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Main Discussion Area => Primitive Skills => Topic started by: Part time Archer on February 04, 2016, 09:53:00 pm

Title: What is good leather for a Lakota style quiver?
Post by: Part time Archer on February 04, 2016, 09:53:00 pm

Building a Lakota style quiver soon. Ordering off of crazy crow and need help choosing correct leather choice. Any insight?

Title: Re: What is good leather for a Lakota style quiver?
Post by: Peatreg on February 04, 2016, 10:38:13 pm

I've ordered a couple of their elk hides but I had a big issue with the sueded side of the commercial hides transferring lint as it were on everything. Clothing, car seats, etc. Their German tanned hides are probably the nicest that they offer and is sueded on both sides much like braintanned. It's also pretty thick which would hold its shape pretty good as well. I made one with rawhide reinforcing the top and bottom of the quiver to help maintain its shape better. The rawhide on the top is outside the quiver with the top edge rolled over and stitched below the bottom edge of the rawhide at the top of the fringe to keep it from falling out.


(http://i1340.photobucket.com/albums/o731/peatreg/031445FB-FD78-472C-A99A-37E8819E948D_zps0bzqtm9n.jpg) (http://s1340.photobucket.com/user/peatreg/media/031445FB-FD78-472C-A99A-37E8819E948D_zps0bzqtm9n.jpg.html)

Title: Re: What is good leather for a Lakota style quiver?
Post by: bubby on February 04, 2016, 10:58:37 pm

(http://i623.photobucket.com/albums/tt320/bubncheryl/Mobile%20Uploads/20151111_090807_zpsowa3uugq.jpg) (http://s623.photobucket.com/user/bubncheryl/media/Mobile%20Uploads/20151111_090807_zpsowa3uugq.jpg.html)
I'm partial to hair on hide quivers

Title: Re: What is good leather for a Lakota style quiver?
Post by: Knoll on February 04, 2016, 11:01:16 pm

Bub, hope there's room in your suitcase . . . . . .

Title: Re: What is good leather for a Lakota style quiver?
Post by: Knoll on February 04, 2016, 11:03:41 pm

Peatreg .... that rig is gorgeous!

Title: Re: What is good leather for a Lakota style quiver?
Post by: Part time Archer on February 05, 2016, 07:04:01 am

Thanks Peatreg . getting ready to order soon this should help. Quiver looks great!
Bubby nice quiver adding some fur to mine for sure.

Title: Re: What is good leather for a Lakota style quiver?
Post by: Outbackbob48 on February 05, 2016, 08:35:15 pm

 Part Time Archer, a little something to think about, I think your leather should be soft enough so that when you bend over it kinda collapse and hold arrows from falling out, Just my .02 worth. Bob