Primitive Archer
Main Discussion Area => Primitive Skills => Topic started by: Key on April 20, 2007, 07:56:22 am
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I thought I would share a picture of a side quiver I made this week.
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Nice looking quiver. The small knife sheath is a nice touch.
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Beautiful quiver Roger. I've made a couple out of birch bark, but nothing as nice as that. That gets me thinking. I have a few beaver hides that I held back, when I sold my fur last winter. Nice heavy leather. Maybe a rawhide quiver.
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Thanks for the nice comments guys. Bob, post a picture of you beaver hide quiver when you get it finished.
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I'm going to have to get a new camera first. Who would have thought they couldn't swim? ::)
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Nice quiver Roger. Would you show us a few more showing the other details. Pat
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That is a nice quiver. More pictures PLEASE. Justin
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Looks really nice, Job well done
DanaM
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Very nice quiver. Good job.
Sean
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yep, very nice. i like the color. but, like justin, i'd like to see more pictures ;D
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Well you guys wanted a few more pictures so I took some last night. I wiill post them and cover a few more details about the quiver. In this picture I am showing oh I can remove an arrow with my right hand and keeping my had low and close to me reducing the movement compared to a back quiver.
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This is a picture of the top of the quiver. I used black rivens to attach the leather band around the top and stiched the side and and the sheath.
I did us contact cement before using rivets or sticking on all areas I connected with them.
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This is a pictue of the bottome of the quiver. I covered a small pc of 1/2 inch wood with leather on the bottom and put foam on the other side for the tips of the arrows to rest on. Again, I used contact cement and than stiched the side and drove, in this case, black tacks into the wood.
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This picture shows the arrows in the quiver and the strap that goes over the shoulder. The strap is stiched on the bottom and the top after the contact cement was applied.
Years ago I purched a side quiver and it was the best hunting quiver I have ever used. Shooting different spinned arrows for different bows I had to change out arrows. In stead of buying another I just made this up from some cordova and the strap from cow hide. Both were left over from other project and came to good use.
One thing I want to point out is, by using the cordova, I had to secure a smaller pc of arrow shaft in side on the back of the quiver to help on it up right and ridged. If I would have made it out of heavier leather I would not have had to do this.
The small "neck knife" I made for a saw blade with a wood handle.
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Here is how the quiver will "ride" as I wear it shooting and hunting.
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That's a beautiful quiver. Please forgive my inexperience, but won't the fletching on the arrows get damaged as you pull them out the side of the quiver?
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Uncouth, pulling the fletchings threw the soft leather quiver like that will do less damage than when it goes across the arrow shelf at 160 fps when you shoot. I have shot some arrows 1000 times before I have had to replace the fletchings. Ill bet I still do more damage while the arrows are in my truck than anything else. Justin
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way cool roger, thanks for the additional pics.
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Thanks for the details key. Super job.
DanaM
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Now that you mention itthat does make sense, and now that I think about it you would be pulling them with the grain rather than against. Nice.
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always good to see other peoples quiver solutions; niceone this is!
frank
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Very nice! I am passionate about leather work! I make mine own quivers, knife sheaths, mocs, turnshoes, shoe pacs and even mine own leather water bottles (canteen to you moderns, costrel to you medievals)....
My stuff aint fancy, but its sturdy, hand sewn and done neatly. Its better than we can buy and on par with anything made! Yeah I a, braggin' I know....
But with a nice lookin' quive rlike that its OK to brag a bit.....or maybe I am just talking shop with a fellow leather worker??
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Ahem... pictures stonedog
DanaM