Beef hide and quivers/and other items made from it

[BowEd]

There's a company in Owattona,Minnesota called Uber glove company.They'll make practically anything you want from your deer or elk hides.I liked their one fingered mittens.

[BowEd]

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[YosemiteBen]

nice work Beady! I like your suitcase!

[iowabow]

Very nice, always good to get freebees.

[BowEd]

That's my 4 winds design on the box I developded back in the 80's.My beadwork has the same design too.I once gave an artist major/buckskinner a large piece of beef rawhide.He in turn drew and painted this eye popping beautiful design of a full width badger wrapped all the way around the box.The box was 1.5' wide,1' deep and 6" tall.Wish I had a pic of it.It was something else.

[riverrat]

thats all really nice stuff youve made there. you have quite a lot of talent.Tony

[BowEd]

Thanks Tony but if I remember right your always investigating different things too.Cool.Correction......That rawhide box of my friend was 18" wide,12"deep,and 6" tall.It was a beaut.Been at this primitive natural material stuff a long time and dig it when someone else is into it too.Made a number of different things too out of rawhide but mostly try to make things that have a purpose and can be used.

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[Knoll]

I shoulda paid more attention to the quivers everyone was using when we were out shootin' last weekend!

[BowEd]

Some more...An arm guard[rawhide & lace up braintan] and glove[brain tan] combo.Hand goes through the rawhide then thumb and index finger go through the brain tan.It's about 6 years old by now.

[riverrat]

thats a nice arm guard ! Tony

[BowEd]

Thanks.I lined the inside of the slotted rawhide arm guard with sheared sheep skin.Nowadays shooting I really don't think I need it any more though.What I like about this thread is your imagination is your only limit.
A few more rawhide items made some time ago.An Arkansas toothpick file knife with a deer leg bone handle with beaded rawhide sheath,a beaded rawhide neck knife sheath and knife,and a bear jaw handled knife with a beaded rawhide sheath.
PS....Rawhide is covered with brain tan glued on to allow it to be beaded.

[chamookman]

Nice work Beadman ! Bob

[Jodocus]

wonderful stuff, the armguard is excellent! 

[BowEd]

Thanks fellas.Things like these I made during the winter time from February to April.Did a lot of brain tanning during that time too in the basement of the farm home.Had a rendering business there by the edge of town that I knew all who worked there.Traded with those fellas a lot for extra hides especially rode killed deer.Acquiring receipts etc. also to stay out of the hair of the local game warden.