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Online WhistlingBadger

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A Prototype Belt Quiver
« on: February 03, 2020, 06:36:51 pm »
Just a few pics of an experimental quiver I've been working on.  I should be getting my deer hide bark-tanned back from the tanners in a week or two, and I'm going to make something very much like this, trimmed with fur from a nice badger a friend gave me.  But since I've never built a quiver quite like this before (and never worked with fur), I decided to try out my design on the leg of an old pair of canvas pants.  Glad I did--had a few major screw-ups and start-overs that would have wrecked a nice deer skin.

I want a quiver that has the feathers pointing back, and one that hangs off my belt (shoulder straps are a pain hunting the back country with a pack).  I'm thinking of doing a build-along when I make the real thing, but thought I'd throw this on for the consideration of my stick-and-string brethren.





The whole thing hangs on a really cool iron hook gifted to me by our very own Kevin Halverson.


Thomas
Lander, Wyoming
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Travel too fast, and you miss all you are traveling for."
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Offline aznboi3644

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Re: A Prototype Belt Quiver
« Reply #1 on: February 03, 2020, 10:18:28 pm »
Looks good. I just don’t like bags and things banging and bouncing on my leg.  I prefer Native American style side quivers

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Re: A Prototype Belt Quiver
« Reply #2 on: February 03, 2020, 10:29:33 pm »
Right now, my main quiver is a behind the back side draw type.  Next leather project is a plains style from elk and beaver.  Need to make or trade for some heavy rawhide.  Plan to experiment on some old blue jeans first, though.  I think Jeffp51 had a build along or a thread a while back.
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Re: A Prototype Belt Quiver
« Reply #3 on: February 04, 2020, 06:56:09 am »
Looks good. I just don’t like bags and things banging and bouncing on my leg.  I prefer Native American style side quivers

This one hangs a little lower than I like, but I took it out hunting bunnies and it really isn't too bad.  I plan to make the next one to hang a little higher and a little more horizontal.
Thomas
Lander, Wyoming
"The trail is the thing, not the end of the trail.
Travel too fast, and you miss all you are traveling for."
~Louis L'Amour