Quiver

[Bison Horn]

Getting started on a quiver lined with coonskin. Will cover the coonhide with buffalo hide.

[Sneakon]

I've got a small coon skin and I need a quiver, so I'll be interested in seeing how your quiver project goes and the finished product.

[Uncle Russ]

Give us an update when you get yerself one those "round-to-its", okay?

I started a quiver over a year ago but life has got in the way this year, hopefully by the time we get snowed in again I'll be able to get to it again.
Suspect I'm mostly interested in what you'll use for the bottom for your broad-heads to rest on, if you're going to use it as a hunting quiver. I still ain't got that part figured out completely.

When a fella gets too much going at one time, all he does is get behind on everything and that's exactly where I am right now.

Uncle Russ...

[Bison Horn]

Uncle Russ, I'm with ya on that gettin behind.

[W. Welshman]

I have one started for crossbow arrows, that has been laying around now six months. I do need to make a different one for woods. Got patterns ? Pic will do.

[Bison Horn]

The only pattern I got was to wrap a newspaper around the liner hide and mark where it looked fairly uniform in shape. Lynn was thinking maybe one of ur straps for carrying.

[Bison Horn]

Got'r done

[W. Welshman]

Alan, Can you show me a pic of the bottom of the quiver ? You have a strap look good

[Bison Horn]

Here ya go Lynn, had plenty of leather so made a strap from that! Got rid of internet service so am having to use the phone!

[Uncle Russ]

Looks good, BH!

I kinda visualize a piece of cloth stuffed / sewn into the bottom to protect the the blades on hunting arrows...?  :notworthy

Uncle Russ...

[RiverCat]

Hey Russ... How about putting an "arrow cup" in the bottom of your quiver? According to a book I have on Native American archery this was a feature actually found on some original Indian quivers.
 What they are is a rawhide cup with a long stick attached to the side so it looks kinda like a dipper. How they work is the cup sits in the bottom and holds the arrow points. The stick needs to be long enough to be reached from the quiver opening so the cup can be raised and the desired arrow easily selected from the bunch. The protruding end was often decorated in some distinctive way to easily identify it from the arrow shafts. My book also says that the cups were sometimes filled with moss or other soft material to protect the delicate stone points and held additional arrowheads as well.

[Bison Horn]

Right Uncle Russ, but only target shooting for me any more. RCat that sure sounds like an interesting idea. Just made this one to be be used to carry the arrows around the range. BH

[W. Welshman]

nice job Alan, Thank for the pic

[Uncle Russ]

Hey Russ... How about putting an "arrow cup" in the bottom of your quiver? According to a book I have on Native American archery this was a feature actually found on some original Indian quivers.
 What they are is a rawhide cup with a long stick attached to the side so it looks kinda like a dipper. How they work is the cup sits in the bottom and holds the arrow points. The stick needs to be long enough to be reached from the quiver opening so the cup can be raised and the desired arrow easily selected from the bunch. The protruding end was often decorated in some distinctive way to easily identify it from the arrow shafts. My book also says that the cups were sometimes filled with moss or other soft material to protect the delicate stone points and held additional arrowheads as well.

Hey RiverCat, I must have missed this.........
I have seen what you describe somewhere before, and it was pretty neat IMO.

I still have not completed mine.....but I have most of the leather cut and ready to get started,
Lynn (Weaving Welshman) and I were discussing this just last week and I made myself a promise that I am going to get this done before the first of the year, even if it kills me! (Well, maybe not that bad, but I am determined.)
That young Welshman is on-top of things, he has knocked out about a half-dozen while I sat and twiddled my thumbs...he's going to end up with the "potlicker" handle if he ain't right careful! LOL

Anyway, thanks for the tip, I had totally forgotten about that until you mentioned it.

 

Uncle Russ...

[W. Welshman]

potlicker it is, going to keg my dopple and carbonate it tomorrow after moon. Having lots of fun with these quivers. Have fours strap to get out. And need to build a few for these quivers.Uncle Russ would you like me to come over oversee your work ? Can't have you bail out now we got beer to drink soon:)