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Birch bark quiver thoughts

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White Falcon:
Great ideas.

Muleman:
we don't have birch around here but have tons of aspen,would that work for work in its place?

Don W:
I've been hunting with this one this season. I love it. I have never made one with bark, but I don't see why it wouldn't work. I've made a couple from leather, canvas and a Hill style back quiver, but this will be my hunting quiver.

https://www.diy.timetestedtools.net/leather-side-quiver/

Pat B:
I don't know if aspen bark will work but bark that is similar to birch bark, like choke cherry or some other cherries should work fine. Their bark comes off horizontally lending itself for containers without being too thick.
Also, unless you have already harvested the bark you'll probably have to wait til spring to get it.

AndrewS:
I have made quivers out of cherrybark, birchbark and elmbark. Aspen I haven't tried.
Not many types of bark after drying have the properties that they become / remain leathery or somewhat flexible.
Birch or cherry are used by a wide variety of cultures for containers / vessels, because they are very water resistant.  In elm bark, it is the cambium that becomes very leathery - but elm bark is not very water resistant (see Ainu quivers made from elm bark with a cherry bark wrapping).
I haven't tried poplar or aspen, though poplar was traditionally used for large wooden bowls (light wood, easy to work with, and relatively water resistant - but that's for the wood, not the bark).


P.S. I know some guys, who have made some side - and back quivers from poplar bark. They harvested the bark in spring and let it dry around a small tube.

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