Hickory bark arrow storage tube.

[BowEd]

Shagbark hickory.3" diameter/28" long.Red cedar plug.

[osage outlaw]

Very nice work Ed

[BowEd]

Thanks Clint....I knew people who've been at this long enough appreciate something different.To make these I let it dry completely around something to the desired circumference.
I would of used this as a quiver but hickory bark is rather thick making the quiver too heavy IMO.Rather use leather/fur/or rawhide.
The other half of the bark I set onto the top rail of a wooden fence of sort.It has shrunk onto that rail as tight as a misqitoes A hole.

[TimBo]

That's really cool.  I just noticed that the hickory bark I peeled off this spring had curled up like that and wondered if it could be used for something.  Mine was from a smaller tree though, so it would only fit a few arrows.

[gifford]

Bow-Ed : great looking arrow storage tube. Shagbark Hickory no less. Outstanding.

[BowEd]

Yes if left on it's own not around something to dry completely to give it a final shape it will shrink into a very small unserviceable tube.A person would need to rehydrate  it and let it dry around a larger circumference shape.
If a round form is not used it will warp also.Example.

Tube shown at beginning of post same as left shown tube is actually from 1 half of a trees' circumference.
Hickory here will have a very thick cambium layer compared to most other trees.Close to 1/8" thick.Revealed when it is popped off as the sap is flowing and the bark removed as shown on tube on right.

[WhistlingBadger]

That is really nice.  I could never use something like that as a quiver, aside from the weight...I'd set it against a tree and never be able to find it again!