-a-long
Dustybaer:
The piece of leather i had left was too small to cut the quiver out in one piece (which would automatically give you a belt loop as you might remember from the stitchless sheath), but the quiver can be made out of two pieces as well as you will see in a second. Actually if you intend to use two different colors, you don’t have a choice but to use two pieces of leather.
Let's talk terminology: on the second picture you'll see two pieces of leather, the top one I will call groundplate, the lower part I will call insert, the sections of the insert I'll call insertfingers.
Let's talk measurements (this is gonna be tough, cause it'll be metric, but I'm sure you guys can do the conversions) length of the quiver should be at least a third of your arrowlength, unless you're using stiff leather, since the quiver has a tendency to become top-heavy, meaning to say the fletched part of the arrow is too heavy and hangs down. The width of the individual insert fingers should 2.5-3.times your arrow diameter if you carry 2 arrows per insertfinger, or correspondingly wider for more arrows. The rest I determine while I’m drawing, it’s more or less a matter of taste.
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Dustybaer:
After you cut the two pieces of leather out it's time to cut the slits. A width of 3-5mm, depending on the thickness of your leather should suffice. The length of the slits in the groundplate corresponds to the width of the fingers plus 12mm, assuming that you're making three fingers and leave a 3mm gap between them and add 3mm at each side. The distance between the slits can be adjusted to the fingerwidth or, like in this case, be slightly longer. That's a matter of taste. Make an uneven number of slits (in this case 5). The length of the slits in the insert (measured from the center) in this particular case is 5 times the distance between the slits in the groundplate.
when all the slits were cut (I'm using a cutter for that) fold the insert as shown in the pictures and can you guess what you do with it? Exactly, insert it into the groundplate as shown.
Little piece of advice before you start: practice on paper models, it's cheaper if something goes wrong.
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Dustybaer:
And this is what it looks like when finished. I like to soak the entire quiver in water and let it dry with the arrows in it, that way it retains the shape. You can oil or grease it later.
If you made it out of two pieces, like i did here, just cur two slits for the belt and you’re done.
Now please do me a favor and post your version of this quiver here as an inspiration for the next person who wants to make one.
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Otoe Bow:
Very interesting. Kind of like the magic braid bracelets of the 70's. I think I'll try one.
Mike
El Destructo:
Cool......
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