Primitive Archer
Main Discussion Area => Primitive Skills => Topic started by: jeffp51 on March 26, 2019, 08:33:31 pm
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My neighbor gave me 3 small buckskins so that I can make him and me a couple of quivers. fore. The buckskin has a lot of holes in it from the tanner (they did a pretty lousy job on it)that I will have to work around. I figure I can stitch some of the smaller holes closed.
I want to make a plains style quiver, I have never made one before and I don't really know what I don't know, so I could use any advice on what I have to watch out for. I have seen plenty of pictures, and I think I can guess on a pattern (it looks simple enough)But I was wondering how do deal with broadheads, especially steel ones in the soft leather.
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You may have to make individual broadhead covers for them that will slide off easily but still protect the quiver and arrowheads.
Use a stiffener stick that the quiver hangs from and the strap attaches to.
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You could also stuff a closed foam pad into the bottom of the quiver, maybe double thick. Let me know if you need some pieces to patch the larger holes and what size.
Hawkdancer
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I have seen some quivers with pockets on them. What do you put in them? I am just posting questions as I think of them
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Many old plains quivers had rawhide cups in the bottom to hold the arrowheads. There was a long stick attached to the cup that could be used to pull the cup out of the quiver.
Kyle
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Ksnow is correct about the use of a cup on a stick on some Plains quivers. This is from a Comanche quiver collected in Texas in 1868. It is currently in the National Museum of Natural History.